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FROM  VAUQUOIS  HILL  TO  EXERMONT 


FROM  VAUQUOIS  HILL 
TO  EXERMONT 


A  HISTORY  OF  THE  THIRTY-FIFTH  DIVISION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY 


BY 

CLAIR  KENAMORE 


1919 


GUARD  PUBLISHING  CO. 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Copyright,    1919 
By    Clair   Kenamore 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENT 


The  author  is  indebted  to  many  friends  for  as- 
sistance in  the  preparation  of  this  book.  He  is 
particularly  grateful  to  the  St.  Louis  Post-Dispatch 
for  permission  to  reprint  dispatches  and  articles 
which  had  already  appeared  in  that  paper.  He 
wishes  also  to  acknowledge  his  obligation  to  the 
many  officers  and  men  of  the  35th  Division  who 
have  helped  him. 


Illustrated  with  photographs  taken  by  the 
author,  by  Lieut.  C.  A.  McCoy  of  the  110th 
Engineers,  and  by  the  United  States  Army 
Signal  Corps.  The  drawings  were  made  by 
W.  A.  Byrnes  from  photographs.  The  maps 
are  made  from  the  Battle  Maps  of  the  French 
Army. 


CONTENTS 

CHAPTER  PAGE 

I.    The  Morale  of  Private  Simpich 9 

II.    Training  at  Camp  Doniphan 20 

III.  The  Voyage  to  France 27 

IV.  Arches,  Wesserling,  and  the  High  Hills     ...  37 
V.    Into  the  Trenches  in  the  Vosges 43 

VI.     The  Trench  Raid  at  Hilsenfirst 53 

VII.    Other  Vosges  Fighting 64 

VIII.    In   Eeserve   at  St.   Mihiel         67 

IX.    Planning  the  Argonne  Drive 76 

X.     Officers  Changed  on  Eve  of  Battle 78 

XI.     The  Plan  of  Battle 85 

XII.    "Let's  Go" 87 

XIII.  Vauquois  Taken — The  138th  Before  Cheppy     .     .  93 

XIV.  Nels  Wold's  Glorious  Death 98 

XV.     Major  Sauerwein  Falls 107 

XVI.     Captain  Skinker's  Bravery 112 

XVII.     The   138th  Takes   Cheppy 117 

XVIII.     The  139th  Jumps  Over  the  137th 125 

XIX.     Confusion  on  the  Field 131 

XX.     Failure  of  Liaison 135 

XXI.    Night  on  the  Battlefield 141 

XXII.    Crossed  Orders  i'Or  Second  Day's  Attack    .    .    .  144 
XXIII.     The  Artillery  Presses  Foravard — The  Morning 

Attack 148 

XXIV.     The  Night  Attack — Charpentry  and  Baulny 

Taken 152 

XXV.     RiSTiNE  IN  the  German  Lines 162 

XXVI.     Artillery  Riddles  the  140th 175 

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CONTENTS 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

XXVII.     The  Front  Line  in  Straits 184 

XXVIII.     Night  in  Montrebeau  Wood 190 

XXIX.     Permission  to  Eelieve  General  Berry     ....  198 

XXX.     Eieger  Charges  Into  Exermont 202 

XXXI.     The  140th  Advances 210 

XXXII.     General  Traub  Asks  to  be  Withdrawn     .     .    .  216 

XXXIII.     The  137th 's  Firm,  Thin  Line 219 

XXXIV.     The  Engineers  Hold  the  Front 225 

XXXV.     The  Last  Day  of  Battle 232 

XXXVI.     The  Belief— The  Work  Done 239 

XXXVII.      SOMMEDIEUE,     COMMERCY     AND     HOME 244 

APPENDIX 

A.  Conclusions  of  Gen.  Drum  on  Thirty-Fifth  in  Argonne 

Battle 251 

B.  Gen.  Traub 's  Letter  of  Transmission 252 

C.  Confidential   Eeport   on    Vauquois   Hill 254 

D.  Eeport  of  Capt.  Hoffmann 256 

E.  Gen.   Clark's   Letter  to   His   Men 258 

P.  Organization  of  the  Division  on  Three  Dates     ....  260 

G.  Eecord  of  Changes  in   Higher  Officers 263 

H.  Assignment  of  Missouri  Guard  Units 266 

I.  Assignment  of  Kansas  Guard  Units 267 

J.  EosTER  of  the  National  Guard  of  Missouri 269 

K.   EOSTER    OF    THE    NATIONAL    GUARD    OF   KANSAS 369 


CHAPTER  I 


THE  MORALE  OF  PRIVATE  SIMPICH 

Private  Joseph  Simpich  was  fairly  tired  when  the  ad- 
vance on  Exermont  began  September  29.  He  had  lost 
himself  for  a  while  the  day  before,  and  ran  across  the 
field  through  a  heavy  fire  until  he  was  on  the  edge  of 
the  broken  German  lines.  His  shoes  and  leggings  were 
soggy  from  the  rain-soaked  dead  grass  and  the  stream 
he  had  waded  twice.  He  was  winded  and  in  no  condi- 
tion for  a  fight  when  he  met  suddenly  and  violently  an 
enormous  German  soldier  just  coming  round  the  end  of 
a  hedge.  Simpich  regarded  him  as  one  of  the  biggest 
men  he  ever  had  seen,  and  to  make  matters  desperate, 
Simpich 's  rifle  was  empty.  He  had  been  firing  it  so 
rapidly  that  it  was  hot  and  the  breach  block  had  jammed. 
He  could  not  eject  the  empty  cartridge  and  put  another 
in  the  chamber. 

He  lunged  at  the  German  with  his  fixed  bayonet,  but 
Fritz  went  back  like  a  dancer,  and  came  forward  again 
with  a  fancy  stroke  which  Simpich  had  learned  at  Doni- 
phan. He  also  had  learned  how  to  parry  it,  and  a  fine 
bayonet  duel  was  on.  In  the  cold  autumn  rain  on  the 
open  field,  the  two  lone  representatives  of  the  opposing 
armies  fought.  Mud  formed  in  the  trampled  wet  grass, 
machine  guns  rattled  in  the  distance,  artillery  pounded 
steadily  away,  and  near  at  hand  the  spectral  shattered 
trees  and  the  shivering  hedge  dripped  with  rain,  but  the 
two  men  fought  grimly  what  was  to  be  the  last  fight  for 
one  of  them. 

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10  FEOM  VAUQUOIS  HILL  TO  EXERMONT 

Simpich  slammed  at  his  opponent  everything  the  crafty 
Scotch  sergeant  had  taught  him  back  in  the  states,  and 
the  German  took  it  all  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the 
instruction  book,  and  gave  back  just  as  good  as  was 
sent. 

Bayonet  fighting  is  hard  work,  and  after  his  run,  Sim- 
pich felt  himself  about  done.  Not  a  word  had  been 
spoken.  Out  of  his  inextinguishable  high  spirits  and  the 
boyish  swagger  and  undying  bravery,  the  very  American- 
ism of  the  lad,  Simpich  said  gaily : 

''Geht's  gut,  Fritz?"  which  in  English,  would  have 
been  something  like  "How  goes  it.  Bill?" 

The  words  in  German  from  this  enemy  caused  the  sur- 
prised German  soldier  to  open  his  mouth,  which  was 
ludicrous,  but  he  also  opened  his  guard,  which  was  fatal, 
for  the  American  bayonet  passed  briskly  through  his 
chest,  and  he  went  down  to  rise  no  more. 

Simpich,  utterly  exhausted,  stretched  himself  on  the 
wet  grass  beside  his  recent  foe  to  regain  his  breath. 
When  that  came  back,  he  noticed  that  the  man  seemed 
strangely  small  for  one  who  recently  loomed  so  large. 
He  felt  a  momentary  pity  for  the  man,  hardly  as  big  as 
himself,  who  had  fought  so  well,  but  there  was  little  time 
for  sentiment.  There  was  a  battle  on  that  day,  and  he 
had  to  find  his  command  and  tell  the  other  fellows  about 
this  afi'air. 

The  next  day  was  September  29,  and  the  35th  Division 
was  making  its  last  great  stroke  at  Exermont.  The  lit- 
tle town  never  had  more  than  five  hundred  population, 
and  the  total  value  of  its  contents  never  exceeded  a  few 
hundred  thousand  francs,  but  the  Germans  held  it  as  reso- 
lutely as  if  the  Crown  Prince  were  quartered  there. 

In  the  ranks   of  H  Company,   139th  Infantry  again 


THE    MORALE    OF   PRIVATE   SIMPICH  11 

marched  Private  Joseph  Simpich,  twenty-one  years  of 
age  and  one  hundred  sixty-two  pounds  of  weight.  He 
had  regained  his  wind.  Ahead  of  him  were  Major  Eieger, 
Capt.  McQueen,  Lieut.  McManigal,  and  alongside,  in  ex- 
tended order  were  his  fellows  with  whom  he  had  learned 
the  trade  of  soldiering.  Everybody  was  very  tired. 
The  advance  over  the  bare  ground  to  the  right  of  Montre- 
beau  Wood  brought  a  torrent  of  fire  out  of  the  German 
positions  on  three  sides.  A  machine  bullet  clipped  Sim- 
pich on  the  ankle,  and  he  sank  down  and  examined  his 
shoe. 

"Going  back?"  asked  Capt.  McQueen. 

"No,  it  don't  amount  to  anything,"  Simpich  replied 
scornfully,  and  went  ahead  down  the  hill.  Soon  a  ma- 
chine gun  bullet  caught  Capt.  McQueen  in  the  calf  of 
his  leg,  jarring  him  violently. 

"Going  back?"  asked  Simpich. 

"No,"  said  McQueen  scornfully,  "it  don't  amount  to 
anything." 

They  came  to  the  edge  of  the  town.  The  extended 
order  closed  up  for  the  street  fighting.  Squads  and 
platoons  mixed  and  mingled.  Officers  and  men  went 
down.  Lines  were  formed  and  broken,  but  slowly  and 
surely  the  Americans  pressed  on  through  the  rough  street 
of  the  wrecked  village,  slowly  northward,  fighting  hard 
every  step. 

McManigal's  platoon  saw  Capt.  McQueen  again.  More 
machine  gun  bullets  had  found  him,  and  finally  a  high 
explosive  shell  had  put  him  out,  and  he  lay  still  by  the 
side  of  the  road.  Slow  attrition  of  distant  machine  guns 
and  hand  to  hand  street  fighting  had  melted  McManigal's 
platoon  until  only  a  handful  of  men  were  with  the  lieu- 
tenant as  they  approached  the  bridge  which  spanned  a 


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stream.  Machine  guns  from  two  emplacements  crossed  their 
fire  over  this  bridge.  A  burst  from  the  one  straight 
ahead  knocked  out  all  McManigal's  men  but  two,  just 
before  they  reached  the  bridge.  They  were  McManigal 
himself  and  Simpich  and  they  pressed  on  alone. 

The  back  of  McManigal's  tunic  Avas  coated  with  dried 
mud.  Simpich,  the  lone  follower,  saw  a  puff  of  dust 
break  from  his  officer's  back  and  he  knew  that  a  bullet 
had  caught  McManigal  in  the  chest  and  passed  through 
his  body.  McManigal  crumpled  up  on  the  floor  of  the 
bridge.  The  other  machine  gun  put  three  bullets  through 
Simpich  before  he  could  reach  his  lieutenant.  One  broke 
his  thigh,  one  shattered  his  knee-cap,  one  passed  through 
the  calf  of  his  leg,  and  he  went  down.  Lieut.  McMani- 
gal's platoon  of  H  Company  had  ceased  to  function.  It 
was  wiped  off  the  muster-roll. 

When  consciousness  returned  to  the  two  wounded  men 
on  the  bridge,  the  thirst  which  always  comes  with  loss 
of  blood  w^as  upon  them.  They  crawled  down  from  the 
bridge  and  to  the  water's  edge,  one  on  either  side.  This 
was  about  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  September  29. 
The  bank  on  Simpich 's  side  was  nearly  level  where  he 
lay  on  the  sand.  On  McManigal's  side  it  was  very  steep, 
and  the  lieutenant  had  difficulty  to  keep  from  slipping 
into  the  water.  Most  of  the  time  both  of  his  feet  were  in 
the  water. 

Simpich  put  a  tourniquet  around  his  knee  to  stop  the 
flow  of  blood.  McManigal  filled  his  canteen  and  drank, 
and  then  the  officer  and  man  discussed  across  the  little 
creek  the  chances  of  the  day. 

From  where  Simpich  lay  he  could  look  under  the  bridge 
and  see  clearly  the  bare  hill  up  which  Rieger  had  ad- 
vanced.    Simpich  employed  proper  military  courtesy  in 


THE    MORALE    OF   PRIVATE   SIMPICH  13 

addressing  his  superior,  always  putting  a  sir  or  lieuten- 
ant in  each  speech.  McManigal  could  not  talk  much 
for  the  blood  bubbled  out  of  this  wound  whenever  he  filled 
his  lungs.  Presently  Simpich  dropped  the  military 
swank.  "Mac,  it  looks  like  it's  all  up  with  us.  The  Boche 
is  counter-attacking.    Our  fellows  are  falling  back." 

The  Americans  beyond  Exermont  had  received  the  or- 
der to  retire,  and  they  were  going  back  to  the  American 
lines  directly,  not  passing  through  Exermont.  The  Ger- 
mans were  following  the  retirement  closely.  This  left 
McManigal  and  Simpich  within  the  German  lines.  Soon 
Germans  began  to  drift  across  the  bridge.  Presently 
four  Americans,  each  pair  carrying  a  litter  came  along. 
McManigal  yelled  to  them:    "Come  and  get  us." 

"We  can't,"  they  replied,  "we  are  prisoners,  and  they 
won't  let  us  handle  anything  but  German  wounded." 

About  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  a  German  soldier  of 
most  evil  visage  plodding  over  the  bridge  saw  McManigal 
lying  on  the  edge  of  the  water  and  stopped  and  gazed  at 
him.  He  slowly  brought  up  his  rifle,  a  short  cavalry  car- 
bine, and  with  elaborate  care  took  aim  at  the  lieutenant. 
McManigal,  who  spoke  no  German,  was  in  that  neutral 
state  between  consciousness  and  delirium.  He  watched 
the  soldier  with  mild  interest.  As  the  German's  finger 
commenced  to  tighten  on  the  trigger,  McManigal  won- 
dered if  there  was  as  much  slack  to  be  taken  up  in  the 
German  trigger  as  in  the  American  service  rifle.  Then 
Simpich  said  something  to  the  man  in  German  which  was 
answered,  and  soon  a  violent  argument  in  German  was 
going  on.  The  rifle  up  to  that  time  was  aimed  at  the 
spot  between  McManigal's  eyes.  After  a  particularly 
violent  flow  of  German  words  from  Simpich,  the  soldier 


14  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

lifted  the  weapon  and  strode  angrily  away,  apparently 
offended. 

"What  did  you  say  to  him?'*    McManigal  asked. 

"I  told  him  that  this  spot  was  under  observation  by 
the  Americans,"  Simpich  replied,  "and  that  our  men 
undoubtedly  could  identify  him  through  their  powerful 
telescopes,  and  that  if  he  shot  you,  they  would  take  him 
apart,  joint  at  a  time." 

Then  came  the  long  stretch  of  waiting.  Occasionally 
one  of  the  men  would  become  unconscious.  McManigal 
fell  into  delirium  in  which  he  believed  that  his  soul  had 
left  his  body  and  was  hovering  about  above  them,  look- 
ing down  on  the  physical  forms  of  McManigal  and  Sim- 
pich and  expressing  sympathy  with  them.  Then  he  would 
fancy  that  he  had  been  picked  up  by  stretcher  bearers, 
taken  back  to  a  hospital,  his  wound  dressed,  his  body 
washed,  and  put  into  a  clean  and  comfortable  bed  with 
white  sheets,  where  a  nurse  fed  him  hot  soups  out  of  a 
teapot.  "This  surely  is  the  most  comfortable  bed  I  ever 
was  in,"  he  said  to  Simpich.  "I  wish  you  could  be 
brought  to  this  hospital,  too."  Then  he  would  revive 
just  as  he  was  sliding  into  the  water. 

Simpich  had  half  a  box  of  hard  bread,  but  he  could 
not  eat  it,  and  did  not  feel  particularly  hungry.  Mc- 
Manigal had  a  bar  of  chocolate.  He  was  afraid  to  try  to 
throw  half  to  Simpich  for  fear  it  would  fall  into  the 
water  and  be  lost.  He  wrapped  paper  around  it,  put 
it  into  the  middle  of  a  ball  of  mud  and  threw  it  across 
to  his  comrade. 

They  had  lain  two  days  and  two  nights  at  that  place, 
gazing  across  the  water  at  one  another  by  day,  and  grow- 
ing weaker  and  weaker,  when  the  cold  rain  set  in.  Mc- 
Manigal suggested  that  they  endeavor  to  crawl  into  a 


THE   MORALE   OF  PRIVATE  SIMPICH  15 

half  ruined  building  about  thirty  yards  away.  They  filled 
their  canteens  from  the  stream  and  made  the  start,  Mc- 
Manigal  completed  his  journey  in  an  hour,  but  it  took 
Simpich,  dragging  a  useless  leg,  all  the  afternoon.  The 
next  day  they  were  both  exhausted.  Thirst  and  hun- 
ger had  come  back,  too. 

The  shock  of  their  wounds  and  the  incidental  nausea 
had  delayed  their  hunger  at  first.  Simpich  had  his  con- 
diment can  containing  coffee  and  sugar.  After  an  ex- 
haustive discussion  of  the  situation,  they  decided  it  would 
be  a  good  idea  to  make  some  coffee.  They  had  no 
matches,  but  a  French  cigarette  lighter  which  seemed  still 
willing  to  work. 

Simpich  being  quite  helpless,  McManigal  took  the  two 
canteens  and  crawled  to  the  bank  of  the  stream  to  fill 
them.  While  he  was  making  his  painful  journey  a  Ger- 
man working  party  came  up  and  took  him  prisoner.  In 
spite  of  all  his  efforts  and  arguments,  they  would  not  go 
into  the  building  and  get  Simpich,  doubtless  fearing  a 
trap. 

Neither  would  they  allow  him  to  communicate  with 
Simpich  nor  permit  him  to  throw  one  of  the  full  can- 
teens in  to  his  wounded  comrade.  McManigal  was  taken 
to  the  rear  by  the  Germans  immediately. 

Simpich  lay  alone  through  the  afternoon  and  the  next 
night  in  the  building.  Occasionally  he  heard  Germans 
passing,  but  his  hope  that  American  troops  soon  would 
come  swarming  into  the  town,  cheering  and  cursing,  and 
send  him  dashing  back  to  a  hospital  in  an  ambulance 
never  left  him.  The  next  morning,  American  artillery 
opened  fire  on  Exermont,  and  this  spurred  his  hopes.  It 
was  fine  to  be  shelled  by  his  own  guns  for  this  must  be 
the  bombardment  preliminary  to  a  charge. 


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About  the  middle  of  the  afternoon,  some  twenty-four 
hours  after  McManigal  disappeared,  he  was  lying  on  his 
back  in  the  bare  room,  staring  up  at  the  rainy  sky  through 
the  holes  in  the  red  tile  roof,  and  listening  to  the  shells 
bursting  in  the  town,  when  one  of  the  American  shots 
landed  squarely  on  the  old  building  in  which  he  lay. 
In  a  pandemonium  of  shattered  tiles,  falling  walls  and 
flying  debris,  he  w^as  hit  violently  in  the  face  and  on  the 
head,  and  lost  consciousness. 

When  he  became  conscious  again,  there  was  a  sting- 
ing pain  in  his  eyes,  and  they  were  useless.  He  could 
see  nothing.  He  had  to  accept  the  situation.  He  was 
blind.  It  occurred  to  him  that  it  was  particularly  tough 
that  an  American  shell  had  put  out  his  eyes.  He  set 
himself  to  calculating  how  long  it  probably  would  be 
before  he  could  reasonably  expect  relief,  and  to  speculate 
on  what  callings  would  be  open  to  a  man  without  eyes. 
He  recalled  and  canvassed  the  opportunities  in  several 
occupations  which  he  might  take  up.  That  is  morale. 
He  thought  of  his  brother,  Fred,  a  consul  in  Mexico,  and 
wondered  if  he  could  find  a  job  for  a  blind  man. 

What  had  happened  to  him  was  that  the  stone  which 
hit  him  on  the  head  had  rendered  him  unconscious  and 
his  eyes  had  filled  with  lime  from  the  mortar.  His  un- 
consciousness lasted  until  after  nightfall,  and  so  he  lay 
through  the  night,  between  the  overthrown  walls,  listen- 
ing to  the  far  artillery  and  the  near  shells,  staring  up- 
ward in  the  darkness  as  a  blind  man.  Not  till  dawn  came, 
and  he  had  finally  mopped  the  lime  from  his  eyes,  did 
he  find  that  sight  was  still  his. 

The  next  day  he  decided  to  surrender.  He  heard  Ger- 
mans fairly  near  him,  and  he  raised  a  shout.  A  German 
climbed  over  the  wall,  and  looking  down  through  a  hole 


THE    MORALE    OF   PRIVATE   SIMPICH  17 

in  the  wreckage  above,  covered  Simpich  with  a  pistol 
and  asked  him  what  he  wanted.  Simpich  said  he  was 
willing  to  surrender  himself  as  a  prisoner  of  war,  and 
that  he  wanted  some  medical  attention,  a  little  food  and 
a  lot  of  water.  He  was  taken  to  the  rear  and  that  after- 
noon was  put  on  the  operating  table  in  a  German  field 
hospital.  That  was  October  3  and  he  had  been  wounded 
September  29.  His  wounds  had  been  unattended,  he  had 
had  no  food  and  little  water.    It  was  time  to  surrender. 

When  his  platoon  started  out  for  its  attack  on  Exer- 
mont,  six  hand  grenades  had  been  issued  to  each  man. 
When  he  was  wounded  Simpich  still  had  one  buttoned 
up  inside  his  blouse,  and  when  he  was  put  on  the  table 
October  3  for  examination  (after  all  German  wounded 
had  been  attended  to,  of  course)  he  unbuttoned  his  blouse 
and  handed  the  grenade  to  a  medical  man.  There  were 
some  ten  doctors  and  sanitary  men  in  the  room  then. 
Thirty  seconds  later  there  were  but  three,  the  patient 
and  two  stout  surgeons  slow  of  foot,  who  had  been  the 
last  to  reach  the  door  and  had  wedged  in  it.  When  the 
wild  cries  had  died  down,  Simpich  called  them  back,  and 
explained  his  peaceful  intentions  and  that  he  had  sur- 
rendered with  all  arms. 

They  continued  the  examination,  said  his  leg  ought  to 
have  splints  on  it  at  once,  but  they  could  not  put  them 
on  as  they  did  not  have  enough  for  the  German  wounded. 
Two  days  later  he  was  examined  again,  and  the  doctor 
said  his  leg  should  be  put  in  splints  at  once,  and  that 
he  would  do  it,  too,  if  he  had  them,  but  that  he  did  not 
have  enough  for  Ihe  German  wounded.  Finally,  on  Oc- 
tober 10,  they  amputated  the  leg,  and  sent  him  on  to  the 
rear.  On  November  7  at  Trier,  he  got  a  bath.  He  had 
not  so  much  as  washed  his  hands  for  six  weeks.    When 


18  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

he  returned  to  an  allied  hospital  late  in  January,  1919, 
he  weighed  82  pounds,  approximately  half  of  his  original 
weight,  but  his  morale  still  was  100  per  cent. 

It  is  with  a  division  made  up  of  officers  and  men  like 
McManigal,  McQueen  and  Simpich  that  this  history  con- 
cerns itself.  When  the  35th  Division  of  the  United  States 
army  landed  in  France  May  11,  1918,  it  was  as  fine  a 
body  of  fighting  men  of  equal  number  as  ever  set  forth  on 
the  desperate  venture  of  war. 

When  they  were  called  to  the  colors  nine  months  be- 
fore, they  had  been  civilian  soldiers  of  the  best  type, 
the  National  Guard  of  Missouri  and  Kansas,  keen  for 
the  task  and  for  the  training  which  was  to  precede  it. 
They  carried  the  vim  and  enthusiasm  of  restless  youth, 
and  the  brain  and  brawn  of  midland  Americans.  They 
were  the  pushing,  boisterous  products  of  a  smiling,  sunny 
land. 

On  Sept.  29,  1918,  what  was  left  of  them  lay  in  an 
irregular  line  across  the  Aire  valley,  fighting  desperately. 
Grimly  and  sullenly  they  held  the  front  against  a  re- 
lentless foe.  On  that  stricken  field,  the  division  had 
ceased  to  function  as  a  unit.  The  action  was  of  smal- 
ler units,  each  virtually  an  independent  command,  and 
out  of  the  wreckage  and  waste  of  war,  the  only  landmarks 
left  where  those  set  up  by  the  stamina  of  the  men. 

It  was  like  a  piece  of  soft  bottom  land  through  which 
a  flood  had  swept.  The  clutter  of  dead  weeds  and  the 
top  soil  was  gone.  The  flimsy  organization  which  was 
supposed  to  control  and  direct  was  washed  away.  But 
above  the  surface  showed  firmly  set  rocks  and  solid 
stumps  of  oak  trees  which  the  flood  could  not  move. 
These  were  the  fighting  men,  the  lads  who  had  turned 
aside  for  a  while  from  factories,  farms,  offices  and  stores, 


THE   MORALE   OF  PRIVATE  SIMPICH  19 

to  take  up  the  trade  of  a  soldier  and  to  follow  the  wars. 
It  is  the  purpose  of  this  book  to  show  the  events  which 
brought  so  fine  a  division  to  such  a  sorry  pass,  and 
the  spirit  which  revived  it  again.  The  author  will  re- 
count the  events  and  record  the  history,  but  he  will  leave 
to  the  reader  the  task  of  making  the  deductions. 


CHAPTER  II 


TRAINING  AT  CAMP  DONIPHAN 

It  is  necessary  to  review  very  briefly  the  organization 
and  training  of  the  35th  Division  to  make  clear  some  of 
the  things  which  came  afterward.  There  were  happen- 
ings in  the  Argonne  battle  which  could  be  accounted  for 
only  after  the  searcher  had  trailed  back  to  the  old  train- 
ing days  at  Doniphan.  Other  events,  desperate  and  tragic 
things,  too,  went  even  further  back  to  the  foundations  of 
the  controlling  system. 

To  make  up  the  35th  Division,  the  National  Guard  or- 
ganizations of  Missouri  and  Kansas  were  combined.  The 
Missouri  Guard  contributed,  according  to  the  record, 
14,282  men,  and  Kansas  9,781  men.  When  the  divisional 
strength  was  placed  at  27,000,  the  additional  men  were 
taken  almost  entirely  from  Missouri  and  Kansas  drafts, 
so  that  the  division  started  out  and  continued  to  its  mus- 
tering out,  a  Missouri-Kansas  outfit. 

All  that  these  two  states  had  of  the  men  and  means 
with  which  war  is  waged  went  into  the  national  reser- 
voir. On  August  5,  1917,  the  units  passed  from  under 
the  control  of  the  states  and  became  part  of  the  United 
States  army. 

The  amalgamation  of  the  forces  caused  a  general  shak- 
ing up  of  officers.  Commissioned  men  of  all  ranks  found 
themselves  in  new  jobs,  or  in  no  jobs  at  all,  soon  after 
they  reached  Camp  Doniphan,  near  Lawton,  Ok.,  to  which 
place  the  division  was  sent  for  training.     In  National 

20 


TRAINING   AT    CAMP  DONIPHAN  21 

Guard  divisions,  it  was  the  custom  to  unite  two  regiments 
to  make  one  regiment  of  the  strength  required  by  the 
new  tables  of  organization.  This  left  virtually  half  the 
officers  without  commands.  In  Regular  Army  divisions, 
skeleton  units  were  enlarged,  thus  not  only  insuring 
commands  for  all  officers,  but  making  it  necessary  to  ad- 
vance nearly  all  officers  in  rank. 

Major-General  William  M.  Wright,  a  classmate  of  Gen. 
Pershing  and  a  regular  army  officer  of  high  reputation, 
was  put  in  command  of  the  division.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
R.  MacCleave  was  his  chief  of  staff.  Soon  after  Major- 
General  Wright  took  command  at  Camp  Doniphan,  he 
and  his  chief  of  staff  went  to  France  on  a  tour  of  inspec- 
tion, and  the  command  of  the  camp  fell  to  Brigadier- 
General  Lucien  G.  Berry,  commander  of  the  artillery 
brigade.  To  Gen.  Berry  also  was  left  the  task  of  elimi- 
nating undesirable  National  Guard  officers. 

It  seemed  that  all  National  Guard  officers  who  occupied 
positions  of  prominence  soon  disclosed  traits  which  made 
them  unsatisfactory  to  the  acting  commander  of  the 
division. 

Gen.  Berry  was  a  Regular  Army  officer  of  fixed  ideas. 
He  had  spent  his  life  in  the  service,  and  his  viewpoint 
was  always  that  of  the  soldier.  His  knowledge  of  men, 
as  such  knowledge  is  understood  in  civilian  life,  was 
necessarily  limited.  He  viewed  everything  with  a  mili- 
tary eye.  He  believed  implicitly  in  his  unerring  ability 
to  estimate  a  man  at  first  glance,  and  he  felt  that  once 
he  had  made  that  estimate,  he  must  abide  by  it.  He  hon- 
estly believed  that  his  patriotism  and  loyalty  to  the  flag 
was  the  genuine  unadulterated  brand  and  all  other  va- 
rieties fell  under  suspicion. 

I  do  not  know  of  any  sure  rule  by  which  to  determine 


22  FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXEEMONT 

before  he  has  been  tried,  which  man  will  prove  himself 
a  great  soldier.  But  I  am  sure  that  an  army  officer  sit- 
ting in  the  high  and  aloof  place  which  his  imagination 
creates,  cannot  determine  at  first  glance  whether  a  man 
has  in  him  the  stuff  of  which  a  warrior  is  made. 

Success  in  leading  men  in  battle  is  about  15  per  cent 
technical  knowledge  and  85  per  cent  common  sense. 
Even  West  Point  cannot  make  a  great  soldier  of  the  man 
who  is  a  born  stamp  collector  or  miniature  painter.  It 
can  give  him  the  15  per  cent  technical  knowledge  but  it 
cannot  supply  an  aptitude  for  soldiering  or  the  85  per 
cent  of  common  sense  if  the  candidate  has  not  got  it  in 
him. 

When  Gen.  Berry  saw  Col.  "Bill"  Raupp  of  the  Second 
Missouri,  it  doubtless  did  not  take  him  long  to  decide 
that  Eaupp  could  not  command  a  regiment  in  his  army. 
The  struggle  to  unseat  Raupp  occupied  most  of  the  fall, 
winter  and  spring.  His  regiment  was  broken  up  and 
made  into  machine  gun  battalions,  he  was  tried  on  charges, 
he  was  sent  before  efficiency  boards,  he  was  rushed  into 
examinations,  but  he  came  through  with  credit  after  each 
trial. 

The  strict  life  of  the  army  does  not  qualify  a  man  to 
judge  his  fellows  who  have  followed  civilian  pursuits. 
It  would  be  like  asking  a  cloistered  nun  to  decide  at  first 
glance  whether  the  worldly  woman  she  met  was  good  or 
bad.  Only  after  a  board  had  put  Raupp  through  the 
gruelling  test  of  an  examination  would  it  be  shown  what 
sort  of  a  scrapper  he  was,  and  that  he  knew  more  about 
the  textbooks  on  war  than  his  judges.  It  finally  was 
necessary  to  send  him  to  the  school  at  San  Antonio  and 
detach  him  from  the  division.  They  could  not  put  him 
out  of  the  army. 


TRAINING    AT    CAMP  DONIPHAN  23 

Brigadier  General  H.  C.  Clark,  commander  of  the  Mis- 
souri National  Guard,  was  ''found"  by  a  physical  ex- 
amination. General  Clark  was  the  father  of  the  Missouri 
National  Guard  as  it  existed  at  that  time.  He  had  re-or- 
ganized it  after  the  Spanish- American  War,  and  had  com- 
manded it  ever  since.  After  the  declaration  of  war  with 
Germany  he  had  pushed  recruiting  and  organizing  so  that 
in  three  months  he  had  raised,  organized,  trained  and 
equipped  a  force  which  under  the  Defense  Act  the  State 
was  given  five  years  to  raise.  By  August  5, 1917,  the  State 
had  organized  every  unit  authorized  by  the  Militia  Bureau. 
His  energy  was  unending,  and  his  strength  never  waned, 
but  when  he  went  before  the  examining  board,  composed 
of  three  surgeons  of  the  regular  army,  it  was  found  that 
his  blood  pressure  was  too  high.  Blood  pressure  in  officers 
of  the  National  Guard  increases  with  their  rank.  The 
board  also  said  that  his  lungs  were  affected  as  a  result 
of  an  attack  of  pleurisy. 

The  War  Department  on  December  26,  1917,  issued  an 
order  honorably  discharging  him  from  the  service  on  the 
ground  of  physical  disability. 

The  moral  effect  of  General  Clark's  presence  with  the 
troops  in  France  would  have  been  of  incalculable  value. 
His  deep  and  sound  military  judgment  and  knowledge 
would  have  been  a  tower  of  strength. 

Brigadier  General  Arthur  B.  Donnelly,  who  had  been  a 
prominent  figure  in  the  St.  Louis  guard,  finally  resigned, 
rather  than  contest  the  unceasing  war  against  him. 

Col.  Leroy  Bobbins  of  a  St.  Louis  regiment  was  forced 
out. 

Col.  Perry  L.  Hoisington  of  Kansas  was  eliminated  by 
a  physical  examination,  after  having  been  subjected  to 


24  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

many  humiliations  by  the  camp  commander.     He  was  a 
capable  officer  of  22  years  service. 

Many  other  Kansas  officers  were  removed.  Col.  Hugh 
Means,  of  the  130th  Field  Artillery  had  passed  the  school 
for  field  officers  at  Fort  Sam  Houston  and  the  school  of 
fire  at  Fort  Sill.  Gen.  Berry  sent  him  before  an  efficiency 
board,  and  he  was  found  to  be  not  inefficient.  Just  be- 
fore the  Division  sailed  for  France,  Gen.  Berry  relieved 
him  of  his  command,  and  he  stayed  at  Camp  Doniphan 
throughout  the  war. 

Lieut.  Col.  Chas.  S.  Flanders,  of  the  137th  Infantry, 
was  "found"  by  an  efficiency  board  just  before  the  Di- 
vision sailed.  He  had  been  a  captain  in  the  Philippines 
under  Funston,  and  had  served  in  the  Guard  for  twenty- 
one  years. 

Lieut.  Colonels  Alex  A.  Sharp  and  Bruce  Griffith,  and 
Majors  Aaron  L.  Hitehens  and  Albert  H.  Krause  were  put 
out  for  minor  physical  disabilities. 

Major  Frank  W.  Butler  was  relieved  from  duty.  He 
was  transferred  to  another  division,  sent  overseas  and 
gained  his  Lieutenant  Colonelcy. 

Major  William  A.  Pattison,  of  the  130th  Field  Artil- 
lery, was  mustered  out.  The  officer  in  charge  of  artillery 
in  the  Militia  Bureau  had  pronounced  him  the  best  artil- 
lery officer  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  United  States. 

Colonel  Raupp  's  was  a  typical  case.  Before  the  Second 
Regiment  arrived  in  Doniphan  Sept.  27,  there  had  been 
something  of  a  row  in  Missouri  about  the  orders  consol- 
idating the  troops  with  the  Kansas  troops.  When  Colonel 
Raupp  and  Lieut.  Paul  Tucker  reported.  General  Berry 
took  them  to  task  for  this  row  and  requested  them  to 
resign.     They  refused.     The  regiment  was  cut  up  into 


TRAINING   AT    CAMP   DONIPHAN  25 

machine  gun  battalions  and  Raupp  and  Tucker,  being 
surplus,  were  assigned  to  the  Depot  Brigade. 

Raupp,  on  October  10,  was  ordered  before  an  efficiency 
board.  October  15,  Berry  sent  for  Raupp  and  told  him 
the  findings  were  unfavorable  and  he  would  give  him  an- 
other chance  to  resign.  Raupp  refused  again,  asked  for 
a  copy  of  the  proceedings,  and  was  bluntly  told  he  could 
not  have  it.  The  case  was  reversed  in  Washington.  No- 
vember 12,  Raupp  was  ordered  before  a  physical  exam- 
ination board.  He  passed.  Nov.  18  he  was  appointed  on 
a  board  to  examine  into  and  make  recommendations  con- 
cerning difference  in  weight  in  a  number  of  cars  of  hay. 
This  job  took  about  one  half  hour  and  was  the  only  work 
Raupp  was  permitted  to  do  in  Doniphan  from  Sept.  27  to 
Feb.  5,  1918.  December  10,  he  was  ordered  before  an 
efficiency  board  and  "found." 

He  tried  to  see  Gen.  Wright  but  Col.  MacCleave  told 
him  he  was  too  busy  to  see  him.  The  finding  was  again 
reversed  in  Washington.  On  Feb.  5,  1918,  he  was  ordered 
to  the  Brigade  and  Field  Officers  School  at  Fort  Sam 
Houston.  The  school  had  started  Jan.  2,  Raupp  joined 
Feb.  7.  Twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  class  failed  to  qualify 
but  Raupp  starting  five  weeks  late  passed.  He  was  or- 
dered to  Camp  Wadsworth,  South  Carolina,  and  reported 
there  April  6.  April  10,  he  was  appointed  Camp  Guard 
Commander  and  held  the  place  until  demobilization.  July 
7,  he  was  assigned  to  command  the  60th  Pioneer  Infantry 
and  held  this  place  until  demobilization,  receiving  the 
highest  praise  from  Major  Gen.  Carleton.  Raupp  had 
commanded  the  Second  Missouri  for  12  years.  He  had 
refused  a  Brigade  Generalcy  to  stay  with  it.  The  record 
of  the  regiment  after  being  transformed  into  machine  gun 
battalions  was  second  to  none  in  France.    Its  officers  held 


26  FROM    VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

their  commands  all  the  way  through,  which  applied  to 
few  other  outfits. 

The  training  of  the  men  for  war  was  pressed  with  all 
possible  speed.  The  camp  was  in  a  dry  valley  surrounded 
by  mountains.  Virtually  all  the  men  under  canvas,  the 
business  of  providing  stoves  for  the  tents  proceeded  very 
slowly,  and  cold  weather  came,  with  a  fiendish  wind 
which  swept  down  out  of  the  hills,  and  there  was  con- 
siderable sickness  in  camp.  The  base  hospital  was  not 
completed,  and  facilities  for  caring  for  the  sick  were 
poor.  Dispatches  sent  from  Camp  Doniphan  to  newspa- 
pers made  this  condition  apparent  to  the  public,  and  re- 
sulted in  a  censorship  which  Gen.  Berry  put  on  all  news 
dispatches  sent  out  of  the  camp.  This  was  the  first  camp 
censorship  in  the  country. 


CHAPTER  III 


THE  VOYAGE  TO  FRANCE 

The  training  went  ahead  with  vigor  through  the  fall 
and  winter  and  into  the  spring  of  1918.  At  that  time, 
the  war  on  the  western  front,  where  our  battalions  were 
to  take  their  places,  was  a  fixed  one  of  the  kind  known 
as  trench  warfare.  Our  national  guardsmen,  in  their 
camps  and  armories,  had  never  trained  for  such  a  conflict. 
So  experts  in  the  new  art  of  war — French,  English  and 
Scotch — were  sent  from  the  battlefields  to  teach  them. 
The  men  were  hardened  and  toughened  by  constant  hard 
work,  just  as  if  the  war  was  to  be  the  open  warfare  they 
had  studied,  but  the  technique,  the  implements  and  the 
methods  all  were  new. 

By  the  time  Gen,  Wright  returned  from  France,  the 
men  knew  a  lot  about  digging  trenches  and  throwing 
hand  grenades,  and  in  the  use  of  the  bayonet  they  had 
made  amazing  progress.  Gen.  Wright  seemed  to  think 
that  they  had  devoted  too  much  time  to  these  specialties 
and  not  enough  to  the  straight,  standard  lines  of  military 
training.  He  wanted  them  to  be  as  nearly  perfect  as  pos- 
sible in  the  use  of  the  rifle,  accurate  in  firing  at  all  ef- 
fective ranges  and  skilled  at  maneuvering  in  the  open  or 
in  woods  by  day  or  by  night. 

The  theory  of  the  bayonet,  I  believe,  is  that  if  the  sol- 
dier has  acquired  sufficient  proficiency  in  its  use,  and  has 
got  what  is  called  the  "spirit  of  the  bayonet,"  he  will 
not  have  to  use  it,  because  then  the  enemy  will  never 
stand  against  his  charge.    If  this  is  right,  those  months 

27 


28  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXEEMONT 

devoted  to  the  bayonet  were  not  lost.  But  very  few  men 
of  the  Thirty-fifth  Division  ever  stuck  bayonets  into  Ger- 
mans. 

Virtually  all  elements  of  the  new  division  had  reached 
Camp  Doniphan  by  the  middle  of  October.  The  late  win- 
ter and  early  spring  were  filled  with  rumors  of  approach- 
ing departure.  Nobody  ever  knew  where  all  the  rumors 
started,  or  how  they  spread  over  the  camp  with  such 
swiftness.  When  the  authentic  one  finally  began  to  get 
about,  it  was  accepted  as  avidly  and  with  the  same  as- 
surance as  had  been  its  false  predecessors.  But  on  April 
11  the  men  began  entraining  for  the  East.  The  news- 
papers and  many  individuals  seem  to  have  known  of  the 
troop  movement,  but  nothing  was  printed.  An  immense 
crowd  saw  the  troop  trains  pass  through  St.  Louis,  but 
the  identification  of  the  units  in  the  printed  reports  was 
not  such  as  to  give  the  enemy  intelligence  service  any  in- 
formation. 

On  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  the  division  was  assembled 
at  Camp  Mills,  near  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  and  on 
April  24  and  25,  the  Middle  Westerners,  many  of  them 
smelling  salt  water  for  the  first  time,  moved  over  to  New 
York  and  Hoboken,  they  ''set  a  foot  aboard  a  ship"  and 
sailed  away.  The  world  was  wide  and  the  great  war  lay 
toward. 

The  first  convoy  left  Hoboken  April  25,  the  transports 
Adriatic,  Aeneas,  Coronia  and  Shropshire  carried  Divi- 
sion Headquarters,  Headquarters  Troop  and  Detachment, 
Headquarters  70th  Brigade,  137th  Infantry,  139th  Infan- 
try, 140th  Infantry,  and  the  128th  Machine  Gun  Battalion. 
On  May  3  the  second  convoy  left  on  the  transports  Car- 
pathia,  Missanabee  and  Leicestershire,  carrying  the 
Headquarters    69th   Brigade,   Headquarters   Trains   and 


THE   VOYAGE   TO   FRANCE  29 

Military  Police,  138th  Infantry,  129th  Machine  Gun  Bat- 
talion, 130th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  and  casual  companies. 
A  number  of  the  smaller  units  crossed  with  other  divisions 
which  were  embarking  at  the  time.  The  first  convoy 
landed  in  England  May  7,  the  second  May  16.  The  110th 
Engineers  embarked  from  Camp  Merritt  on  the  Great 
Northern  May  1  direct  to  Brest  without  convoy  and  landed 
there  May  10. 

The  60th  Field  Artillery  Brigade  followed  the  division 
landing  in  England  June  1  to  7.  They  sailed  on  the 
transports  Ceramic  and  Saxonia.  The  Trench  Mortar 
Battery  and  the  110th  Field  Signal  Battalion  also  crossed 
later. 

It  was  a  cold,  windy  trip  on  a  boisterous  sea.  The  ships 
traveled  in  convoy  and  the  submarine  war  was  at  its 
height.  The  convoy  was  routed  far  to  the  north,  so  that 
at  one  time  it  was  in  the  latitude  of  the  southern  point  of 
Greenland.  It  turned  southward  when  near  the  Scottish 
coast  and  passed  through  the  Irish  Sea  between  England 
and  Ireland,  and  when  Liverpool  finally  rose  out  of  the 
water  it  got  a  cheer  from  that  convoy.  That  was  on  May 
7,  and  there-  was  little  sightseeing  done  in  the  British  port, 
for  the  same  day  the  men  were  marched  onto  trains  and 
shot  through  to  Winchester. 

Clay  Berlin,  an  enlisted  man,  died  of  diphtheria  in  Win- 
chester. His  was  the  first  death  overseas  in  the  35th  di- 
vision. 

On  May  10  the  first  half  of  the  division  entrained  again 
and  rode  to  Southampton,  again  embarked  and  in  the  night 
steamed  down  che  Solent  and  through  the  submarine  in- 
fested waters  of  the  channel  safely  to  Le  Havre,  landing 
there  May  11. 

By   11   a.m.   that   day  all   outfits   in   that   convoy   had 


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landed  on  French  soil  or  were  in  course  of  landing.  Just 
six  months  later  to  the  hour  the  armistice  was  signed. 

From  Le  Havre  the  troops  moved  as  rapidly  as  pos- 
sible immediately  after  landing  to  the  vicinity  of  Eu, 
where  Divisional  Headquarters  was  set  up  in  the  town 
hall.  Excepting  the  units  to  come  later  the  division  was 
assembled,  finally,  in  France,  and  the  war  was  not  very 
far  away.  By  June  1  the  outfit  was  quartered  within  easy 
range  of  Eu.  Le  Treport,  a  peacetime  summer  resort  on 
the  sea,  but  now  a  hospital  center  for  convalescents,  was 
three  miles  away.  Dieppe  was  17  miles  to  the  southwest, 
and  due  east  was  the  battle  line. 

These  were  parlous  days  in  the  great  war,  especially 
in  the  camps  of  the  high  commands  to  which  certain 
knowledge  of  the  enemy's  intention  was  brought  by  the 
intelligence  services.  The  German  had  been  attacking 
smce  March  21,  and  indications  were  that  he  was  gath- 
ering his  strength  for  a  determined  offensive  whose  pur- 
pose was  possibly  to  break  through  the  line  and  menace 
the  channel  ports. 

"What  force  he  would  bring  to  this  task  was  problemat- 
ical, but  it  was  certain  to  be  a  dangerous  one.  The  loss 
of  the  channel  ports  with  the  consequent  limiting  or  de- 
struction of  cross-channel  traffic  would  have  been  almost 
a  mortal  blow  to  the  allies,  cutting  off,  as  it  would,  the 
certainty  of  a  normal  flow  of  men  and  munitions  from 
Great  Britain. 

The  enemy  was  pressing  along  the  whole  line,  appar- 
ently feeling  for  a  weak  spot,  and  Foch  could  not  know 
where  he  would  strike.  The  French  army  of  maneuver 
was  kept  somewhere  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Cham- 
pagne, and  the  new  American  troops  in  the  north  of 
France  remained  back  of  the  British.    The  long  point  of 


THE  VOYAGE   TO  FRANCE  31 

the  advance  Mras  about  to  be  pushed  in  at  Chateau- 
Thierry,  and  the  Marines  v^ere  to  make  their  gallant  and 
successful  fight  at  Belleau  Wood  and  add  bright  garlands 
to  their  wreaths  of  fame. 

There  vras  at  that  time  no  real  American  sector.  "We 
held  a  little  stretch  of  trench  up  Luneville  way,  and  at  a 
spot  or  two  doAvn  in  the  Vosges  we  were  in  very  quiet 
sectors.  The  British  army  guarded  the  path  to  the  Chan- 
nel, while  the  French  legions  stood  watch  and  ward  along 
the  road  that  led  to  Paris. 

The  First  Division  already  had  tasted  blood  at  Can- 
tigny.  Foch  shuffled  some  other  American  divisions  and 
put  them  into  the  line  along  with  the  French.  They  were 
the  Twenty-sixth,  from  New  England ;  the  Thirty-second 
from  Wisconsin  and  Michigan,  and  the  Forty-second 
called  the  "Rainbow"  Division.  It  looked  very  big  to  us, 
but  we  knew  in  sober  thought  that  our  American  contri- 
bution to  the  army  which  was  holding  back  the  Hun  was 
very  small.  The  enemy  was  using  a  mobile  force  of  700,- 
000  men,  the  intelligence  section  said.  Foch  knew  he 
could  stop  them  on  the  Marne.  If  the  attack  should  slide 
farther  to  the  west  and  north,  the  British  would  be  in  a 
bad  way.  It  doubtless  was  at  the  direction  of  the  high  al- 
lied command  that  Gen.  Pershing  lent  all  his  forces  in  the 
training  areas  of  the  North  of  France  to  the  British. 
There  were  nine  divisions  of  them,  one  of  which  was  the 
newly  arrived  Thirty-fifth. 

These  were  to  be  reserves  to  the  British  army.  Amer- 
ican newspapers  at  that  time  spoke  of  these  American 
troops  as  having  "finished  their  training"  and  of  their  be- 
ing attached  to  the  British  army.  Their  training  really 
was  not  finished,  but  they  had  straightened  out  the  kinks 
left  by  the  long  sea  voyage,  they  had  acquired  a  hurried. 


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but  acceptable,  knowledge  of  the  British  rifle  with  which 
they  were  equipped  and  they  would  have  been  able  to 
put  up  a  desperate  fight  if  the  British  lines  ever  had 
given  way  and  the  Americans  had  been  called  upon  to 
help  stop  the  advancing  enemy  in  the  narrow  stretch 
along  the  sea.  But  they  would  have  paid  a  terrible  price, 
for  they  were  not  as  capable  then  of  taking  the  field  as 
they  were  four  months  later,  and  the  price  paid  at  the 
later  date  was  dear  enough. 

The  parts  of  nine  American  divisions  there  exceeded  in 
the  aggregate  175,000  men.  American  newspapers  at  the 
time  made  their  larger  headlines  day  by  day  upon  the 
gradual  increase  of  enemy  artillery  fire  on  the  British 
front.  These  nine  divisions  were  gathered  in  the  little 
corner  at  the  north  of  France  and  they  lay,  nearly  all  of 
them,  in  the  territory  west  of  a  line  dra^vn  from  Arras  to 
Amiens.  Our  engineers  were  sent  further  north  than  any 
other  elements  of  the  Thirty-fifth  Division.  There  they 
dug  reserve  trenches,  erected  barbed  wire  entanglements, 
and  otherwise  labored  in  the  preparation  of  a  line  of  de- 
fense to  which  the  British  could  fall  back  if  forced  to  do 
so,  or  into  which  some  of  the  American  reserves  could  be 
thrown  to  stop  a  rush  to  the  channel.  The  enemy  never 
reached  that  line.  The  infantry  regiments  got  in  some 
time  at  drill,  and  in  reviving  and  polishing  up  their  knowl- 
edge of  the  specialized  methods  of  warfare  which  then  en- 
grossed all  military  minds. 

The  35th  Division  did  not  get  along  very  well  with  the 
British.  They  did  not  like  the  British  noncoms,  or  the 
British  soldiers,  or  the  British  officers.  They  conspicuously 
disliked  the  British  rations,  and  they  loathed  tea  for  break- 
fast. It  is  almost  impossible  to  make  Missourians  and 
Kansans  drink  tea  for  breakfast. 


THE  VOYAGE   TO   FRANCE  33 

"But  WE  have  ALWAYS  drunk  tea  for  breakfast,"  a 
British  mess  sergeant  pleaded. 

"Maybe  that's  what  is  the  matter  with  you,"  the 
American  mess  sergeant  answered  coldly. 

There  were  occasional  fights  between  our  men  and 
theirs.  That  did  not  aid  in  cementing  the  entente.  A 
British  noncom  who  was  a  bit  of  a  wag,  heard  an  excel- 
lent wheeze  at  his  own  headquarters,  and  hurried  to  tell 
it  to  the  Americans.  He  found  three  of  them  together  on 
a  sidewalk  in  Eu. 

*  *  I  say  you  fellows !  Did  you  know  the  next  war  is  to 
be  fought  between  the  two  yellow  races  ?  Yes,  the  Japanese 
and  the  Americans.  Haw ' ' — gentle  hands  bore  him  away 
to  a  hospital. 

There  was  one  thing  about  the  British  service  which 
was  appreciated  by  many  of  our  men  of  all  ranks,  coming 
as  they  did  from  the  dry  lands  of  Oklahoma,  and  the  ad- 
ditional drouth  which  had  touched  everything  in  khaki. 
That  was  the  British  canteen  system,  both  wet  and  dry. 
A  dry  canteen,  in  the  British  zone,  did  not  mean  prohibi- 
tion had  made  headway,  but  that  liquors  were  not  sold 
at  that  particular  canteen.  They  specialized  in  canned 
goods  or  clothing.  At  wet  canteens  there  were  stocks  of 
drinkables  to  fit  any  thirst.  English  beer  did  not  always 
evoke  rousing  cheers,  but  the  whiskies,  -vvines  and  liquors 
were  above  reproach,  and  always  quite  moderate  in  price. 
Americans  had  access  to  these  canteens  on  an  equal  foot- 
ing with  the  British,  but  the  business  they  might  have 
given  to  this  new  institution  was  somewhat  lessened  by 
the  fact  that  there  had  not  been  a  payday  since  leaving 
Camp  Doniphan. 

It  was  in  the  region  about  Eu  that  we  first  began  hav- 
ing our  struggles  with  the  French  language.    The  name 


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of  the  town  was  called  by  the  natives  something  like 
'  *  Uhr, ' '  but  we  called  it  ' '  You ' '  until  we  had  heard  some 
Frenchman  pronounce  it,  then  we  usually  employed  a 
grunt  such  as  a  red  Indian  is  supposed  to  use,  like 
''Umgh." 

All  men  of  the  division  could  feel  the  approach  to  the 
war,  and  could  get  much  of  the  atmosphere  of  it  from 
long  trains  of  camouflaged  trucks  which  plugged  along 
the  magnificent  roads,  or  from  the  hospital  cars  which 
the  trains  carried  daily  down  to  Le  Treport,  where  sick 
or  wounded  might  recuperate  by  the  sea,  or  from  the  air- 
planes which  flew  over  in  formation  on  their  way  to  the 
front  or  back  again.  Only  one  unit  had  a  touch  of  war 
in  that  area.  That  was  E  Company  of  the  138th,  which 
had  tarried  at  Mills  to  clean  up  the  camp  and  had  missed 
the  division  in  England. 

Coming  by  a  later  boat,  E  Company's  fortunes  laid  it 
up  at  night  on  a  sidetrack  in  the  railway  station  at  Abbe- 
ville. This  happened  to  be  a  night  which  enemy  aviators 
had  chosen  to  bomb  the  Abbeville  railway  station. 

The  town  was  dark  as  pitch,  war  regulations  having 
forbidden  all  lights,  and  the  few  dim  ones  about  the 
tracks  at  the  station  were  put  out  as  soon  as  the  alarm 
was  given  by  the  listening  posts,  miles  nearer  the  front. 

The  men  of  E  Company  were  on  open  flat  cars  in  the 
yards  about  the  station.  Night  bombers  always  throw  at 
the  railway  station.  It  was  a  trying  thing  to  stay  on  the 
cars  while  the  black  sky  above  was  filled  with  the  whirr 
of  angry  motors,  but  there  they  stayed  and  waited  for  the 
crash  of  the  first  bomb  of  their  part  of  the  war,  and  they 
knew  in  reason  it  was  coming  soon.  These  men  later  on 
became  pretty  well  acquainted  with  the  detonation  of 
high  explosive,  but  on  that  night  they  heard  their  first. 


THE   VOYAGE   TO   FRANCE  35 

**Kazzz-ZAM!"  it  went,  not  a  hundred  yards  away, 
and  it  sounded  like  it  was  almost  under  the  car.  The 
men  took  what  little  cover  could  be  found  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  station,  but  some  of  them  stayed  on  their 
cars  and  watched  the  air  barrage. 

"Mark  41!"  a  doughboy  shouted,  as  he  had  done  be- 
fore on  the  rifle  range  Avhen  asking  the  scorer  to  mark 
his  target.  The  spirit  was  infectious,  and  the  strafing 
Grermans  got  a  verbal  strafing  from  the  ground  which 
they  could  not  hear,  and  which  doubtless  they  could  not 
have  understood  had  they  heard,  but  heard  and  under- 
stood, it  would  have  given  a  fine  idea  of  what  these 
Americans  thought  of  such  night  flying  vultures,  and  how 
little  regarded  were  their  poisonous  eggs. 

"Missed  it  a  mile,"  "Set  'em  up  in  the  other  alley," 
"Try  the  other  barrel,"  they  yelled  as  the  succeeding 
bombs  exploded,  and  they  yelled  many  other  things  which 
it  would  not  be  proper  to  record.  After  a  while  the  raid- 
ers flew  back  home  and  the  next  day  the  company,  still 
intact,  rejoined  the  regiment. 

The  adventure  of  E  Company  did  not  bring  the  regi- 
ment or  division  any  closer  to  the  war.  The  feeling  still 
was  that  they  were  getting  on,  but  that  the  big  show  was 
well  ahead. 

The  night  of  May  26  and  the  morning  of  May  27,  the 
Germans  attacked  on  a  40-mile  front,  between  Rheims 
and  Soissons,  against  the  British  and  French,  and  the 
endeavor  to  extend  the  gains  made  in  the  March  offen- 
sive was  apparent.  Then  they  attacked  below  Ypres. 
The  35th  Division  came  mighty  near  to  getting  into  the  war 
then,  but  we  knew  at  the  time  little  about  how  close  we 
were  to  participation.  A  few  officers  and  men  went  as 
observers  to  the  front  held  by  the  Australians.    The  battle 


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developed  rapidly  along  the  Vesle  and  the  Aisne,  and 
on  May  28  a  crossing  of  the  Aisne  was  made.  The  French 
from  Rheims  westward  braced  themselves  against  the  push 
and  the  foe  slipped  further  westward.  June  1,  the  foe 
again  threatened  the  Marne,  and  only  the  desperate  French 
resistance  held  him  to  the  northern  bank. 

The  concentration  of  the  attack  along  the  line  held  by 
the  French  made  it  appear  that  the  German  design  was 
to  make  another  attempt  on  Paris,  rather  than  toward 
the  channel.  The  need  for  the  Thirty-fifth  in  the  British 
area  passed,  and  they  were  booked  for  other  fields. 


CHAPTER  IV 


ARCHES,  WESSERLING,  AND  THE  HIGH  HILLS 

On  June  7  the  Division  resumed  its  travels.  The  enemy- 
lay  along  the  Marne,  and  he  could  threaten  the  British 
as  he  did  a  few  days  later  around  Montdidier,  but  be- 
tween the  German  hordes  and  Paris  lay  the  grim  French- 
men, whose  confession  of  faith  and  declaration  of  prin- 
ciples and  litany  were  all  embraced  in  the  phrase  "They 
shall  not  pass."  Foch  could  again  devote  his  energies  to 
arranging  his  forces  for  his  own  offensives  to  come,  and 
one  of  the  details  of  this  arrangement  made  it  necessary 
for  Gen.  Pershing  to  send  the  35th  Division  further  to  the 
eastward. 

Virtually  all  of  the  division  entrained  at  Bushy  or  at 
other  railroad  points  near  there,  after  three  days  of  dif- 
ficult marching.  The  usual  line  of  march  was  Londinieres 
— Neuchatel — Bushy.  At  Bushy  the  troops  got  the  Amer- 
ican Enfields.  It  was  the  third  kind  of  rifle  in  four  weeks. 
On  this  journey  the  men  came  to  understand  why  some- 
one had  written  "sunny  France,"  for  good  weather  at- 
tended. There  had  been  much  spring  rain  at  Eu  and  an 
impression  was  spreading  that  it  always  rained  in  France, 
but  on  the  trip  to  the  south  and  east  the  division  passed 
through  a  beautiful  green  country  usually  flooded  with 
sunshine.  The  farms  were  tended  to  the  last  inch,  and 
the  chateaux  which  rose  from  the  tops  of  gently  swelling 
hills  were  like  old  pictures  from  a  book  of  travels. 

The  men  rode  in  the  famed  "Hommes  40,  ehevaux  8," 
as  the  little  French  freight  cars  were  universally  called. 

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This  legend  was  painted  on  the  side  of  every  car,  testify- 
ing to  its  capacity  for  carrying  that  number  of  men  or 
horses.  The  four-wheeled  cars  looked  flimsy  and  frail 
to  eyes  used  to  considering  the  big,  sturdy  American  box 
cars,  but  when  one  of  those  long  trains  got  under  way  it 
moved  mth  a  dash  and  abandon  which  gave  a  good  idea 
of  French  at  war. 

The  route  was  through  Rouen,  Versailles,  Troyes,  Cha- 
tillon  and  Epinal.  Headquarters  was  next  set  up  at 
Arches,  which  the  natives  called  ''Arsh,"  but  which  we 
usually  referred  to  as  "Archie."  The  69th  Brigade  had 
headquarters  at  Hadol  and  the  70th  at  Pouxeux.  Ele- 
ments of  the  division  were  scattered  about  the  country- 
side, and  some  of  them  unloaded  at  the  wrong  places,  so 
that  they  drew  long  hikes  as  the  result.  The  138th  had 
headquarters  at  Dounoux,  which  gave  the  M.  P.  's  an  op- 
portunity to  answer  the  usual  question,  "What  town  is 
this,"  in  the  usual  manner  "Dunno."  The  Arches  area 
was  to  the  south  of  Epinal.  It  was  a  farming  country 
near  the  Moselle  River  and  the  hills  were  becoming  a 
little  steeper  and  a  little  higher  than  those  through  which 
the  division  had  passed  on  its  way  from  Eu. 

It  was  not  far  to  the  German  border  of  pre-war  days, 
the  majority  of  the  people  in  the  towns  spoke  German, 
It  was  an  enlightening  and  entertaining  thing  in  Dou- 
noux to  watch  Lieut.  "Rollie"  Reinholdt,  regimental  bil--. 
leting  officer,  and  the  wife  of  the  Mayor  of  the  town  dis- f 
cussing  in  fluent  German  the  Lieutenant's  plan  of  billet-'^ ^• 
ing  an  Irish  captain  in  her  home.  ■■"" 

There    was   considerable    opportunity   for   drill   about  ' 
Arches,  and  the  men  by  this  time  were  back  in  the  excel- 
lent form  they  had  shown  when  they  left  Doniphan. 

Ranges  were  selected  in  fields  and  the  training  and  tar- 


;,1.^MMiflMiML/..«. 


ARCHES   AND   WESSERLING  39 

get  practice  of  the  men  went  on  steadily.  In  the  hikes 
back  and  forth  between  towns  and  ranges  the  men  had 
glimpses  of  the  life  of  rural  France.  Some  of  it  they  liked 
and  some  they  did  not. 

Our  men  observed  that  virtually  all  the  farm  work  was 
done  by  women.  Occasionally  a  French  soldier  was  to  be 
seen  working  with  them,  but  there  was  a  battle  going  on 
away  to  the  west,  and  few  soldiers  had  been  released  for 
the  hay  harvest.  The  Missourians  and  Kansans  were  not 
accustomed  to  this.  Men  did  the  work  in  the  hayfields  at 
home.  Col.  Edmund  J.  McMahon  of  the  138th  said  that 
all  men  of  his  regiment  who  wished  to  do  so  might  vol- 
unteer to  assist  the  women  in  the  fields  on  Sunday  after 
church  service.     Eight  hundred  men  volunteered. 

Father  Thomas  D.  Kennedy,  who  had  just  been  made 
senior  divisional  chaplain  and  was  about  to  leave  the  regi- 
ment, preached  that  day  in  the  open  place  where  the  main 
roads  crossed  in  Dounoux,  and  I  remember  that  he 
"bawled  'em  out  something  fierce"  (to  quote  a  dough- 
boy) for  swearing  in  English  where  the  French  women 
could  hear.  At  that  church  service  after  the  prayer, 
ever.ybody  sang  "Onward,  Christian  Soldiers,"  and  then 
the  band  played  "Star-Spangled  Banner"  and  the  "Mar- 
seillaise." 

At  one  corner  of  that  old-world  space  in  Dounoux 
there  was  a  grotesque  stone  carving  on  the  building  and 
beneath  it  the  cross  of  Lorraine,  that  ever-present  testi- 
monial to  the  province's  loyalty  to  France.  Out  nearer 
the  road  was  a  stone  monument  topped  by  a  cross,  the 
work  of  a  long-forgotten  donor.  Over  the  door  of  the 
house  was  engraved:  "1821  Dieu  soit  beni,"  but  on  the 
corner  itself  was  a  new  sign.  It  read  "Grand  and 
Olive."    That  means  home  to  a  St.  Louisan. 


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The  American  Army  ration  is  a  good,  substantial  diet, 
but  it  becomes  very  tiresome.  The  men  crave  a  change, 
and  they  usually  prefer  something  sweet.  Not  many  of 
our  men  could  buy  sweets  in  this  area,  because  there  had 
not  been  a  payday  since  March,  in  far-away  Camp  Doni- 
phan, and  now  it  was  June.  Almost  any  soldier  will  tell 
you  that  the  paymaster's  department  has  as  high  a  de- 
gree of  incapacity  and  inefficiency  as  any  branch  of  the 
service. 

One  of  the  results  in  the  area  south  of  Epinal  was  that 
beehives  began  to  disappear.  They  would  be  discovered 
in  the  early  morning  by  the  thrifty  French  peasant 
woman,  lying  in  a  concealed  place,  and  expertly  looted 
of  honey.  This  custom  became  so  widespread  in  the  army 
that  it  finally  brought  a  general  order  from  expedition- 
ary headquarters  setting  a  special  penalty  on  the  offense 
of  robbing  beehives. 

Our  men  had  regarded  it  as  a  sort  of  joke.  They  had 
come  all  the  way  over  here  to  fight  for  France,  so  they 
would  just  help  themselves  to  a  little  French  honey.  The 
French  peasants  regarded  it  as  a  high  crime. 

Our  men  were  amazed  to  find  what  a  row  a  French 
farmer's  wife  would  raise  about  a  dead  fruit  tree  which 
had  been  cut  down  by  a  couple  of  doughboys  who  needed 
a  fire  to  dry  their  clothing.  Later  they  learned  how  valu- 
able wood  was  in  France,  and  that  even  the  smallest 
twigs  were  gathered  into  faggots  and  saved  for  fuel 
against  the  coming  winter. 

One  claim  made  against  Maj.  Sauerwein's  battalion 
was  that  100  liters  of  wine  had  been  stolen  by  his  men. 
The  Major  declared  there  was  no  justice  in  the  claim  be- 
cause "there  was  no  singing  in  camp  that  night." 

As  a  general  rule  our  men  were  very  popular  with  the 


ARCHES   AND   WESSERLING  41 

French  women  of  whatever  age  or  degree  of  winsomeness. 
If  a  doughboy  saw  a  girl  or  woman  wheeling  a  barrow 
along  a  road  he  took  the  handles  and  wheeled  it  for  her, 
or,  if  she  was  carrying  a  bundle,  he  carried  it  for  her. 
Their  own  men  had  been  away  at  the  front  for  four  years 
so  these  little  attentions  were  a  pleasant  surprise  and 
much  appreciated.  I  have  never  been  able  to  figure  out 
how  our  men  and  the  French  girls,  without  the  medium 
of  a  common  language,  became  such  good  friends  in  so 
short  a  time,  but  they  did,  and  many  a  homesick  dough- 
boy supplemented  his  ration  at  dusk  in  the  generous 
kitchen  of  a  French  farm. 

On  June  15  Major-General  Wright  was  put  in  command 
of  a  corps  and  he  left  the  division.  Brigadier-General 
Nathaniel  F.  McClure,  who  had  commanded  the  Sixty- 
ninth  Infantry  Brigade  since  May  26,  took  over  command 
of  the  division,  and  Col.  McMahon  was  acting  commander 
of  the  brigade. 

On  June  17,  when  the  rain  had  commenced  again,  or- 
ders were  received  to  prepare  to  move.  June  17  also  pro- 
duced a  big  mail  delivery  and  a  payday.  Altogether  it 
was  a  large  occasion. 

The  second  Battalion  of  the  138th  had  the  honor  of  be- 
ing the  first  unit  in  the  Thirty-fifth  to  go  to  the  front. 
Maj.  Norman  B.  Comfort  commanded  it,  and  the  com- 
panies were  under  Capts.  Hundley,  Lloyd,  McDonald  and 
Crist.  Seventy  trucks  carried  the  men  on  a  day  lit  by 
brilliant  sunshine.  The  course  lay  through  Arches,  and 
up  the  valley  of  the  Moselle.  It  wound  between  moun- 
tains which  became  higher  and  steeper  with  each  mile, 
mountains  to  whose  side  clung  farms  which  appeared  from 
the  valleys  far  below  to  be  pasted  on  like  green  postage 
stamps,  and  Avhose  houses  seemed  to  be  set  in  niches  cut 
in  the  slope. 


42  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

At  5 :55  p.  m.  the  first  truck  passed  through  a  tunnel  at 
Bussang,  and  started  down  into  a  beautiful  valley.  They 
were  now  in  the  country  which  had  been  Germany  up  to 
the  beginning  of  the  war.  The  tunnel  was  the  boundary 
line. 

Yellow-haired  Alsatian  girls  from  the  dusty  roadside 
shouted  welcomes,  waved  their  hands  hospitably  and 
threw  flowers  into  the  trucks.  The  men  were  unanimous 
in  the  belief  that  it  was  a  bully  neighborhood  to  hold  a 
war  in,  and  everyone  felt  sure  he  was  going  to  do  well  in 
this  country. 

In  the  town  of  Wesserling  in  the  Vosges  mountains 
the  men  slept  in  a  great  barracks  which  formerly  had 
been  a  German  headquarters.  The  town  was  really  a 
little  city  set  high  in  the  mountains,  -with  good  hotels, 
and  many  shops  and  little  cafes  scattered  about.  These 
received  a  flattering  business  from  the  boys  whose  pock- 
ets held  their  first  pay  for  threei  months. 

"Wesserling  is  a  pleasant  memory.  There  was  a  large 
rambling  hotel  and  there  were  many  officers  who  were 
hungry  and  thirsty  and  there  was  a  large,  rambling  wait- 
ress named  Louise.  She  was  of  pleasing  appearance  and 
she  had  an  unlimited  capacity  for  work.  She  spoke  only 
French  and  German.  Our  restaurant  French,  which  later 
became  so  exquisite,  was  undeveloped  at  that  time.  Pri- 
vate Max  Lander,  always  willing  to  oblige,  translated  one 
or  two  orders  for  her  and  thereby  greased  the  wheels  of 
commerce.  I  can  still  see  the  powerful  and  perspiring 
Louise,  hours  later  in  the  gloaming,  dashing  from  table 
to  table  and  leading  Max  firmly  by  the  hand. 


CHAPTER  V 


INTO  THE  TRENCHES  IN  THE  VOSGES 

The  battalion  moved  on  June  20,  and  the  divisional 
headquarters  was  established  at  the  same  place  when  the 
division  moved  to  the  front  later.  The  night  before  the 
battalion  went  ahead,  Maj.  Comfort  had  a  meeting  of 
his  captains  in  his  room  and  told  them  in  effect  that  while 
it  was  a  new  kind  of  war,  the  battalion  would  follow  its 
principles  learned  long  ago,  to  stick  to  the  traditions,  to 
keep  clean,  be  courteous  and  always  willing  to  learn. 
He  instructed  that  it  was  to  be  seen  to  that  all  men  bathed 
and  cleaned  up  before  going  into  the  trenches. 

That  march  on  the  night  of  June  19  from  "Wesserling 
to  Bussat  is  already  beginning  to  take  on  the  moss  and 
ivy  of  tradition.  It  was  a  killing  hike  on  the  men,  who 
carried  full  pack  up  a  switchback  mountain  road. 

Each  man  carried  more  than  60  pounds  of  equipment, 
and  some  of  them  several  pounds  more.  One  man,  I  re- 
member, quarreled  and  grumbled  all  night  long  about 
a  25-pound  bag  of  machine-gun  ammunition  which  he  had 
been  detailed  to  carry.  He  was  always  just  about  to 
throw  it  away,  and  a  dozen  times  he  swore  fervently  that 
he  would  not  carry  it  another  step  even  if  they  court- 
martialed  him  and  shot  him,  but  he  arrived  at  camp  at 
4  the  next  morning  with  it.  Private  Bob  Hoard  carried 
his  own  pack  and  rifle,  and  the  pack  of  his  bunkie.  That 
was  a  classic  feat  of  endurance  and  strength,  for  the  dis- 
tance was  nearly  10  miles,  and  it  was  up  hill  all  the  way. 

The  weariness  and  the  gloomy  forests  along  the  moun- 

43 


44  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

tain  side,  the  occasional  clouds  which  blew  against  the 
mountain  or  the  dashes  of  rain  all  tended  to  dull  the 
keenness  of  perception,  but  every  man  felt  the  thrill  of  war 
when  at  some  point  on  the  black  road,  it  became  sure  to 
him  that  the  rumble  of  distant  thunder  was  what  he  had 
half  suspected  all  the  time.  It  was  The  Guns.  They  were 
growling  away  at  one  another  up  yonder  where  we  were 
going.  After  all  the  months  of  work  and  training,  it  had 
come  at  last.     The  War  was  just  ahead. 

Toward  the  end  of  the  march,  the  rumble  disintegrated 
into  its  component  sounds.  The  bellow  of  each  gun  could 
be  heard  and  occasionally  the  valley  would  fill  with  a 
rush  of  sound  as  some  big-ealibered  piece  turned  loose. 

Each  succeeding  unit  had  a  similar  experience,  but  the 
Second  Battalion  of  the  138th  felt  very  proud  that  it  had 
been  the  first  to  make  the  grade.  The  experience  of  all 
units  was  much  the  same,  the  trench  systems  and  dugouts 
were  much  alike,  and  the  story  of  one  battalion  is  the 
story  of  every  other. 

In  the  days  that  followed,  the  Thirty-fifth  Division 
learned  many  things  about  war  and  how  it  is  waged.  In 
the  De  Galbert  subsector,  where  the  first  men  of  the  Thir- 
ty-fifth went,  they  found  the  line  held  by  a  very  tired 
French  regiment,  the  Nineteenth.  It  was  a  meeting  of 
the  East  and  the  West,  a  joining  and  clashing  of  old  world 
and  new  world  ideas.  These  French  had  been  but  a  few 
days  in  the  Vosges,  but  they  had  been  four  years  in  the  war. 
Our  men  had  not  been  in  the  war  yet,  but  they  had  been 
training  for  it  for  nearly  a  year,  they  had  sweated  at 
Doniphan,  had  sailed  thousands  of  perilous  miles  through 
the  blue  sea  water,  had  ridden  and  trudged  their  way 
across  France,  and  here  they  were  at  the  trenches,  in  easy 
rifle  range  of  the  foe.    So  why  not  let  the  fighting  begin? 


INTO  THE   VOSGES   TRENCHES  45 

"No,  it  is  much  better  to  lie  quiet,"  the  French  com- 
mander said.  *'If  we  do  not  bother  the  Boche  the  Boche 
will  not  bother  us,  and  we  can  rest  and  hold  our  ground." 

''Hell's  bells  and  forget-me-nots,"  the  Americans  would 
reply.  * '  That 's  a  fine  way  to  win  a  war !  Let 's  go  right 
through  them!  "We  can  raid  those  trenches,  drive  the 
enemy  back,  and  with  proper  artillery  help,  push  right 
through  to  the  Rhine  Valley." 

"But  to  what  good  end?"  the  patient  French  would 
ask.  "The  war  will  not  be  decided  in  these  hopeless 
mountains.  It  is  in  the  fertile  valleys  of  the  Somme,  the 
Aisne  and  the  Marne,  it  is  in  the  Champagne  and  in  Pi- 
cardy  that  the  war  must  be  fought.  The  high  command 
does  not  desire  a  battle  here.  The  high  command  has 
many  battles  in  progress  with  which  to  worry.  "We  could 
do  the  Boche  no  great  harm  even  if  we  drove  him  out  of 
the  Vosges.  These  mountains  have  little  strategic  im- 
portance." 

""Well,  what  sort  of  an  old  soldiers'  home  is  this  we 
have  been  sent  to?  "We  are  not  wood  choppers  or  moun- 
tain goats.  "We  did  not  come  here  looking  for  a  pleas- 
ant resort  to  spend  the  summer." 

"No,  my  men  are  not  so  old,"  the  French  commandant 
said.  "I  am  not  nearly  as  old  as  I  look  and  in  a  little 
while  we  will  be  quite  fresh  again.  Soon,  I  am  sure,  we 
will  be  withdrawn  and  our  American  comrades  will  be 
put  in  charge  of  this  line  of  trenches.  Then  you  can  make 
battles  at  will.  A  week  ago  we  were  fighting  on  the 
Chemin  des  Dames.  "We  lost  65  per  cent  of  our  men. 
The  regiment  lost  42  officers,  among  them  our  Colonel 
and  two  Majors,  killed.  The  Lieutenant  on  your  left  was 
a  Sergeant  but  yesterday.  He  probably  will  offer  us 
champagne  presently  to  celebrate  his  proniotion.    At  any 


46  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

rate,  new  Lieutenants  sometimes  do  that.  All  that  we 
M'ish  to  do  here  is  to  rest  for  a  little  while,  show  your 
troops  the  way  about  the  trenches,  receive  our  replace- 
ments, work  them  into  our  companies,  and  then  return  to 
the  great  battle,  wherever  France  needs  us  most." 

The  battalion  slept  in  barracks  at  Bussat  after  they 
reached  that  camp  about  4  in  the  morning  after  the  great 
hike,  rested  the  next  day  and  at  night  two  companies 
went  into  the  trenches.  The  relief  was  a  sort  of  half- 
relief,  as  half  of  the  French  soldiers  stayed  in  the  front 
line.  A  strong  point,  for  example,  would  be  manned  by 
16  French  poilus.  Eight  of  them  came  out  and  eight  re- 
mained in.    Eight  Americans  joined  them. 

Here  a  peculiar  thing  was  observed.  It  was  a  dark 
night.  The  trenches  were  close  together  and  no  lights 
could  be  shown  and  there  could  be  no  talking  except  in 
whispers.  Four  Americans  would  be  put  in  a  dugout  with 
four  Frenchmen,  a  dark,  wet  place  it  would  be,  and  they 
would  have  no  word  of  common  speech.  Four  others  would 
be  assigned  to  stand  sentry  duty  with  four  other  French- 
men. The  next  morning  at  breakfast  time  the  warmest 
friendships  would  have  been  established.  They  slapped 
one  another  on  the  back  and  swapped  cigarettes  and  pooled 
rations.    It  was  a  great  night  for  the  cordiale. 

The  trenches,  as  they  were  seen  by  the  light  of  the  fol- 
lowing day,  were  far  from  charming.  They  had  been 
located  when  the  French  made  an  advance  into  Alsace 
the  first  year  of  the  war.  When  they  stopped  they  dug 
in,  and  the  gradual  improvement  of  the  defenses  had 
built  up  the  trench  system.  There  was  no  such  thing  as 
parallel  lines,  and  sometimes  you  could  not  tell  exactly 
where  the  enemy's  first  line  trench  was. 

In  front  of  our  trenches  was  the  inevitable  tangle  of 


INTO  THE   VOSGES    TRENCHES  47 

barbed  wire  wrapped  around  or  tied  to  posts  and  stumps 
and  trees,  or  to  wooden  or  steel  frames  like  overgrown 
saw-bucks.  These  would  be  thrown  into  the  mass  to 
strengthen  places  suspected  of  weakness.  These  masses 
of  wire  were  usually  as  high  as  a  man's  waist  and  some- 
times higher  than  his  head.  Never  less  than  10  feet  wide, 
they  usually  were  40  or  50  feet,  and  at  places  where 
changes  or  other  necessities  had  arisen,  one  would  find  a 
band  of  wire  100  or  200  yards  deep.  Behind  this  might 
be  a  trench  or  passage,  probably  invisible  from  the  en- 
emy's position,  and  back  of  the  trench  another  tangle 
of  wire. 

The  trenches  usually  were  deep  enough  to  conceal  a 
man  standing  upright,  but  sometimes  one  had  to  stoop  to 
keep  below  the  parapet.  The  trenches  would  swing  in 
near  together  at  places,  as  that  sensitive  place  at  the  top 
of  Hilsenfirst  where  they  were  but  30  yards  apart  or 
spread  apart  300  or  400  yards,  if  the  lay  of  the  land  made 
such  a  distance  better  for  the  combatant  who  placed  his 
trench  last.  On  the  top  of  Hilsenfirst  we  had  a  camou- 
flaged sniper's  shield  set  above  the  trench,  and  through 
the  hole  in  the  middle  of  the  steel  plate,  you  could  look 
through  the  tangle  of  wire  right  down  into  the  German 
first  line  trench,  but  you  never  saw  any  Germans.  They 
stayed  in  their  dugouts  by  day  and  went  through  visible 
parts  of  the  trench  only  at  night. 

On  one  occasion  some  Ozark  lads  threw  rocks  at  and 
into  a  German  trench  until  the  enemy  machine  guns  opened 
furiously. 

Communication  with  the  rear  was  through  trenches 
which  set  in  at  angles  to  the  front-line  trenches.  On  both 
the  German  and  our  sides,  these  always  were  shielded 
from  observation,  well  camouflaged  if  there  was  possible 


48  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

visibility,  and  they  were  so  constructed  as  to  permit  the 
passage  of  carriers  with  ammunition,  rations,  or  cans  of 
coffee.  In  our  sector  in  the  Vosges,  the  mountains  were 
so  steep  that  at  times  the  trench  was  nothing  but  a  fortified 
and  defended  stairway. 

The  men  had  difficulty  in  understanding  the  elaborate 
precautions  against  discovery  in  the  Vosges.  Kilometres 
back  of  the  line  when  a  movement  of  troops  was  made, 
even  through  a  dense  forest  and  at  night,  for  the  purpose 
of  discipline  strictest  orders  were  enforced.  All  conversa- 
tion must  be  in  a  whisper.  The  men  were  not  allowed 
to  smoke,  and  singing  also  was  forbidden.  On  one  of 
these  hikes  through  a  dense  forest  and  on  a  pitch  black 
night,  a  pack  mule  relieved  his  tortured  soul  by  lifting 
up  his  voice  in  song.  He  probably  was  thinking  of  Mis- 
souri and  home.  The  soldier  leading  the  mule  patted  him 
on  the  neck  and  said  "Shut  up !  there  don't  nobody  know 
we're  up  here  except  the  Boche." 

By  July  1  we  had  a  brigade  in  line,  under  the  command 
of  the  Thirty-third  French  Army  Corps.  The  sector  was 
called  in  proper  military  language  "the  Benoit  and  De 
Galbert  subsectors  of  the  north  sector  of  the  Wesserling 
sector,"  and  its  geographical  location  was  east  of  the 
town  of  Wesserling.  The  regimental  and  brigade  head- 
quarters were  in  barracks  and  dugouts  built  by  the 
French  on  the  sides  of  the  mountains  soon  after  they  re- 
conquered the  territory  three  years  before.  Supplies 
were  brought  to  the  foot  of  the  mountain  by  train  stand- 
ard or  narrow  gauge,  and  much  of  the  rations  came  up 
the  mountain  side  in  the  baskets  of  an  aerial  tramway 
which  started  from  Kruth  and  ended  at  Bussat.  From 
the  distributing  points  in  the  mountains  wagons  could 
haul  the  provisions  to  nearly  all  battalion  and  company 


INTO  THE  VOSGES   TRENCHES  49 

headquarters,  and  those  inaccessible  in  this  way  were 
served  by  pack  mules. 

Beyond  the  German  lines  we  could  look  down  into  the 
little  valleys  and  from  the  observation  posts  three  little 
deserted  Alastian  towns  could  be  seen. 

We  had  great  admiration  for  the  French  intelligence 
service  when  we  learned  how  many  of  the  German  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  wires  back  on  the  German  side  of 
the  trenches  had  been  tapped.  The  second  day  after  we 
had  entered  the  trenches,  the  French  commandant  was  noti- 
fied that  a  message  had  been  sent  to  the  German  rear 
from  the  front  saying,  "The  Americans  entered  the 
trenches  at  3  o'clock  in  the  morning."  So  we  knew  that 
they  knew. 

It  was  not  long  until  we  knew  that  they  had  tapped 
our  wires  also.  An  American  soldier  was  killed  at  mid- 
night, and  headquarters  notified.  At  noon,  another  mes- 
sage was  sent  from  the  front  saying  that  the  body  was 
being  brought  back.  Headquarters  replied  that  the  fu- 
neral would  be  at  3  p.m.  at  the  military  cemetery.  At 
3  precisely,  the  Germans  shelled  the  cemetery. 

It  was  at  Mitlach  that  this  funeral  was  held.  The  dead 
man  was  a  private  in  F  Company  of  the  139th.  Chaplain 
Myron  S.  Collins  preached  the  funeral.  The  discourse 
was  short  but  eloquent.  It  was  to  show  that  long  life 
was  not  the  most  desirable  thing  in  the  world.  A  life 
short  and  clean,  which  ended  gloriously  in  service  for 
one 's  country  and  humanity  was  a  better  thing,  the  Chap- 
lain said.  Just  then  the  first  German  shell  whined  over 
and  exploded  very  near.  Burying  squad,  listeners  and 
preacher  all  dived  for  cover.  The  adherent  of  the  long 
life  still  had  many  votes. 

The  French  spoke  of  headquarters  always  as  *'Poste  de 


50  FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

commande,"  and  it  was  usually,  even  in  orders,  abbre- 
viated to  "P.  C."  This  term  took  hold  and  became  uni- 
versally used.  No  one  spoke  of  Capt,  Smith's  headquar- 
ters, but  always  of  "Capt.  Smith's  P.  C." 

For  most  of  the  first  month  the  French  corps  kept  the 
command,  but  by  July  27  the  French  doubtless  decided  the 
outfit  could  stand  alone,  so  they  gave  the  Fecht  sector 
into  the  hands  of  the  General  commanding  the  Thirty- 
fifth,  The  area  was  that  already  held  with  the  Garibaldi 
subsector  added.  Gen.  Traub  took  command  of  the  divi- 
sion, headquarters  were  kept  at  Kruth,  the  new  territory 
was  taken  in  hand,  and  the  recurring  series  of  duty  and 
rest  were  continued  as  before,  except  that  rest  periods 
were  shortened.  On  Aug.  10  the  south  sector  of  the 
Gerardmer  sector  was  added,  and  the  whole  stretch  of 
line  was  called  the  sector  of  Gerardmer,  at  which  beauti- 
ful place  division  headquarters  established  itself.  A  nar- 
row gauge  electric  railway  ran  from  Gerardmer  to  Col-de- 
Schluct.  The  full  sector  was  between  30  and  35  kilome- 
tres in  length,  probably  the  longest  divisional  sector  in 
the  line. 

Troops  which  moved  north  and  went  into  new  parts  of 
the  line  found  a  different  kind  of  country.  There  were 
fewer  of  the  dense  forests  which  had  spread  over  portions 
of  Hilsenfirst  and  the  adjoining  mountains,  and  there  was 
more  smooth  greenness  to  the  hills.  This  section  of  the 
country  in  peace  times  had  been  a  summer  playground 
for  rich  Alsatians  and  Germans.  Even  the  Kaiser  him- 
self, it  w^as  said,  had  a  castle  somewhere  about.  The  hold- 
ers of  each  different  piece  of  trench  showed  you  a  differ- 
ent building  in  the  distance  and  assured  you  it  was  one  of 
the  summer  seats  of  Wilhelm. 

Two  regimental  P.  C.'s  were  at  little  lakes  deep  in 


INTO  THE   VOSGES    TRENCHES  51 

the  hills.  Round,  cup-like  things  they  were,  with  water 
of  great  depth  and  icy  cold.  Summer  villas  built  about 
them  in  peace  times  had  long  since  been  rocked  up  and 
concreted  to  furnish  protection.  Occasionally  the  enemy 
gunners  in  their  methodical  way  would  try  to  drop  shells 
on  the  P.  C.  and  some  of  them  went  into  the  lake  with 
spectacular  effect. 

It  seemed  to  be  a  sort  of  understood  thing  that  P.  C/^ 
of  higher  officers  were  to  be  shelled  only  in  special  cases. 
We  always  knew  pretty  well  where  the  enemy  command- 
ers'  were,  and  they  seemed  to  know  where  ours  were.  If 
they  shelled  our  Colonel,  we  shelled  their  Colonel,  or  if 
they  tried  to  get  our  Brigadier-General  we  tried  to  get 
theirs. 

Now  the  artillery,  while  as  a  rule  not  conspicuously 
modest,  do  not  like  to  have  visitors  of  high  degree  com- 
ing around  at  odd  hours  asking  to  see  the  guns  fired. 
They  did  not  blame  the  visitors,  but  the  Colonel  or  Gen- 
eral who  permitted  the  visit.  Usually  the  visitor  was 
some  officer  passing  through.  So  they  would  fire  the  gun 
for  him  after  working  out  on  the  map  the  exact  location  of 
the  enemy  Colonel's  P.  C.  After  a  few  rounds  had  been 
fired  they  would  stand  b}^  waiting  for  the  telephone  call 
from  the  Colonel  of  their  own  outfit.  He  would  say, 
"The  Boche  is  shelling  my  P.  C.  Can  you  silence  his 
battery?"  Visitors  to  batteries  in  the  Vosges  were  very 
scarce  late  in  the  summer. 

Even  the  Chaplains  were  not  immune  from  the  attacks 
of  the  jokers.  One  of  these  men  of  religion  one  day  in 
the  Vosges  was  so  unwise  as  to  go  near  the  front  line 
without  a  gas  mask.  The  soldiers  immediately  filled  him 
with  horrible  stories  of  the  persistency  with  which  the 
Boche  was  gassing  the  line  and  of  the  violence  of  the 


52  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

gas.  The  Chaplain  explained  that  he  had  no  mask.  The 
men  said  they  were  sorry  that  they  did  not  have  one  to 
lend  him,  but  that  he  would  probably  be  safe  if  he  took 
proper  precautions,  as  the  gas  then  being  used  was  very 
heavy  and  clung  closely  to  the  ground.  Therefore,  if  the 
Chaplain,  upon  hearing  a  gas  alarm,  would  immediately 
climb  a  tree  he  could  save  himself  from  disaster.  It  was  a 
bad  day  for  gassing.  It  seemed  to  the  Chaplain  that  he 
would  no  sooner  descend  from  one  tree  than  someone  up  the 
line  would  yell  "Gas."  He  climbed  eight  trees  that  day, 
and  not  until  he  got  home  did  it  occur  to  him  that  he  had 
not  heard  a  single  shell  explode,  but  he  could  not  be- 
lieve that  the  men  were  kidding  him. 

When  the  Americans  came  to  the  Vosges,  the  trenches 
were  in  the  positions  established  more  than  three  years 
before  when  the  French  invaded  Alsace  and  dug  in  when 
stopped.  The  opposing  armies  had  seemed  to  agree  that 
the  decision  would  be  gained  to  the  northwest,  on  other 
fields  of  fame,  so  they  sent  tired  troops  to  the  Vosges  to  rest 
or  filled  the  line  with  territorials.  A  few  shells  were  sent 
over  each  day,  a  few  infrequent  raids  were  made  at  night  to 
learn  what  troops  were  opposite,  wire  was  kept  in  good 
shape  and  trenches  and  dugouts  were  maintained  in  good 
repair,  but  little  beyond  this  was  done.  The  great  war 
was  allowed  to  rage  elsewhere.  No  men  were  sacrificed 
in  this  part  of  the  world. 


CHAPTER  VI 


THE  TRENCH  RAID  AT  HILSENFIRST 

Americans  changed  the  quiet  Vosges  sector  to  a  fairly- 
lively  one.  They  had  men  to  be  trained,  battalions  to  be 
blooded,  schemes  to  try  and  nerves  to  test.  How  were 
they  going  to  do  it? 

It  was  on  July  6,  1918,  that  the  men  of  the  35th  Di- 
vision had  their  first  fight,  and  they  won  it.  It  was  a 
glorified  trench  raid  of  250  men,  and  all  the  settings 
joined  to  make  the  scene  one  of  impressive  grandeur.  In 
the  battle  line  from  Switzerland  to  the  sea,  I  never  saw 
a  field  more  magnificently  ordered  for  the  pageantry  of 
battle. 

This  was  in  the  High  Vosges,  that  land  of  the  sky  to 
which  the  division's  destinies  had  carried  it.  The  pe- 
culiar detached  existence  we  led  in  the  high  hills  made 
life  seem  unreal  in  many  ways,  with  the  most  certain  and 
the  material  things  being  an  occasional  lazy  bellow  of 
artillery  or  the  vicious  crackle  of  a  machine  gun.  We 
were  on  another  stratum  of  human  existence.  Connec- 
tion with  the  usual  level  of  earth  on  which  people  lived 
was  by  the  wire  cables  of  the  aerial  tramway  or  by  the 
trucks  or  ambulances  which  sometimes  wound  their  way 
to  the  top. 

Patches  of  forest  were  spread  over  the  mountains.  The 
pine,  spruce  and  fir  trees  rose  straight  as  arrows,  some- 
times a  hundred  feet.  From  the  top,  the  mountain  would 
descend  sharply  and  sometimes  break  into  a  precipice 
and  end  in  a  wall  of  a  canyon  far  below.    Sometimes  the 

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slope  would  permit  a  steep  grazing  field.  The  region  was 
like  those  mountains  to  which  Kim  followed  his  lama. 

Rain  storms  would  blow  up  quickly  and  as  quickly 
clear  away.  After  these  storms  a  sky  of  perfect  blue 
would  have  a  few  fleecy  clouds  scudding  across  it  and 
the  hot  sun  Avould  fill  the  whole  beautiful  land.  On  other 
days  there  would  be  a  sky  of  intense  blue  with  the  burn- 
ing sun  known  in  high  altitudes.  Still  other  days  would 
be  filled  with  blown  white  clouds  which  would  hit  the 
mountains  and  drift  over  the  summits  in  mist. 

When  there  were  clouds  in  the  west  and  the  air  was 
clear  about  our  own  mountains,  there  would  be  a  sunset 
to  rival  those  of  Arizona  or  Italy  or  Alaska. 

Across  the  barren,  forlorn  top  of  Hilsenfirst,  the  twin 
trenches  ran.  The  mountain  was  held,  half  and  half,  by 
the  opposing  armies.  On  our  side  the  communicating 
trenches,  on  the  western  slope  were  lost  in  a  forest  a 
little  way  below  the  top.  On  the  German  side  the  moun- 
tain was  bare  and  the  slope  sank  sharply  to  the  second 
trench  which  lay  across  the  saddle  ridge  which  connected 
Hilsenfirst  with  Steinmauer.  Steinmauer,  another  high 
mountain,  was  strongly  held  by  the  enemy.  From  the 
sides  of  the  saddle  connecting  Hilsenfirst  and  Steinmauer 
the  fields  dropped  sharply  to  the  valleys  and  to  the  south 
was  the  pleasant  town  of  Lautenbach,  while  to  the  north 
were  the  villages  of  Colmar,  Blankerstan  and  Muelbach. 
To  the  east  of  Steinmauer  was  the  valley  of  the  Rhine. 
From  all  of  these  towns  the  heights  of  Hilsenfirst  were 
visible,  but  the  towns  were  deserted  except  for  a  few  per- 
sistent old  people.  This  brow  of  Hilsenfirst  was  like  a 
great  stage,  facing  the  Germans.  It  might  have  been 
planned  for  a  gigantic  show  for  the  assembled  hills  to 
witness. 


THE   TRENCH   RAID   AT   HILSENFIRST  55 

As  the  sun  was  setting  after  a  cloudless  day  July  6, 
1918,  the  brow  of  Hilsenfirst  was  pitted  with  an  iron  pox. 
Every  battery  in  range  was  pounding  it  and  the  burst- 
ing of  shells  was  a  steady  roar.  The  rank  fumes  of  high 
explosive  and  shrapnel  blew  away  in  ugly  clouds,  when 
through  the  dust  and  tangle  of  war  there  marched  toward 
the  front  of  the  stage  two  lines  of  men.  Steady,  sure  and 
slow,  they  advanced  through  the  smoke  past  the  shell- 
torn  wire  and  out  to  the  open.  It  was  "H"  Company 
of  the  138th  Infantry  registering  for  the  division  on  the 
fighting  field. 

French  batteries  for  miles  around  thundered  their  ap- 
plause. German  guns  pounded  the  crest  in  rage  and 
hate,  and  the  air  was  sibilant  with  the  disdainful  hiss  of 
machine  guns. 

The  play  had  begun.  The  guns  were  the  orchestra, 
the  sky  was  the  proscenium  arch,  and  it  was  the  part  of 
our  actors  to  advance  to  the  front  of  the  stage,  pass 
through  the  footlights  which  would  be  bursting  shells, 
and  play  their  parts  all  the  way  down  the  two  aisles, 
which  were  the  enemy's  communicating  trenches. 

To  not  many  w^as  it  given  to  see  this  brave  show.  Some 
scores  of  German  machine  gunners  had  the  orchestra 
seats,  some  dozens  of  German  observers  were  in  the  bal- 
cony on  the  slope  of  Steinmauer,  some  hundreds  of  Ger- 
man troops  were  in  the  dugouts  in  the  low  saddle  of  the 
connecting  ridge,  while  from  the  wings,  Americans  hid- 
den in  the  grass  or  wire  watched  their  comrades  sally 
forth.  On  the  mountain  tops  for  miles  around  other  Amer- 
icans watched  the  artillery  as  it  flamed  like  fireworks, 
rivaling  and  finally  eclipsing  the  gorgeous  sunset. 

Five  days  before  the  raid  H  Company  had  been  taken 
out  of  the  line  to  a  well  protected  slope  several  kilometres 


56  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

ill  the  rear,  and  a  trench  system  as  nearly  as  possible  a 
duplicate  of  the  one  to  be  attacked,  was  constructed  there. 
The  engineers  designed  the  practice  trenches  from  airplane 
photographs.  Here  the  raid  was  rehearsed  under  com- 
mand of  Lieut.  Wm.  H.  Leahy,  who  was  to  lead  it,  and  the 
Lieutenants  who  were  to  assist  him. 

The  rehearsals  and  the  raid  itself  were  under  the  gen- 
eral direction  of  Maj.  Comfort,  who  commanded  the  bat- 
talion.   Col.  McMahon  commanded  the  regiment. 

The  objects  of  the  raid  were  to  take  prisoners  and  ma- 
terials to  identify  the  units  opposing  us,  to  overcome  all 
opposition  and  establish  our  supremacy,  and  to  destroy  the 
enemy's  dugouts  and  defences,  and  return  to  our  lines. 

On  the  German  side  of  the  line  from  either  side  of  the 
brow,  communicating  trenches  led  from  the  front  line 
trench  backward  to  join  in  a  V,  some  800  yards  down  the 
steep  side  of  the  mountain.  In  the  middle  area  of  the  V, 
along  both  branches,  and  just  below  the  point,  it  was  known 
that  there  were  German  dugouts,  strong  points  and  pos- 
sibly stores. 

There  was  an  artillery  preparation  of  45  minutes  and 
it  was  of  a  thoroughness  and  efficiency  that  I  would  not 
have  thought  possible  in  those  mountains. 

How  the  great  number  of  guns  which  opened  at  7:45  p. 
m.  July  6  ever  were  got  up  the  hills  in  such  positions 
as  to  range  on  that  mountain  is  still  a  mystery  to  me. 
They  opened  with  a  roar  behind  the  line  and  almost  at  the 
same  time  came  the  crash  of  their  shells  on  the  German  po- 
sitions in  our  front.  They  pounded  the  points  our  men 
were  to  enter,  the  high  explosive  tore  great  paths  through 
the  barbed-wire  entanglements,  and  at  the  end  of  the  prep- 
aration they  lifted  and  laid  their  shells  on  the  enemy  bat- 
tery positions  to  do  as  much  as  possible  toward  reducing 
the  opposing  fire. 


THE    TRENCH   RAID   AT    HILSENFIRST  57 

From  the  beginning  of  the  bombardment  to  the  end  of 
the  raid  our  machine  guns  whined  away  constantly.  We 
were  using  the  French  St.  Etienne  (called  familiarly  "In- 
sanity Ann)  but  with  whatever  gun  and  on  whatever 
field,  we  had  no  better  troops  than  our  machine-gun  bat- 
talions, which  had  been  the  old  Second  Missouri,  or  the 
machine-gun  companies  with  the  infantry. 

They  played  their  part  well,  these  machine  gunners 
who  are  the  stormy  petrels  of  war.  When  a  bombardment 
is  on,  everybody  but  the  machine  gunners  takes  refuge  in 
the  dugouts.  Even  the  party  soon  to  make  a  raid  takes 
cover,  waiting  for  the  "zero"  hour,  but  the  machine  giin- 
ners  stay  in  their  hazardous  positions  outside,  and  play 
their  venomous  spray  upon  the  points  indicated  in  their 
orders. 

It  did  not  take  the  German  guns  long  to  answer  our 
artillery.  Their  fire  was  aimed  at  the  top  of  Hilsenfirst,  for 
the  German  officers  knew  the  preparation  indicated  that 
was  the  spot  at  which  the  raiders  would  come  across.  Our 
men  had  been  taken  to  the  top  of  Hilsenfirst  before  the 
bombardment  started,  and  placed  in  dugouts  there.  At 
8 :15  p.  m.  they  were  led  out  by  the  Lieutenants  to  our 
front  line  trenches,  a  place  of  magnificent  terror,  there  to 
crouch  until  the  "zero"  hour. 

That  was  the  hardest  time  of  all.  Scores  of  German  guns 
were  shelling  the  brow  of  the  hill  just  outside  and  there 
was  no  protecting  shelter  of  a  dugout  roof  above  them. 
Immense  shells  hurtled  over  them  with  the  swish  of  an  ex- 
press train,  hundreds  of  other  shells  broke  just  in  front 
of  them  beyond  the  wire,  there  was  the  constant  hiss  of 
machine-gun  bullets,  and,  almost  as  terrifying,  there  was 
the  constant  roar  of  gun  and  shell.  Every  officer  and  man 
knew  that  just  as  soon  as  he  climbed  out  of  the  trench  he 


58  FROM    VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

would  be  in  the  face  of  all  that  current  of  fire.  All  watches 
had  been  synchronized,  and  as  the  hand  moved  nearer  to 
the  set  time  the  strain  grew  tenser.  One  man  watching 
the  face  of  his  wrist  watch  in  the  last  few  minutes  twice 
saw  it  disappear  from  sight  when  shell-thrown  earth 
covered  it.  Every  man  who  went  over  the  top  that  evening 
knew  into  what  danger  he  advanced. 

As  the  men  waited  three  French  airplanes,  flying  low 
and  seemingly  indifferent  to  the  rain  of  shells,  come  out 
like  war  eagles  from  their  eyries  back  in  our  mountains, 
and  flying  straight  and  sure,  lifted  over  the  crest  of  Stein- 
mauer  and  went  on  over  the  German  gun  positions  and 
into  the  valleys  beyond.  Our  waiting  men  cheered  the 
fliers  through  the  smoke  and  crash  of  shells. 

Lieut.  John  Moll  and  his  scouts  who  had  cut  the  wire 
the  night  before,  showed  the  way  through  the  gaps,  and 
the  fighting  men  went  out  on  the  field.  Lieut.  Leahy  was 
in  command  of  the  raid.  With  him  on  the  branch  of  the  V 
on  our  right  were  First  Lieutenant  Oliver  W.  Spencer  and 
Second  Lieutenant  William  F.  Sweeney.  On  the  other 
branch  of  the  V  was  Second  Lieutenant  William  S.  Bryan 
with  a  platoon  and  a  half,  and  Sergt.  George  0.  von  Land, 
with  half  a  platoon.  First  Lieutenant  John  E.  Mitchell 
had  charge  of  the  22  moppers  up. 

The  lane  in  the  wire  was  some  100  yards  from  the  en- 
trance to  the  communicating  trench,  and  the  men  walked 
over  the  high  bald  brow,  through  shell  and  machine  gun 
fire,  with  superb  calmness.  Barring  the  tense  waiting  un- 
der the  storm  of  noise  raised  by  the  cannonading,  this  was 
perhaps  the  most  trying  time  of  the  raid,  the  moving  out 
to  the  brow  of  the  mountain,  swept  by  all  machine  gun 
crossfire  which  could  be  concentrated  there  and  beaten  by 
all  the  beavy  guns  which  could  be  directed  against  it. 


THE   TRENCH   RAID   AT   HILSENFIRST  59 

No  man  wavered,  or  if  he  did,  the  mass  courage  of  the 
platoon  used  as  a  community  supply,  picked  up  his  spirits, 
and  they  moved  steadily  on  to  the  brow,  over  it  into  the  full 
view  of  the  enemy  territory  and  down  the  steep  declivity 
to  their  objectives. 

Spencer  and  Mitchell  led  out  their  commands,  and  be- 
hind them  came  Leahy  and  Sweeney.  On  our  left  Bryan 
led  the  way  with  von  Land's  party  next.  Into  the  tor- 
rent of  fire  the  men  marched  like  veterans.  Some  went 
down,  and  the  stretcher-bearers  gathered  them  up  and  took 
them  back.  The  riflemen  pressed  ahead  at  the  set  speed  ap- 
pointed, and  with  a  calmness  and  courage  which  could  have 
been  excelled  by  no  troops  in  the  world.  Down  the  moun- 
tain side  they  went,  some  in  the  trench,  others  on  either 
side  on  the  surface  above,  every  German  machine  gun  in 
range  trying  desperately  to  play  upon  them. 

As  the  raiders  went  down  the  hill  at  the  opening  of  the 
advance  the  German  trench  mortars  were  throwing  their 
torpedoes  known  as  "Flying  Pigs"  at  the  American  lines, 
and  the  admiring  travelers  from  the  Middle  West  strolled 
along  through  the  open  field  pleasantly  looking  up  at  these 
engines  of  death  hurtling  over  them. 

As  the  line  moved  out,  I  noticed  one  fine  young  fellow 
who  seemed  full  of  wonder  and  interest  at  his  first  sight 
of  battle.  A  shell  broke  just  in  front  of  him  and  he  fell. 
I  had  never  seen  him  before  and  I  never  saw  him  again,  but 
at  his  funeral  the  next  day  I  learned  that  he  was  Private 
Clarence  Walker.  We  came  from  the  same  town  and  his 
grandfather  had  been  orderly-sergeant  in  my  grandfather 's 
company  in  the  civil  war. 

Spencer's  objective  was  the  dugouts  lying  below  the 
point  of  the  V,  but  as  he  passed  another  cluster  of  dugouts 
on  the  way  down,  he  stopped  to  bomb  them,  just  to  get  go- 


60  FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 

ing  properly  and  to  loosen  up  the  throwing  arms  of  his  men. 

Mitchell  and  his  moppers-up  came  charging  down  the 
hill  jealously. 

''Here,  you  quit  that!"  Mitchell  shouted.  "That's  my 
objective.    Get  on  down  the  hill  where  you  belong. ' ' 

Spencer  went  on  down  the  hill,  bombed  his  dugouts,  but 
found  no  prisoners.  They  had  escaped  or  had  been  killed 
by  the  artillery.  Mitchell  took  the  job  of  handling  the 
dugouts  nearest  him,  and  sent  Sergt.  Michenfelder  with 
two  men  to  clean  up  those  in  the  middle  of  the  field.  He 
sent  Corp.  Omar  Carroll  with  five  men,  including  Me- 
chanic William  Hand  to  work  on  the  dugouts  farther  up 
the  trench.  Mitchell  got  no  prisoners.  All  the  Germans 
he  encountered  showed  fight  and  all  were  killed  with  pistol 
shots  or  hand  grenades.  Carroll  and  his  party  had  great 
luck.  They  took  eight  prisoners  and  got  back  with  five  of 
them.  One  died  of  wounds  and  two  were  killed  while  try- 
ing to  escape.  They  had  fighting  all  the  way,  and  killed 
more  men  than  they  captured. 

After  working  through  the  dugouts  at  his  own  place, 
Mitchell  moved  up  to  where  he  had  sent  Corp.  Carroll,  but 
he  left  on  top  of  a  dugout,  which  had  not  yet  taken  fire, 
Private  Kohm,  to  watch  for  any  who  tried  to  escape.  After 
running  into  Corp.  Carroll's  treasure  trove  of  prisoners 
and  booty,  Lieut.  Mitchell  forgot  about  Kohm,  who  shouted 
at  him  from  the  top  of  the  smoking  dugout  and  asked 
whether  he  should  stay  longer.  Mitchell  told  him  to  come 
on  in  a  hurry,  and  then  learned  for  the  first  time  that 
Kohm  was  wounded  in  the  face.  Kohm  refused  assistance 
and  walked  to  the  dressing  station. 

On  the  other  branch  of  the  V,  Lieut.  Bryan's  band 
ran  into  a  most  active  machine  gun  before  they  had  pro- 
gressed far.    Bryan  ordered  his  men  to  take  cover,  and  he 


THE   TRENCH   RAID   AT   HILSENFIRST  61 

gave  Sergt.  Errett  the  task  of  silencing  the  gun.  Errett 
took  a  few  men  armed  only  with  pistols  and  hand  grenades, 
crept  forward  until  in  range,  and  killed  the  gunners  and 
silenced  the  gun  with  hand  grenades.  He  did  not  know 
he  was  winning  the  Croix  de  Guerre,  but  he  was.  Bryan 
had  little  difficulty  after  that.  He  followed  his  branch  of 
the  V  to  its  junction  with  the  one  on  the  right,  found 
Spencer  there  and  with  him  started  back  up  the  hill. 

On  the  way  back  up  the  trying  hill,  Spencer  did  a  clever 
thing,  which  doubtless  saved  many  lives,  not  only  of  his 
own  but  of  the  other  commands  as  well.  As  they  were  pro- 
ceeding up  the  same  stem  of  the  V  down  which  they  had 
come,  the  Germans  with  automatic  rifles  attempted  a 
counter  attack  from  a  distance  of  two  or  three  hundred 
yards.  Spencer  had  his  men  throw  smoke  grenades  in  the 
direction  of  the  enemy  and  thus  formed  a  smoke  barrage 
behind  which  the  Americans  retired.  Because  the  aim 
was  thus  destroyed,  the  casualties  here  were  light,  when 
otherwise  they  would  surely  have  been  heavy. 

Sweeney  had  little  opposition  in  entering  the  field,  but  on 
the  return,  when  he  commanded  the  rear  guard,  he  was 
called  upon  to  beat  off  a  counter  attack  made  by  automatic 
riflemen,  which  he  did  with  his  own  automatic  rifles. 

The  entire  operation  was  under  the  direction  of  Lieut. 
Leahy,  and  the  success  is  a  testimonial  to  the  careful 
preparation  which  he  supervised.  Once  the  troops  entered 
the  field,  each  Lieutenant's  outfit  acted  as  a  unit,  and  car- 
ried out  its  work  without  further  direction  from  the  com- 
mander. 

There  was  daylight  to  the  end  of  the  raid.  They  came 
back  in  the  dusk,  with  the  glow  of  the  fading  sunset  on 
their  grimy  faces,  and  their  hearts  full  of  the  exaltation 
of  the  fray.    They  were  soldiers  now,  but  not  yet  veterans 


62  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXEEMONT 

who  could  quickly  relapse  into  calmness  from  the  high 
fervor  of  battle.  They  toiled  up  the  long,  steep  hill  with 
the  steady,  even  gait  of  men  returning  from  their  day's 
work.  The  German  batteries  shelled  the  brow  of  the 
mountain  incessantly,  and  poured  high  explosives  and 
shrapnel  into  the  German  communicating  trenches  through 
which  the  Americans  naturally  would  withdraw.  The 
enemy  machine  guns  fired  incessantly. 

The  retirement  was,  by  order,  without  formation.  The 
men  straggled  back  with  a  strong  rear  guard.  The  wounded 
were  carried  by  members  of  the  band,  whose  work  through- 
out brought  praise  from  all  officers,  and  men  who  saw  it. 
These  men  without  arms  and  without  identifjdng  brassards, 
took  their  stretchers  onto  the  field,  watched  the  work  of 
their  fighting  comrades,  and  bore  the  wounded  back  up 
the  steep  slope.  The  position  of  an  unarmed  man  on  a 
battlefield  is  always  a  most  trying  one,  but  these  musicians 
worked  magnificently. 

When  the  Americans  started  back  up  the  slope,  every- 
thing inflammable  in  the  German  position  was  burning. 
The  dugouts  had  been  destroyed  with  the  thoroughness 
which  high  explosive  and  incendiary  hand  grenades  per- 
mit. Many  of  the  men  carried  their  rifles  slung  on  their 
backs  in  the  climb  up  the  steep  mountainside,  although  the 
machine  guns  were  giving  them  a  terrible  lashing,  and 
Sweeney's  rear  guard  was  having  a  lively  tilt  with  the 
counter  attack. 

The  raiders  carried  trench  knives  lent  by  the  French, 
long  dagger-shaped  weapons,  with  good  grips  and  brass 
hilts.  Upon  the  blade  near  the  hilt  was  engraved  "Re- 
venge for  1870."  Many  of  these  were  "lost."  They  were 
almost  the  ideal  souvenir  of  the  war,  and  what  would  a 
man  desire  more  than  to  take  home  with  him  the  weapon 
he  first  carried  into  battle? 


THE    TRENCH    RAID   AT   HILSENFIRST  63 

In  Col.  McMahon's  headquarters  divisional  staff  officers 
had  gathered  to  hear  of  the  result  of  the  first  action  in 
which  the  division  had  taken  part.  Besides  the  chief  of 
staff  and  others  from  the  division,  the  commander  of  the 
brigade  and  his  staff  were  there. 

The  men  returning  from  the  raid  were  required  to  turn 
in  all  souvenirs  they  had  gathered,  for  examination  by  In- 
telligence Department.  They  were  to  be  returned  later. 
These  men,  still  full  of  the  glow  and  afflatus  of  battle,  told 
Colonels  and  Generals  just  how  it  had  happened,  and  gave 
the  stories  quaint  embroidery.  The  soldiers  just  back 
from  the  fray  used  soldier  language,  and  they  talked  to 
their  chiefs  as  friends  and  brothers.  Although  they  proud- 
ly reveled  in  the  blood  and  dust  which  stained  them,  there 
was  no  condescension  in  their  attitudes  to  the  men  of  high 
commissions. 

Our  losses  were  four  men  killed  and  18  wounded.  Seven 
prisoners  were  brought  back,  at  least  25  of  the  enemy  had 
been  killed,  and  dugouts,  defenses  and  communications 
in  the  selected  area  had  been  destroyed.  According  to  the 
scales  of  war,  it  was  a  highly  profitable  raid. 


CHAPTER  VII 


OTHER  VOSGES  FIGHTING 

The  137th  regiment  made  a  raid  on  the  morning  of  July 
20,  at  Mattle  to  the  north  of  Hilsenfirst.  Company  C  went 
over  the  top  at  4 :45  a.  m.,  after  an  artillery  preparation  of 
45  minutes.  They  were  opposed  by  a  very  heavy  machine 
gun  fire,  but  they  pressed  resolutely  on  to  their  objectives 
and  destroyed  the  enemy's  works  and  returned  with  five 
prisoners.    They  had  three  men  killed  and  10  wounded. 

Second  Lieut.  Thomas  Hopkins  of  the  139th  who  was  not 
a  member  of  the  raiding  party  voluntarily  left  his  combat 
group  and  passed  through  an  enemy  barrage  to  aid  a 
wounded  soldier  who  had  been  caught  in  the  wire.  He  was 
fatally  wounded  in  assisting  this  man  to  cover. 

The  French  Government  later  bestowed  the  Croix  do 
Guerre  on  the  following  officers  and  men  for  valor  shown 
in  the  Vosges.  The  first  19  won  them  in  the  Hilsenfirst 
raid:  First  Lieutenants  William  H.  Leahy,  John  E. 
Mitchell  and  Oliver  W.  Spencer;  Second  Lieutenants  Wil- 
liam S.  Bryan  and  William  F.  Sweeney;  Sergeants  Albert 
Michenf elder,  George  0.  von  Land,  Charles  E.  Newman, 
Peter  G.  Errett,  Fred  L.  Edwards  and  Albert  E.  Elsea; 
Corps.  Clayton  H.  Moore,  Walter  E.  Ficke  and  L.  Bartels; 
Privates  Herman  Harrison,  Elmer  Grupe,  Joseph  Reynolds, 
Francis  M.  Fierce  and  Fred  L.  Laird.  Of  the  137th  In- 
fantry, Capt.  Roy  W.  Perkins  and  Lieut.  Emil  Rolfe  re- 
ceived the  same  decoration,  as  did  also  Lieut.  Thomas  Hop- 
kins of  the  139th. 

The  months  of  July  and  August  spent  in  the  Vosges  saw 

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OTHER  VOSGES   FIGHTING  65 

the  culmination  of  the  training  period  for  the  Thirty-fifth, 
for,  while  they  held  sectors  of  trench,  there  was  no  quieter 
place  among  the  line  except  when  the  Americans  stirred 
up  trouble.  The  real  business  of  the  Americans  was  to  fit 
themselves  for  the  big  fight  which  they  knew  they  would 
get  into  some  day. 

The  training  in  the  Vosges  did  not  prove  of  great  value 
to  the  men  in  the  Argonne  battle.  There  they  learned 
trench  warfare,  but  that  form  of  fighting  was  finished. 
There  were  few  places  in  the  sector  held  by  the  division 
where  it  would  have  been  possible  to  maneuver  much  more 
than  a  company  of  troops,  and  we  were  so  near  the  enemy 
and  under  such  constant  observation  that  the  few  available 
open  places  could  not  be  used,  because  such  an  assemblage 
of  men  would  be  sure  to  draw  fire.  Men  in  rest  billets  at 
the  rear,  where  they  Avent  after  a  spell  in  the  trenches,  got 
some  training,  but  it  was  not  in  the  open  warfare  known 
of  old,  but  in  trench  warfare. 

Quietude  of  sectors  in  a  war  such  as  the  great  one  just 
ended  is  altogether  comparative,  and  many  men  of  the 
Thirty-fifth  did  not  know  how  peaceful  and  serene  was 
their  summer  home  in  the  high  mountains  until  they  moved 
into  other  sectors,  called  "lively."  In  later  days  the  men 
of  the  division  came  to  know  just  how  grim  war  could  be, 
and  the  Vosges  became  in  recollection  a  pleasant  vacation, 
where  the  summer  days  were  spent  in  the  high,  cool  forests. 

But  we  left  about  100  of  our  men  there  in  the  foothills 
of  the  Alps.  They  were  killed  in  action,  died  of  wounds  or 
of  disease  or  accident.  I  had  not  realized  the  number  was 
so  large  until  I  came  to  count  them  up.  It  shows  how 
heavy  is  the  toll  of  war  even  in  the  quietest  of  sectors. 

The  60th  Field  Artillery  Brigade,  which  was  a  component 
of  the  35th  Division  and  which   had  enviously  watched 


66  PROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO  EXEEMONT 

the  infantry  depart  and  leave  the  big  guns  behind,  reached 
England  about  June  1.  It  landed  in  Liverpool,  and,  after 
a  stop  of  a  week,  proceeded  to  France,  landing  at  Le  Havre, 
and  moving  June  12  to  Angers,  where  it  received  its  equip- 
ment. From  there  it  went  to  Camp  Coetquidan  for  train- 
ing. Five  weeks  were  put  in  there  getting  acquainted 
with  the  guns  and  perfecting  technique,  and  on  Aug.  14 
the  artillery  joined  up  with  the  division,  which  then  had 
headquarters  at  Gerardmer. 

Up  to  that  time  all  artillery  behind  the  Thirty-fifth  had 
been  French.  Under  the  French  system,  artillery  units 
held  their  places  in  the  mountains,  because  of  the  difficulty 
in  moving  guns  into  and  out  of  the  emplacements,  and  be- 
cause of  the  additional  value  a  prolonged  experience  gave 
to  the  gunners  in  that  difficult  territory. 

The  110th  Sanitary  Train  and  the  UOth  Field  Signal 
Battalion,  though  they  had  not  traveled  together  reached 
the  division  at  the  same  time,  June  12,  and  joined  up  at 
Arches. 


CHAPTER  VIII 


IN  RESERVE  AT  ST.  MIHIEL 

Pleasant,  easy  or  comfortable  days  for  the  Thirty-fifth 
had  now  come  to  an  end.  The  men  had  sworn  mightily  at 
the  discomforts  of  the  Vosges,  and  had  been  much  disgusted 
with  fighting  above  the  clouds,  sleeping  in  old  French  bar- 
racks, and  wearing  overcoats  in  mid-summer  as  the  high 
altitude  made  necessary,  a  land  where  it  was  dusk  at  9 :30 
p.  m.  and  dawn  at  3  :30  a.  m.  They  were  also  vexed  with 
those  absurd  and  unseen  officers  in  high  places  who  would 
not  let  them  fight.  They  wanted  to  walk  through  the  Boche 
lines  and  right  into  Germany. 

A  war  of  action  had  developed  in  the  Marne  Valley 
while  the  Thirty-fifth  lay  in  the  Vosges.  The  enemy  had 
attacked  on  June  15  and  had  been  stopped.  The  allied 
troops  had  attacked  on  July  18  and  for  the  first  time  in 
four  years,  things  had  a  very  roseate  glow.  Gen.  Pershing 
had  applied  for  and  obtained  permission  to  reduce  the 
salient  above  Saint  Mihiel.  The  German  army  had  occu- 
pied this  position  in  1914  in  an  attempt  to  flank  Serrail 
who  stubbornly  kept  the  line  of  fortified  hills  which  up- 
held Verdun.  They  are  called  the  ''Grand  Couronne  de 
Nancy."  The  Germans  failed  to  flank  Serrail  but  they 
had  held  onto  the  salient  ever  since. 

Many  a  time  Verdun  seemed  the  only  rock  which  kept 
the  Hun  tide  from  sweeping  over  France,  and  the  Grand 
Couronne  de  Nancy  was  what  supported  Verdun.  The 
point  of  the  salient  left  by  the  early  operation  reached  to 
the  town  of  St.  Mihiel  on  the  Meuse. 

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68  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HUAj   TO   EXERMONT 

After  the  failure  of  the  long  and  bitter  battles  against 
Verdun,  where  the  Crown  Prince's  thin  glory  faded,  the 
salient  had  no  value  to  the  Germans  for  offensive  purposes, 
but  as  a  part  of  the  defense  of  Metz  it  was  most  valuable. 
The  French  had  attempted  to  straighten  the  line,  but  the 
enemy  held  most  tenaciously,  for  at  the  time,  he  still  hoped 
successfully  to  attack  Verdun.  The  field  called  Les  Es- 
parges  was  one  of  the  most  sanguinary  of  the  war.  There 
France  lost  the  flower  of  its  new  class  of  soldiers,  youths 
who  had  just  finished  their  training  after  being  called  to 
the  colors. 

What  degree  of  resistance  the  Americans  would  meet 
and  what  forces  would  be  necessary  to  overcome  it  was  un- 
known, but  it  was  to  be  an  all- American  affair  and  plenty 
of  men,  munitions  and  guns  were  provided  to  take  the  sali- 
ent, however  hard  the  enemy  fought.  Most  of  the  divisions 
in  the  fighting  were  the  older,  well-tried  ones.  In  support 
were  other  divisions  ready  to  enter  the  fray,  while  behind 
them  was  the  reserve,  ready  to  go  to  the  needed  point.  The 
35th  Division  was  in  the  army  resei've  and  its  business 
was  to  be  mobile  and  ready  to  strike  wherever  needed. 

Of  course,  none  of  the  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth  and  few 
of  the  officers  had  any  idea  of  the  operation  to  which  they 
were  assigned.  Troop  movements  usually  look  very  silly 
to  the  man  in  the  ranks  who  has  no  knowledge  of  the  un- 
derlying purpose.  That  is  why  confidence  in  higher  of- 
ficers is  one  of  the  best  sustainers  of  morale.  The  soldier 
should  be  able  to  say,  "Well,  the  old  man  is  doing  it,  and 
he  knows  his  business.  I'm  willing."  One  of  the  reasons 
morale  usually  is  high  in  National  Guard  outfits  is  that 
the  men  know  their  officers  and  have  confidence  in  them. 

The  Saint  Mihiel  operation  plans  were  guarded  with 
great  secrecy  and  knowledge  of  the  purpose  kept  within  a 


IN    RESERVE   AT  ST.    MIHIEL  69 

circle  as  restricted  as  possible.  But  our  men  suspected 
there  was  a  hen  on  when  the  shuffling  commenced. 

On  Aug.  27,  28  and  29,  those  elements  of  the  division  not 
in  the  line  were  grouped  about  the  town  of  Gerardmer,  and 
on  the  thirty-first  the  division  was  relieved.  The  last  ele- 
ments came  out  on  the  night  of  Sept.  2,  and  on  the  fourth, 
fifth  and  sixth  the  division  entrained  for  what  was  known 
vaguely  as  the  Rosieres  area,  some  100  kilometers  away. 
That  first  of  September  was  a  notable  day,  although  it  did 
not  appear  so  at  the  time,  for  it  was  the  last  time  the  men 
were  to  sleep  under  cover  for  more  than  a  month,  and  that 
month  the  most  trying  in  their  histories. 

Few  of  the  men  had  opportunity  through  that  Septem- 
ber to  remove  their  clothing,  except  to  change  underwear  or 
socks.  They  were  not  able  to  do  that  often,  possibly  once 
or  twice,  for  there  was  a  chronic  shortage  of  new  stuff  to 
change  into.    Very  few  of  them  had  a  bath  that  month. 

Rosieres-aux-Salines  proved  to  be  a  pretty  good  sort  of 
town  in  a  pretty,  little,  flat  valley.  Headquarters  was 
there,  and  the  other  sections  of  the  division  were  scattered 
about  the  countryside. 

Then  came  days  of  waiting  and  policing  and  equipping 
and  rain.  Just  about  the  time  the  pup  tents  were  well  set 
and  drained  and  a  fellow  had  a  chance  to  make  himself  ap- 
proximately comfortable  there  would  come  the  order  to 
march.  Everything  was  done  by  night  in  that  period,  to 
avoid  enemy  observation,  and  the  feeling  that  something 
was  about  to  happen  was  heavy  in  the  air. 

Our  men  refused  to  take  the  St.  Mihiel  operation  serious- 
ly. Once  in  the  rain  a  corps  inspector  saw  a  sentry  walk- 
ing his  post  carrying  an  umbrella.  It  almost  threw  the  in- 
spector into  apoplexy,  and  it  did  throw  the  joking  soldier 
into  the  guard  house. 


70  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO    EXEEMONT 

The  directors  of  the  operation,  sitting  in  conference  back 
at  Souilly,  would  look  at  their  immense  battle  maps,  and 
after  calculating  angles  and  distance  for  a  while,  one 
would  say :  "It  seems  to  me  the  field  would  be  better  bal- 
anced if  the  reserve  was  a  little  further  down  the  valley 
here,"  and  that  would  be  discussed  and  finally  agreed  to. 
"  Do  it, "  the  commanding  General  would  say.  A  code  tele- 
gram would  be  started  to  the  headq.uarters  of  the  35th 
Division,  the  pins  indicating  the  reserve  on  the  bat- 
tle map  moved  and  the  'conference  would  proceed. 

At  headquarters  of  the  Thirty-fifth,  as  soon  as  the  tele- 
gram was  received,  there  would  be  much  bustle  and  pre- 
paring of  orders.  Motor  cycle  orderlies  would  stream 
away  in  a  deafening  clatter,  and  soon  in  all  the  towns  and 
fields  where  units  of  the  Thirty-fifth  were  stationed,  pup 
tents  would  be  coming  down,  blankets  rolled,  packs  made 
up,  and  at  the  given  hour  the  men  Avould  fall  in  and  the 
long  column  take  up  again  the  same  old  hike. 

It  grew  very,  very  tiresome,  and  the  conviction  that  great 
things  were  soon  to  happen  did  not  make  the  work  easy  or 
pleasant.  There  is  a  fearful  monotony  to  marching,  march- 
ing, marching.  It  is  hard  work.  Making  a  pup  tent  of  two 
shelter  halves  and  setting  it  up  in  the  rain  is  not  a  pleasant 
pastime,  and  there  is  a  physical  revulsion  against  the  dis- 
comforts of  living  outdoors  in  the  rain. 

The  two  or  three  weeks  preceding  the  Argonne  battle 
seemed  very  disagreeable.  Knowing  as  we  do  now  that  the 
division  was  just  about  to  go  on  the  stage  in  one  of  the 
greatest  dramas  in  history,  does  not  help  to  gild  those  days. 
They  were  days  of  mud  and  rain  and  weariness,  not  com- 
plete exhaustion,  but  weariness  which  demanded  sound  sleep 
and  there  was  no  comfortable  place  to  sleep.  Soon  the 
eyes  of  the  world  were  to  be  upon  this  division  and  its 


IN   RESERVE   AT  ST.    MIHIEL  71 

eight  companion  divisions,  but  that  was  a  matter  of  not 
much  interest.  They  had  no  stage  fright.  They  wanted 
more  grub  and  wanted  it  oftener  and  hotter,  and  they 
wanted  a  dry  place  to  sleep  and  they  wanted  somebody  to 
kill  "that  damned  bugler"  just  before  time  for  reveille. 

The  march  of  the  night  of  Sept.  10-11  was  into  Tom- 
blaine,  Jarville  and  Maron,  which  are  suburbs  of  Nancy, 
but  that  beautiful  city  few  of  the  men  were  able  to  see  at 
that  time.  The  next  night  the  division  marched  again — 
through  the  edge  of  the  city  of  Nancy  and  into  the  Foret 
de  Haye,  where  they  went  into  concealed  bivouac. 

Those  were  trying  times.  The  roar  of  the  guns  seemed 
very  near,  and  the  men  knew  that  a  big  fight  was  on  close 
at  hand,  and  it  was  quite  impossible  to  rest  easy.  Some- 
times they  could  see  the  flash  of  the  guns,  like  distant  light- 
ning near  the  horizon.  At  night  enemy  airplanes  came 
over  and  dropped  bombs  on  the  forest,  and  a  good  part  of 
the  time  it  rained.  The  Missouri  and  Kansas  doughboys 
found  it  difficult  to  comprehend  the  denseness  of  a  com- 
mander who  would  let  a  good  division  like  theirs  lie  out  in 
the  rain  night  after  night  and  rust  when  there  was  a  fight 
going  on  right  close  by  that  they  might  just  as  well  be  in 
as  not.  Really,  Pershing  ought  to  know  better,  they 
thought. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  St.  Mihiel  affair  proved  very 
easy.  The  operation  was  tactically  perfect,  and  the  Ameri- 
cans crashed  in  at  will.  There  was  no  occasion  to  call  up- 
on the  reserves,  who  had  to  content  themselves  with  being 
present  with  a  "willingness  to  serve." 

The  part  the  Thirty-fifth  played  "was  not  big,  but  it  was 
very  important.  Gen.  Pershing  was  able  to  order  his  com- 
bat battalions  in  whatever  way  he  chose  because  he  had  a 
reserve  behind  them.     The  reserve  is  an  essential  part  of 


72  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 

the  attacking  force,  even  if  it  never  moves  a  foot  or  fires  a 
shot.  The  35th  Division  was  the  essential,  unseen  force  be- 
hind the  line.  It  was  ready  to  fill  any  gap  the  enemy  might 
make,  or  to  take  the  place  of  any  weakening  or  shattered 
force  in  front  of  it. 

I  believe  the  division  would  have  been  better  prepared 
for  the  Argonne  fight  if  it  had  had  a  place  in  the  line  in 
the  St.  Miliiel  operation.  Its  losses  would  have  been  light, 
and  it  would  have  then  gone  into  the  Argonne  with  battle 
experience  and  with  the  assurance  and  confidence  which 
the  other  divisions  gained  at  St.  Mihiel. 

On  Sept.  15  new  orders  came,  and  the  air  began  to 
charge  again  with  the  electricity  of  coming  action.  That 
night  the  division  moved  to  the  region  about  Charmentois. 
The  most  of  the  infantry  moved  in  motorbuses,  those  im- 
mense lumbering  cars  which  Avere  stripped  from  the 
streets  of  London  and  Paris  at  the  beginning  of  the  war, 
and  which  had  rambled  all  over  the  North  of  France  since, 
hauling  soldiers  to  many  threatened  fields,  carrying 
wounded  back  and  at  times  playing  the  part  of  trucks  and 
taking  supplies  forward. 

In  the  Charmentois  area  the  division  came  under  the 
Third  Army  Corps,  and,  as  a  result,  was  in  the  Second 
French  Army  for  tactical  control  and  supply.  At  this 
stopping  place,  which  also  was  out  of  doors,  the  air  bombs 
became  more  frequent. 

The  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  moved  up  near  Auzeville  on 
the  night  of  Sept.  19-20,  and  the  next  night  the  remainder 
of  the  division  went  to  the  neighborhood  of  Grace-le-Comte 
Farm  and  into  the  woods  east  of  Beauchamp,  where  the 
division  relieved  the  Seventy-third  French  Division  in 
charge  of  the  sector.  Because  of  their  familiarity  with 
the  sector  and  that  the  relief  might  not  be  noted  bv  the 


IN   RESERVE   AT  ST.    MIHIEL  73 

enemy,  the  French  outposts  remained  in  position.  Thus 
there  was  a  screen  of  French  between  the  Americans  and 
the  enemy. 

The  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  held  the  line,  with  the  Seven- 
tieth in  support.  The  formation  was  for  each  regiment  of 
the  Sixty-ninth  to  have  two  of  its  three  battalions  in  the 
line,  each  battalion  having  a  machine  gun  company  at- 
tached. One  battalion  and  a  machine  gun  company  was  in 
reserve  to  each  regiment.  This  formation  was  maintained 
up  to  the  morning  of  Sept.  26. 

Our  division  was  now  just  behind  the  scenes,  the  stage 
was  set,  and  our  actors  ready.  The  Sixtieth  Brigade  of  Ar- 
tillery was  in  its  place,  and  tuning  up  its  guns.  That  was 
about  all  they  were  allowed  to  do  before  the  great  artillery 
preparation  began. 

Major  Barngrove  was  put  out  of  action  on  September  24. 
His  task  had  been  to  get  forward  the  ammunition  for  the 
big  artillery  preparation.  He  was  establishing  new  dumps 
near  Neuvilly.  The  orders  were  that  the  main  road  could 
be  used  only  at  night.  The  magnitude  of  the  preparations 
being  made  for  the  advance  jammed  this  road  Avith  traffic 
from  every  conceivable  source.  He  found  that  it  would 
be  impossible  for  him  to  get  his  quota  of  shells  into  posi- 
tion by  September  25.  At  that  time  it  was  thought  that 
the  advance  would  begin  September  25.  He  asked  per- 
mission to  work  by  day.  This  involved  the  very  gravest 
danger,  as  the  road  was  under  constant  shell  fire  by  the 
enemy  guns  and  under  observation  of  their  balloons  and 
airplanes.  He  finally  appealed  to  the  corps  ammunition 
officer  and  obtained  permission  to  work  by  day. 

Four  trucks  were  disabled,  but  the  men  on  the  ammuni- 
tion train  hitched  on  to  them  and  towed  them  to  the  dumps, 
unloaded  the  ammunition  and  took  the  trucks  back,  all  un- 
der constant  shell  fire. 


74  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

Major  Barngrove  was  wounded  and  evacuated  but  not 
before  he  saw  that  everything  that  had  been  ordered  for  our 
artillery  was  in  its  place. 

The  Thirty-fifth  was  a  division  of  men  formerly 
of  the  National  Guard,  in  which  they  had  had  a  certain 
training  in  open  warfare,  the  kind  of  war  for  which  the 
American  soldier  is  primarily,  essentially  and  everlastingly 
fitted.  They  had  been  more  than  a  year  in  the  Federal  serv- 
ice, undergoing  intensive  training  nearly  all  of  which  was 
designed  to  fit  them  for  the  peculiar  conditions  incident  to 
the  fixed  and  established  conflict  known  as  trench  warfare. 

They  had  had  two  months  of  trench  service  in  the  Vosges, 
but  the  Vosges  was  a  territory  where  their  officers  could 
not  train  them  for  open  warfare,  however  anxious  they 
might  have  been  to  do  so,  and  however  keenly  they  may 
have  felt  the  troops  needed  such  training.  Now  the  last 
battles  of  the  war  were  about  to  begin,  and  they  were  to  be 
fought,  as  many  persons  had  suspected  they  would  be 
fought,  out  in  the  open. 

Trench  warfare  and  open  warfare  are  as  unlike  as  night 
and  day  and  they  have  some  of  the  same  differences. 

In  trench  warfare  there  is  the  fixed  series  of  trenches,  no 
movement,  seldom  seeing  the  foe,  fighting  and  raiding  near- 
ly always  in  the  dark,  the  specialized  work  of  throwing 
hand  grenades,  sapping,  mining  and  counter  mining,  keep- 
ing wire  fields  in  repair  and  maintaining  listening  posts 
for  the  detection  of  the  smallest  movement  of  the  enemy. 
Formations  are  not  used  and  there  is  no  maneuvering  of 
troops. 

Open  warfare  is  a  war  of  movement  with  the  field  con- 
stantly changing,  and  the  endeavor  always  uppermost  to 
drive  the  enemy  back  and  off  the  field.  Troops  try  to  keep 
in  sight,  or  surely  in  touch  with  the  enemy,  the  action 


IN   RESERVE   AT  ST.    MIHIEL  75 

continues  day  and  night  except  for  some  special  cause, 
the  weapons  are  artillery,  machine  guns  and  the  master 
tool  of  all,  the  rifle,  to  which  issues  in  modern  wars  al- 
ways come  for  settlement.  There  is  no  burrowing  in  the 
ground,  except  when  a  soldier  scoops  out  for  a  foxhole 
to  sleep  in.  There  is  no  sapping  or  mining,  wire-works  are 
passed  over  and  forgotten  and  the  field  is  won  or  lost 
above  ground  and  out  in  the  open. 


CHAPTER  IX 


PLANNING  THE  ARGONNE  DRIVE 

The  offensive  started  by  American  troops  in  the  Argonne 
on  Sept.  26  was  a  part  of  the  great  battle  plan  of  Gen, 
Foch.  It  was  perhaps  the  most  essential  piece  on  the  whole 
battle  line  of  similar  length.  The  allies  had  been  pinching 
the  enemy  out  of  one  place  and  luring  him  into  another, 
until  his  lines  were  in  what  military  men  considered  an  un- 
tenable position.  He  had  adventured  too  far  to  maintain 
himself  at  such  distance  from  his  bases  against  the  allies 
strengthened  as  they  were  in  men,  munitions  and  morale. 

The  operation  had  been  set,  tentatively,  for  the  spring 
of  1919,  but  the  ease  with  which  the  St.  Miliiel  salient  was 
reduced,  the  obvious  weakening  in  the  enemy  before  the 
British  in  the  north  of  France,  and  the  success  of  the  allied 
attacks  ■which  followed  the  retreat  of  the  foe  from  the 
Marne,  all  combined  to  convince  Gen.  Foch  that  he  had  an 
excellent  opportunity^  to  force  a  decision  in  what  was  left 
of  the  fall  of  1918.  His  strategy,  as  daring  in  1918  as  it 
had  been  in  1914  at  the  first  battle  of  the  Marne,  lent  itself 
with  particular  fitness  to  such  an  alluring  scheme.  So  he 
set  the  forces  of  the  allied  armies  to  the  task  of  preparing 
for  the  war's  last  great  battle. 

At  the  conference  of  allied  leaders  when  the  great  gen- 
eral attack  was  planned,  the  French  commander  in  chief 
asked : 

"Where  will  the  American  army  fight  in  this  battle?" 

"Wherever  you  wish  it  to  fight,"  Gen.  Pershing  replied. 

Gen.  Foch  then  indicated  the  line  between  the  Meuse  and 

76 


PLANNING   THE   ARGONNE   DRIVE  77 

the  Argoime,  and  asked  if  they  would  take  that  part  of  the 
line.  G-en.  Pershing  assented.  It  was  the  part  of  the  line 
where  the  heaviest  fighting  undoubtedly  would  be  if  the 
battle  plans  worked  out,  and  if  the  judgment  of  the  mili- 
tary men  proved  true.  Every  officer  present  knew  that. 
The  allies  were  at  a  point  in  the  operation  where  a  continua- 
tion of  their  strokes  would  drive  the  enemy  out  of  France, 
or  he  would  suffer  disaster,  possibly  annihilation  of  his 
armies  in  the  field.  To  get  his  armies  out,  he  must  main- 
tain his  communications,  the  four-track  railroad  at  Mezieres 
in  front  of  us,  and  the  business  of  the  Americans  was  to 
threaten,  and  if  possible  to  cut  his  communications. 

It  was  a  field  where  there  was  a  certainty  of  the  hardest 
fighting.  It  was  probable  that  the  Germans  would  bring 
their  best  battalions  there  to  make  the  vital  fight.  As  a 
consequence,  there  could  be  no  spectacular  gains  on  the 
American  front.  Every  foot  of  ground  would  be  con- 
tested bitterly,  and  those  who  advanced  must  pay  the  price. 
Wliile  on  other  fronts,  large  and  glittering  gains  would  be 
made  in  a  day,  it  would  be  against  a  retreating  foe,  and  he 
would  be  retreating  all  the  more  hurriedly  because  of  the 
pressure  the  Americans  were  bringing  on  his  vitals.  The 
enemy  could  not  retreat  on  our  front.  If  he  did,  we  would 
cut  his  railroads  and  the  French  and  British  to  the  west 
of  us  would  capture  his  armies.  It  was  with  a  full  under- 
standing of  what  was  ahead  that  the  American  commander 
took  this  post  of  high  honor,  where  hard  blows  were  to  be 
given  and  taken,  and  where  there  was  little  to  gain. 


CHAPTER  X 


OFFICERS  CHANGED  ON  EVE  OF  BATTLE 

It  was  about  5  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  Sept.  22  that 
the  35th  Division  Headquarters  received  Field  Order  No. 
57  from  the  first  Army  Corps,  thus  learning  officially  for 
the  first  time  of  the  projected  Argonne-Meuse  offensive. 
This  was  a  document  of  62  typewritten  pages.  The  Di- 
vision issued  its  Field  Order  No.  44  just  48  hours  later,  at 
5  p.  m.  Sept.  24.  The  Division  P.  C.  was  in  dugouts  on  the 
Southern  edge  of  the  woods  on  Les  Cotes  de  Forimont. 

The  battle  order  was  considered  a  model  of  conciseness, 
but  it  was  a  voluminous  thing  at  that.  The  advance  was  to 
be  made  by  nine  divisions  on  a  16-mile  front  at  the  same 
moment,  5  :30  a.  m.,  after  artillery  preparation  of  varying 
duration  and  density  at  various  parts  of  the  line.  The  first 
Army  (American) .  which  was  under  command  of  Gen. 
Pershing,  in  person,  had  three  corps  in  the  line,  each  com- 
posed of  three  divisions.  The  First  Corps,  to  which  the 
Thirty-fifth  was  attached,  was  on  the  left.  The  Thirty- 
fifth  was  the  right  hand  division  of  the  corps.  It  had  about 
two  miles  of  front.  On  the  Thirty-fifth's  left  was  its  corps- 
mate,  the  Twenty-eighth  Division.  On  the  Thirty-fifth's 
right  was  the  Ninety-first  Division  of  the  Fifth  Corps. 

The  country  lying  in  front  of  the  Thirty-fifth,  and 
through  which  it  was  to  advance,  was  as  difficult  as  any 
on  the  American  front,  and  in  some  ways,  the  task  was  the 
most  desperate  of  all.  Two  kilometers  out  from  the  step- 
ping off  place  was  the  Hindenburg  Line  most  heavily  wired 
and  prepared  for  defense  in  every  way  the  four  years  of 

78 


OFFICERS    CHANGED   ON   EVE    OF  BATTLE  79 

war  had  taught  the  Germans.  I  am  writing  noAV  of  what 
was  known  before  the  battle. 

Just  in  front  of  the  Hindenburg  Line,  the  defensive 
works  mingling  with  and  making  it  part  of  the  line,  was 
Vauquois  Hill,  a  place  of  sad  and  sanguinary  memory. 
The  French  had  never  been  able  to  retake  it  at  the  price 
they  were  willing  to  pay,  and  many  troops  had  been  lost 
in  fruitless  attempts.  A  high  French  officer  told  me  their 
losses  there  probably  totaled  40,000.  It  was  known  to  be 
thoroughly  mined,  to  have  excavations  and  tunnels  of  great 
length  for  quick  communication  and  transferal  of  troops 
from  one  point  to  another.  It  had  once  been  covered  with 
trees  for  the  most  part,  but  these  were  now  merely  shat- 
tered stumps,  so  much  artillery  fire  had  been  addressed 
to  it. 

Vauquois  Hill  (pronounce  it  Vo-quaw,  please,)  was  con- 
sidered the  strongest  point  in  the  German  line  between 
Verdun  and  the  Aisne. 

The  Ouvrage  d'Aden  was  known  to  be  a  strong  point 
alongside  the  secondary  road,  and  the  town  of  Cheppy 
was  strongly  organized  for  defense. 

Students  of  French  history  will  remember  that  when 
the  French  revolution  vras  brewing  and  occasionally  be- 
coming threatening,  Louis  XVI  and  Marie  Antoinette  en- 
deavored to  escape  from  France,  and  that  they  got  as 
far  as  Varennes,  where  the  Postmaster's  son,  consulting 
the  monarch's  picture  on  a  coin,  recognized  the  royal 
fugitives  and  stopped  the  carriage  at  the  bridge,  turn- 
ing them  back  to  Paris  and,  eventually,  to  the  execu- 
tioner. The  35th  Division's  left  flank  was  to  go  through 
Varennes  and  by  the  eastern  end  of  the  bridge.  The 
Twenty-eighth  had  the  other  side  of  the  river. 

The  other  towns  we  were  to  take,  Cheppy,  Very,  Char- 


80  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

pentry,  Baulny,  Exermont,  Fleville,  etc.,  were  typical 
French  villages,  which  in  peace  times  had  been  the  homes 
of  the  farmers  tending  the  adjoining  acres,  and  the  little 
shops  where  they  traded.  Each  village,  of  course,  had 
a  church  of  more  or  less  importance.  Since  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war,  there  had  been  few  if  any  civilians  in 
the  territory.  Those  who  could  had  escaped  into  the 
French  lines.  Those  who  could  not  had  been  sent  further 
north  and  east  by  the  German  invaders. 

The  course  laid  out  for  the  Thirty-fifth  was  in  the 
valley  of  the  Aire  with  occasional  hills,  and  sufficient 
clumps  of  trees  and  brush  to  afford  excellent  cover  for 
machine  gun  nests.  As  a  rule,  it  was  open  country.  The 
main  road  from  Neuvilly  to  Varennes,  and  thence  through 
Baulny  to  Exermont  had  been  an  excellent  one,  a  na- 
tional highway,  before  the  war. 

Shortly  before  the  battle  radical  changes  were  made 
in  the  officer  personnel.  Brigadier-General  Nathaniel  F. 
McClure,  who  had  commanded  the  division  for  more  than 
a  month  in  the  Vosges,  and  who  commanded  the  Sixty- 
ninth  Brigade  up  to  Sept.  21,  was  relieved  on  that  date, 
and  Brigadier-General  (then  Colonel)  Louis  M.  Nuttman 
put  in  command.  The  138th  Infantry  had  had  many 
leaders.  Col.  Edmund  J.  McMahon,  who  brought  it  over, 
was  relieved  July  25,  Col.  George  P.  White  taking  his 
place  and  holding  it  until  Sept.  14,  when  he  was  relieved 
by  his  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Henry  W.  Parker,  who  was  in 
turn  displaced  by  Col.  Harry  Howland  the  day  before  the 
fight. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Carl  Ristine  took  over  the  139th 
Infantry  Sept.  21.  A  regular  army  Colonel  was  on  his 
way  to  take  this  job,  but  he  did  not  get  there  in  time. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Channing  E.  Delaplane  took  com- 


OFPlCEtlS   CliANGfiD  ON   EVt   OF  SATTLti  81 

mand  of  the  140tli  Infantry  on  Sept.  22.  Col.  Frank 
Rumbold  was  relieved  of  his  command  of  the  128th  Field 
Artillery  on  Sept.  24,  two  days  before  the  fight.  Rum- 
bold 's  health  was  bad,  but  he  had  held  on  grimly,  hop- 
ing to  command  his  regiment  through  the  action. 

In  making  his  reconnaissance  Rumbold  had  worn  his 
heavy  field  boots  for  five  days  and  nights.  While  cross- 
ing a  hill  below  Neuvilly  on  Sept.  23  one  leg  gave  way, 
and  he  had  to  be  assisted  from  the  field.  The  divisional 
surgeon  ordered  that  he  be  evacuated,  and  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Pim  reluctantly  sent  Rumbold  to  a  hospital  in 
the  rear. 

It  was  no  new  thing  to  Brigadier-General  Charles  I. 
Martin  to  lead  men  into  battle.  His  had  been  a  long  and 
distinguished  career.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  the  Kansas 
Guard  in  1890,  and  in  1898  he  was  a  captain  in  the  20th 
Kansas  volunteer  infantry.  His  colonel  was  Frederick 
Funston.  In  the  battle  of  Manila,  he  attacked  with  his 
company  over  an  open  road  and  his  company's  casual- 
ties were  the  heaviest  in  the  regiment.  Out  near  Calu- 
can,  on  one  occasion  his  company  had  been  thrown  into 
the  trenches  to  hold  them  for  two  days,  and  they  held 
them  without  relief  for  six  weeks.  He  came  out  of  that 
war  a  major,  and  Funston  a  general. 

Gen.  Martin  is  a  quiet,  studious  man  who  excels  in  or- 
ganizing. His  brigade  had  a  staff  organization  which 
would  continue  to  function  whatever  cog  of  it  dropped 
out.  The  first  impression  of  Gen.  Martin  is  not  always 
good.  One  may  think  him  too  quiet,  or  that  he  lacks  force. 
But  to  look  into  his  organization,  and  to  examine  the  re- 
ports shoM'  the  power  the  man  carries  behind  his  quiet 
front. 

He  was  the  only  National  Guard  general  officer  left 


82  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO    EXERMONT 

with  the  division,  aud  so  well  had  he  handled  his  brigade, 
and  so  favorable  were  the  reports  on  him,  that  it  began 
to  be  rumored  about  that  possibly  this  was  another  Fun- 
ston  case,  a  National  Guardsman  who  was  so  capable  that 
the  professional  soldiers  of  the  Regular  army  would  have 
to  acknowledge  his  worth  and  give  him  a  fitting  reward. 
Every  attempt  to  unseat  him  had  failed,  and  they  had 
been  many. 

While  the  division  was  moving  toward  the  Argonne, 
Martin  was  studying  the  terrain.  The  French  liaison 
officer  attached  to  his  brigade  had  fought  over  the  iden- 
tical territory  on  which  the  Thirty-fifth  was  to  attack. 
They  spent  all  their  spare  time  at  the  maps,  until  Martin 
knew  just  what  was  behind  each  hill,  what  each  valley  con- 
tained, how  the  roads  ran,  and  all  the  things  essential  to 
fighting  a  battle  on  that  terrain. 

Sometime  before  the  battle,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Dela- 
plane  was  attached  to  the  70th  Brigade  headquarters.  He 
was  a  regular  army  officer.  Soon  after  his  arrival  I  was 
at  brigade  headquarters  one  day,  and  an  officer  of  the 
staff  took  me  aside  and  said: 

"They  are  trying  to  'get'  the  old  man  again.  They 
have  sent  Delaplane  down  here  as  a  spy." 

"What  does  the  general  say  about  it?"  I  asked. 

"He  has  instructed  us  all  to  take  him  in  as  one  of  the 
family,  give  him  our  fullest  confidence,  and  help  him  all 
we  can,"  he  said. 

My  personal  belief  is  that  Delaplane  was  sent  down 
there  to  find  some  reason  for  relieving  Gen.  Martin,  but 
being  a  capable  and  honest  officer,  he  had  reported  that 
Martin  should  not  be  relieved,  and  that  he  was  handling 
the  brigade  wisely  and  ably. 

The  date  set  for  the  great  advance  drew  near.    Martin 


OFFICERS    CHANGED    ON   EVE   OF  BATTLE  83 

had  studied  the  ground  before  his  brigade  so  intensively 
that  he  was  probably  more  familiar  with  it  than  any 
other  officer  in  the  corps.  Rumors  concerning  him  grew 
more  numerous.  He  was  to  be  taken  to  corps  headquar- 
ters and  given  a  staff  job;  he  was  to  have  a  division  to 
command;  he  was  to  be  sent  to  the  rear,  to  make  sure 
that  there  would  not  be  another  Funston  case. 

On  Sept.  21  orders  came  for  him  to  report  to  corps 
headquarters.  Gen.  Martin  did  not  know  what  was  to 
happen  further  than  that  he  was  taken  away  from  the 
brigade  he  had  commanded,  and  away  from  the  Kansas 
troops  he  had  led  so  long.  The  report  spread  through  the 
brigade.  He  called  his  staff  together,  told  them  of  the 
order,  instructed  them  to  give  the  same  loyalty  and  in- 
telligent aid  to  his  successor  that  they  had  given  to  him, 
and  started  away. 

As  the  general  came  out  of  his  quarters,  many  officers 
stood  about,  and  among  them  Delaplane,  the  newly  ar- 
rived officer  of  the  Regulars.  Tears  were  running  down 
his  cheeks  and  he  said  over  and  over  as  he  shook  hands 
with  the  General: 

"I  can't  understand  it,  I  can't  understand  it." 
Then  Martin  knew.  He  was  going  to  the  rear.  He 
was  not  to  be  permitted  to  lead  his  troops  again  into  bat- 
tle, or  any  other  troops.  He  was  done,  finished.  The 
blind  fight  against  the  Kansas  general  was  being  carried 
to  the  very  opening  of  the  great  battle.  I  can  conceive  of 
no  action  more  poorly  advised  or  shorter  sighted.  A  fine 
brigade  was  taken  out  of  the  hands  of  a  strong,  able  man, 
of  abundant  physical  poAvers  to  withstand  the  strain  and 
stress  of  battle.  The  brigade  was  given  to  Col.  Kirby 
Walker  of  the  regular  army,  whose  powers  and  prowess 
will  be  shown  in  due  time. 


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As  General  Martin  drove  away,  hundreds  of  men  and 
officers  of  his  brigade  stood  beside  the  road  in  the  forest 
to  say  "good-bye"  to  their  old  commander.  One  reason 
given  for  relieving  Col.  McMahon  in  the  Vosges  was  that 
he  wept  while  standing  beside  a  soldier's  grave.  If 
tears  are  valid  cause  for  relief,  that  whole  brigade  should 
have  been  sent  to  the  rear  on  Sept.  22. 


CHAPTER  XI 


THE  PLAN  OF  BATTLE 

The  plan  of  battle  was  for  the  infantry  to  advance  in 
column  of  brigades,  with  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  leading. 
The  regiments  were  to  advance  abreast  within  the 
brigades,  each  with  one  battalion  in  the  front  line,  one 
in  support  and  one  in  reserve.  From  each  of  the  two 
rear  battalions  two  companies  were  sent  forward  and  at- 
tached to  the  front  battalions.  Two  of  these  were  to  mop 
up  Vauquois  Hill  and  the  other  two  were  to  perform  a 
similar  service  for  the  Rossignol  Wood. 

The  machine  gun  companies  were  scattered  about  in 
advantageous  positions.  One  battalion  and  one  com- 
pany were  in  position  on  Hill  253,  Mamelon  Blanc  and 
La  Maize,  a  similar  number  were  in  position  at  Buzemont, 
two  companies  were  in  the  rear  of  the  support  line  ready 
to  take  position  on  Hill  239,  while  four  companies  were 
attached  to  the  front  line  battalions  ready  for  the  ad- 
vance. 

A  company  of  engineers  was  to  go  with  the  leading 
brigade  to  cut  wire,  two  platoons  were  to  accompany  the 
moppers  up,  and  one  company,  less  one  platoon  was  to 
accompany  the  tanks.  The  344th  Tank  Battalion  was 
distributed  along  the  front  ready  for  the  advance. 

The  First  Aero  Squadron  was  attached  to  the  35th 
Division  for  the  action,  and  it  was  provided  that  at 
least  one  plane  was  to  be  constantly  over  the  division 
sector. 

There  \vere  four  of  our  observation  balloons  over  the 

S3 


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35th  Division  sector  on  the  first  day  of  the  battle,  but 
so  unmistakable  was  the  German  control  of  the  air  that 
three  of  them  had  been  sent  down  in  flames  before  noon. 

One  squadron  of  cavalry  was  assembled  south  of  Aubre- 
ville,  with  scouts  assigned  to  accompany  the  rear  elements 
of  the  infantry. 

The  Sixtieth  Field  Artillery  was  reinforced  by  the  219th 
R.  A.  C.  and  the  282nd,  317th  and  451st  R.  A.  L.,  and  one 
battery  of  light  artillery  was  to  go  with  the  advance  to 
be  used  as  forward  guns.  These  are  French  artillery 
regiments,  the  first  one  light,  and  last  three  heavy. 

Two  days'  "iron"  (emergency)  rations  were  issued  to 
all  men,  and  the  night  of  Sept.  25  found  everybody  on  his 
toes. 


CHAPTER  XII 


''LET'S  GO!" 

Nine  American  divisions  Avere  in  tlie  Meuse-Argonne 
line  ready  to  attack  on  the  night  of  Sept.  25.  They  were 
divided  into  three  corps.  Each  corps  had,  besides  its 
three  in  the  line,  a  division  in  support  and  a  division  in 
reserve,  so  that  we  were  15  divisions  strong  going  into 
battle.  Four  hundred  thousand  American  fighting  men 
heard  the  artillery  prelude  to  the  attack.  It  was  the 
greatest  army  America  ever  has  sent  upon  the  field. 

The  battle  line  extended  from  the  Meuse  River  at  a 
point  a  few  kilometres  above  Verdun,  westward  to  a  point 
in  the  Argonne  Forest,  where  it  connected  with  the  French 
Fourth  Army  which  was  attacking  on  our  left. 

At  11:30  p.m.,  Sept.  25,  our  artillery  opened  a  decep- 
tive fire  to  the  east  of  the  Meuse  and  to  the  west  of  the 
Argonne  Forest.  Between  these  two  active  spots  lay  the 
defenses  against  which  the  Americans  were  to  move. 

The  35th  Division  had  been  in  the  Forest  of  Hesse 
the  most  of  four  days  and  nights.  On  the  after- 
noon of  the  25th,  a  large  hot  meal  was  served  to  the  men. 
Afterward,  all  packs  were  rolled  and  placed  in  a  pile. 
Lieutenants  commanding  platoons  called  their  Sergeants 
and  Corporals  together  and  explained  the  nature  of  the 
action  which  they  were  to  fight  the  next  day,  as  far  as  the 
officer  knew  it.  Detail  maps  of  the  country  were  shown, 
and  the  noncoms  instructed  to  fix  as  much  of  it  in  their 
memory  as  possible,  but  maps  were  not  given  to  the  non- 
coms. 

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88 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


The  days  and  nights  of  waiting  in  the  forest  had  been 
under  almost  constant  shell  fire,  and  there  had  not  been 
a  great  deal  of  sleeping.  After  dark,  the  infantry  moved 
forward  through  the  woods  in  approximately  the  forma- 
tion they  were  to  employ  the  following  day.  The  men 
lay  down  among  the  big  guns  and  tried  to  sleep.  Each 
one,  according  to  orders,  first  loaded  and  locked  his  rifle. 

Each  infantryman  carried  his  rifle,  bayonet,  steel  hel- 
met and  gas  mask.    He  had  250  rounds  of  rifle  ammuni- 


THE  LINE-UP  FOR  THE  BATTLE 


tion,  carried  in  a  belt,  and  tAvo  bandoliers,  each  one  swung 
over  one  shoulder  and  under  the  other  arm.  On  his  back 
was  his  combat  pack,  in  his  pack  carrier.  This  contained 
his  raincoat,  if  he  was  not  wearing  it,  his  mess-kit  and 
two  days'  "iron  ration,"  which  usually  was  two  cans  of 
corned  beef  and  six  boxes  of  hard  bread.  This  is  the  im- 
proved form  of  the  famed  hardtack  of  the  Civil  War, 
and  as  issued  now  is  a  thick  cracker,  palatable  and  full 
of  nutrition,  but  hard.    A  few  men  had  &  loaf  or  ha<lf  a 


''let's  go!"  89 

loaf  of  the  excellent  white  army  bread  fresh  from  the 
baker.  This  usually  was  carried  on  the  rifle  with  the 
fixed  bayonet  run  through  it.  All  carried  a  full  canteen 
of  water,  about  a  quart.  Occasional  details  carried 
Stokes  mortar  ammunition,  four  shells  to  a  man,  each 
shell  weighing  10  pounds,  11  ounces.  Infantry  also  car- 
ried ordinary  explosive  grenades,  gas  grenades,  rifle 
grenades  and  incendiary  grenades,  but  the  most  of  these 
were  thrown  away. 

The  cannonading,  which  commenced  before  midnight, 
was  intended  to  deceive  the  enemy  as  to  the  place  at 
which  the  attack  was  to  come.  It  was  hoped  that  he  would 
assume  it  was  to  be  east  of  Verdun  or  west  of  the  Ar- 
gonne,  and  that  he  would  begin  at  once  the  work  of  shift- 
ing there  some  of  the  good  divisions  he  was  known  to 
have  back  of  the  16-mile  front  on  which  the  Americans 
were  to  attack,  and  which  lay  between  these  two  points. 

At  2:30  a.m.  all  the  other  artillery  concentrated  be- 
tween the  Meuse  Eiver  and  the  Argonne  Forest  went  into 
action. 

All  adjectives  fail  to  give  even  a  fair  impression  of 
the  awful  grandeur  of  such  artillerying.  No  combination 
of  words  is  effective.  It  seemed  that  for  a  while  the  lid 
of  Hell  had  been  pushed  back  a  little  space.  The  long 
line  on  either  hand  leaped  into  flame,  the  horizon  was  lit 
by  the  bursting  shells,  and  from  the  trenches  where  the 
enemy  had  lain  so  long  there  rose  the  many  colored  rock- 
ets with  which  he  appealed  to  his  guns  for  succor.  What 
each  signal  meant  I  do  not  know,  but  they  plentifully 
told  the  tale  of  his  distress. 

Twenty-six  hundred  guns  were  firing  at  3  a.m.,  every 
one  with  a  carefully  laid  out  mission,  and  with  the  rest, 


90  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

the  Sixtieth.  Brigade  of  Field  Artillery  delivered  its  quota 
of  hardware  as  promptly  as  the  seconds  clicked  off. 

The  long-range  guns  were  aiming  at  the  concentration 
points  back  of  the  German  line,  cross  roads  and  such  places, 
where  moving  troops  might  reasonably  be  expected  to 
be.  If  the  enemy  was  trying  to  get  his  men  to  the  points 
indicated  by  the  early  bombardment — that  is,  to  the  east 
of  Verdun  or  to  the  west  of  the  Argonne  forest — long- 
range  guns  playing  on  concentration  points  might  inflict 
punishment  on  him  there.  Or  if  he  tried  to  bring  men 
into  our  sector,  they  would  come  under  our  fire  at  the 
same  places. 

At  any  rate,  this  harassing  fire,  as  it  is  called,  would 
slow  up  any  movement  he  attempted.  Other  guns  were 
throwing  gas  shells  on  the  enemy  artillery.  If  they 
managed  to  put  out  any  of  the  enemy  gunners,  so  much 
the  better,  but  the  main  advantage  was  to  slow  up  their 
fire,  for  (men  must  work  slowly  when  wearing  gas  masks. 

The  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth  got  little  sleep,  although 
they  had  a  hard  day's  work  ahead.  It  was  their  first 
very  big  artillery  action,  and  they  Avere  lying,  figura- 
tively, between  the  wheels  of  the  guns.  For  three  mortal 
hours  the  artillery  pounded  away.  High  explosives  rid- 
dled the  wire  and  destroyed  dugouts. 

The  guns  of  the  35th  Division  fired  more  than  40,000 
shells  that  day,  nearly  all  of  them  in  the  three  hours  be- 
tween 2  :30  and  5  :30   a.m. 

At  5:30  a.m.  the  infantry  went  over  all  along  the  line. 
There  was  no  breakfast  and  little  ceremony  about  it.  The 
lieutenant  or  sergeant  who  was  leading  the  platoon,  when 
his  watch  told  him  the  zero  hour  was  but  a  few  minutes 
off,  would  give  the  order:    "Prepare  to  advance." 

The  men  would  crawl  out  of  their  foxholes,  pick  up 


"let's  go!"  91 

their  raincoats,  look  to  their  rifles,  and  wait.  At  "H" 
hour  the  platoon  leader  would  say:  "All  right,  let's 
go,"  and  leading  the  way,  he  would  set  his  face  to  the 
north  and  move  out,  his  men  following. 

In  front  of  the  35th  Division,  as  in  most  other 
places,  a  rolling  barrage  from  the  75s  preceded  the  men 
100  meters,  which  for  all  practical  purposes  is  100  yards. 
The  men  were  to  advance  at  the  rate  of  100  meters  in 
4  minutes.  This  barrage  kept  up  to  7  :40  a.m.  when  it 
ceased. 

The  advance  of  the  Thirty-fifth  was  in  column  of  bri- 
gades with  regiments  abreast  within  the  brigades.  Within 
the  regiments  the  formation  was  column  of  battalions.  The 
Sixty-ninth  Brigade,  commanded  by  Col.  Louis  M.  Nutt- 
man,  was  to  lead  the  way.  His  brigade  front  was  to  be  as 
wide  as  the  divisional  front.  The  brigade  consisted  of  the 
137th  and  the  138th  Infantry.  The  138th  was  to  have  the 
right  or  eastern  half  of  the  divisional  area,  while  the  137th 
was  to  cover  the  left  half. 

The  138th  was  commanded  by  Col.  Harry  S.  Howland, 
who  had  taken  the  job  the  day  before,  Sept.  25.  He  had 
just  been  advanced  to  the  rank  of  Colonel,  and  had  been, 
as  a  Major,  acting  as  Divisional  Intelligence  Officer. 
The  137th  was  led  by  Col.  Clad  Hamilton  who  had  been 
its  commanding  officer  since  April  20. 

Both  regiments  sent  their  advanced  elements  over  the 
top  at  the  tick  of  the  watch.  Once  fairly  in  the  field  it 
became  apparent  that  the  going  was  to  be  very  bad. 
The  autumn  frequently  brings  to  that  part  of  France  a 
thick,  clinging  fog  which  only  a  bright  sun  or  a  strong 
wind  can  disperse.  The  heaviest  fog  of  the  season  had 
descended  on  the  valley  of  the  Aire  that  morning.  At 
first  thought,  it  appeared  that  this  might  be  of  assistance 


92  FROM    VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO    EXERMONT 

to  the  Thirty-fifth,  for  it  would  conceal  the  advancing 
troops  from  the  Avaiting  machine  gunners,  but  very  soon 
it  became  apparent  that  the  maintaining  of  liaison  would 
be  most  difficult. 

Lieut.  Bancon,  flying  over  the  sector,  dropped  a  message 
at  headquarters  at  8:15  a.m.,  saying:  "Impossible  to  find 
line.    Our  sector  is  a  solid  white  snow-bank  of  clouds." 


CHAPTER  XIII 


VAUQUOIS  TAKEN— THE  138TH  BEFORE  CHEPPY 

We  will  first  watch  the  138th  Infantry.  Orders  were 
not  to  attack  Vauquois  Hill  frontally,  but  to  proceed 
around  it,  one  party  to  the  right  and  one  to  the  left,  and 
to  attack  it  from  its  flanks,  Avhich  would  be  the  eastern 
and  western  ends  of  the  hill. 

This  job  was  attended  to  by  Rieger's  battalion  of  the 
139th  Regiment.  When  he  learned  of  the  plan  of  bat- 
tle, Rieger  volunteered  to  mop  up  Vauquois  and  Bois  de 
Rossignol.  There  was  some  severe  fighting,  but  the  dug- 
outs and  trenches  on  the  slopes  were  thoroughly  cleaned 
and  many  i^risoners  taken. 

Rieger  figured  that  he  had  four  good  companies  in  this 
battalion.  E  and  F  were  better  marksmen.  G  and  H 
were  better  with  the  bayonet.  He  decided  that  when  they 
went  into  battle  with  tAvo  companies  in  the  fighting  line 
and  two  in  support,  he  would  work  E  with  H  Company 
and  F  with  G  Company.  He  thought  in  this  way  that  he 
would  have  two  teams  of  equal  strength. 

In  a  little  open  field  north  of  Nancy,  at  the  beginning 
of  the  St.  Mihiel  drive  they  talked  it  over  and  decided 
that  Capt.  Wilson,  commanding  G  Company  and  repre- 
senting F  and  G,  was  to  lead  off.  Capt.  McQueen,  com- 
manding H  Company  and  representing  E  and  H,  was  to 
support.  They  trained  for  battle  in  that  order.  The  mo- 
mentous decision  was  made  by  flipping  a  franc  and  call- 
ing heads  or  tails.  It  was  in  this  manner  that  Capt.  Wil- 
son obtained  the  privilege  for  his  companies  of  mopping 

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94  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

up  Vauquois  Hill.    Capt,  McQueen,  with  E  and  H,  mopped 
up  Rossignol  Wood. 

Never  before  or  afterward  did  tlie  35tli  Division  find 
a  place  better  defended  than  Vauquois.  It  was  the  re- 
sult of  four  years  intensive  work  by  the  Germans.  Among 
the  many  good  men  killed  on  this  slope  was  Lieut.  Mal- 
colm MacDonald  who  made  up  in  dash  and  daring  what 
he  lacked  in  stature.  When  he  joined  the  guard  he 
weighed  102  pounds  and  a  kindly  examining  board,  ob- 
serving his  earnestness,  had  written  down  the  weight 
as  122. 

Lieut.  MacDonald  was  not  in  the  first  line  in  the  forma- 
tion, but  he  asked  for  that  assignment,  and  it  was  given 
to  him.  He  was  killed  leading  his  men  up  the  smoking 
slopes  of  Vauquois  Hill.  His  father.  Major  Clay  Mac- 
Donald, was  at  the  time  at  Division  Headquarters  only  a 
few  kilometers  away. 

The  138th  went  to  the  right  of  the  hill,  which  is  less 
than  1000  feet  long  and  100  feet  high.  Not  knowing,  of 
course,  that  a  fog  of  such  density  was  to  descend  upon 
the  land,  orders  had  been  given  to  the  artillery  to  throw 
smoke  shells  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  to  conceal  our  troops. 
This  intensified  the  gloom,  and  when  the  Third  Battalion, 
Capt.  Bottger  commanding,  which  was  leading  the  way 
got  into  the  open  and  through  the  paths  they  had  cut 
in  our  wire,  it  was  found  that  no  landmarks  were  visible, 
and  that  it  was  necessary  to  travel  altogether  by  com- 
pass. 

It  was  possible  to  see  40  yards  at  times,  but  beyond 
that  the  fog  shut  in  like  a  wall.  A  squad  of  men  would 
be  observed  marching  ahead,  but  a  moment  later  they 
would  entirely  disappear,  and  there  would  be  nothing 
to  see  but  the  opaque  gray  bank  of  fog.     It  was  impos- 


VAUQUOIS   HILL   TAKEN  95 

sible  to  tell  friend  from  foe  25  yards  away.  Maj.  Sauer- 
wein  led  his  battalion,  the  First,  on  next,  as  a  sort  of 
second  wave.  It  had  disappeared  from  sight  in  the  gloom 
when  the  headquarters  detachment  set  out  immediately 
following.  This  detachment  consisted  of  Col.  Howland,  Lieut. 
"Chuck"  Venable  with  the  signal  section  of  .headquarters 
company,  Capt.  Reinholdt  with  his  intelligence  squad, 
some  20  band  men  detailed  as  runners,  the  regimental 
headquarters  outfit,  Capt.  Ehrhardt,  the  French  liaison 
officer,  Capt.  Lyons  of  headquarters  company,  and  others. 
Back  of  the  headquarters  came  the  Second  Battalion  un- 
der Capt,  Gunther  Meier,  brigade  reserve  and  under  di- 
rection of  the  brigade  headquarters.  A  half  hour's  time 
was  between  battalions. 

At  the  risk  of  adding  further  to  the  confusion,  it  seems 
best  to  let  the  narrative  continue  for  a  distance  with  the 
headquarters  detachment,  although  two  battalions  were 
ahead  of  it. 

Howland  learned  that  Sauerwein's  battalion  had  been 
held  up  for  15  minutes  by  our  divisional  machine  guns. 
They  had  taken  position  and  played  awhile  on  the  slopes 
of  Vauquois  Hill  to  discourage  any  ambitious  Boche  there 
who  might  contemplate  a  sortie.  In  spite  of  this  delay, 
there  was  no  sign  of  the  battalion  when  headquarters 
got  to  the  point,  so  Howland  rightly  deduced  that  they 
were  getting  along  all  right,  but  Sauerwein  was  going 
ahead  too  rapidly  for  headquarters  to  keep  in  touch  with 
him. 

Headquarters,  pushing  ahead  through  the  fog,  guiding 
by  the  compass  and  steering  30  degrees  west  of  north, 
picked  up  two  German  prisoners  from  whom  they  learned 
that  regiments  of  the  Prussian  Guard  were  in  the  sector. 
This  confirmed  intelligence  reports  that  the  advance 
would  meet  the  Kaiser's  best  troops. 


96  FROM   VAUQUOlS   HILL   TO   EXERMONt 

About  8  a.m.,  while  the  fog  was  as  thick  as  ever,  the 
detachment  came  upon  the  Varennes  road,  and  were  able 
to  figure  their  approximate  position  on  the  map.  About 
the  same  time  a  message  by  runner  was  received  from 
Sauerwein  saying  that  he  was  progressing  rapidly,  travel- 
ing 30  degrees  west  of  north. 

Rowland  realized  that  this  was  not  sufficient  data  to 
keep  him  in  touch  with  his  troops,  so  he  pressed  ahead. 
There  had  been  firing  on  his  left,  apparently  not  far 
away,  and  the  map  indicated  that  it  came,  first  from  the 
slopes  of  Vauquois  and  later  from  the  Bois  de  Rossignol. 
The  detachment  picked  up  a  dozen  or  so  men  from  the 
Ninety-first  Division,  who  had  become  lost  in  the  fog, 
and  later  a  part  of  a  platoon  from  A  Company  of  the 
First  Battalion  of  the  138th,  and  still  later  part  of  a  pla- 
toon of  B  Company  of  the  129th  Machine  Gun  Battalion. 

By  8:30  it  was  apparent  that  the  detachment  was  in  a 
position  which  possessed  serious  possibilities.  Rowland 
then  put  his  augmented  detachment  in  combat  formation 
and  sent  it  forward,  under  Capt.  Reinholdt,  to  reconnoiter 
toward  Cheppy,  with  instruction  to  take  up  position  as 
soon  as  the  enemy  was  sighted  and  to  send  back  word 
immediately.  Within  10  minutes  Reinholdt  sent  back  11 
prisoners,  one  of  them  an  officer,  all  from  crack  guard 
regiments.  From  them  it  was  learned  that  the  guards 
held  the  line  of  defenses  before  Cheppy,  that  they  were 
in  force,  and  that  their  orders  were  to  hold  at  all  costs. 

Bursts  of  machine-gun  fire  were  becoming  more  fre- 
quent around  the  headquarters  detachment,  and  one  was 
heard  spitting  away  methodically  almost  to  the  south. 

"That's  a  Boche  gun  behind  us.  Colonel,"  Venable  said. 

"ThatV  in  our  rear,"  Howland  answered.  "Surely 
it  can't  be  a  German  gun." 


VAUQUOIS   HILL   TAKEN  97 

**Is  that  the  sound  of  a  German  gun?"  Venable  asked 
Capt.  Ehrhardt. 

"Without  a  doubt,"  answered  the  calm  Frenchman 
from  Chicago. 

The  headquarters  detachment  was  up  against  it.  A 
makeshift  outfit,  mostly  noncombatant,  it  had  penetrated 
the  fog  until  it  was  alongside  the  Hindenburg  line,  and 
the  line  was  held  by  the  Prussian  Guard,  the  best  troops 
in  the  German  empire,  and,  according  to  the  prisoners, 
they  were  in  a  tangle  of  woods  and  steel  and  wire  which 
bristled  with  machine  guns.  To  make  the  case  absolutely 
desperate,  enemy  machine  guns  had  opened  in  the  rear 
of  the  Americans.  They  had  penetrated  the  German  de- 
fenses and  were  surrounded.  The  headquarters  detach- 
ment was  ordered  to  take  cover  in  the  ditch  alongside 
the  road,  and  under  protection  of  the  bank  left  by  a 
small  cut  in  the  side  of  the  hill.  Reinholdt  placed  his 
men  in  a  brush-covered  ditch  on  the  right  of  the  road. 
The  fog  was  clearing  away  rapidly  in  places  and  the  ridge 
and  copse  before  Cheppy  were  coming  out  of  the  fog  like 
the  landscape  on  a  photographic  plate  in  the  developing 
chemicals.  Ahead,  to  the  left,  was  a  wayside  shrine,  a 
broken  cross  shaded  by  three  low  trees. 

A  German  battery  opened  fire.  It  appeared  to  be  very 
near  and  it  dumped  high  explosives  on  the  road  where 
the  138th  headquarters  had  taken  cover.  Probably  a 
dozen  men  were  killed  at  the  first  round  of  shells.  Simul- 
taneously enemy  machine  guns  in  the  front  and  on  both 
flanks  opened  on  the  spot.  Howland  and  what  was  left 
of  his  detachment  made  the  best  of  all  available  cover 
and  waited  for  supports.  Above  them  in  the  fog,  in- 
visible, but  quite  near,  they  heard  an  airplane  roar  past. 

While  Col.  Howland  thus  lay  in  dire  straits,  he  had 
three  battalions  somewhere  in  the  field,  whose  location 
and  activity  should  now  be  made  clear. 


CHAPTER  XIV 


NELS  WOLD'S  GLORIOUS  DEATH 

The  Third  Battalion,  commanded  by  Capt  Bottger,  had 
led  the  way.  When  it  stepped  off  and  pushed  ahead,  it 
was  through  the  dense  fog,  and  guiding  was  difficult  and 
liaison,  that  is  keeping  in  touch  with  other  units  and  main- 
taining communication  with  superiors  to  the  rear  and 
units  on  either  side,  was  almost  impossible.  There  was 
much  incidental  and  sporadic  firing  from  the  front  and 
both  flanks,  but  the  battalion  pushed  ahead,  each  com- 
pany acting  virtually  as  a  unit,  because,  in  the  dense  fog, 
it  was  impossible  to  maintain  a  battalion  formation  or  to 
know  where  the  other  companies  were. 

Lieut.  George  M.  Hagee,  who  was  acting  intelligence 
officer  of  the  battalion,  advanced  with  a  squad  of  10  run- 
ners. He  was  to  send  one  back  each  half  hour  with  re- 
ports to  regimental  headquarters.  This  system  proved  of 
little  or  no  value,  as  the  runners  were  wounded  or  became 
lost  as  they  returned,  or  if  they  were  able  to  return  to 
the  appointed  places  they  -would  find  that  the  headquar- 
ters to  which  they  were  to  report  had  moved  forward, 
and  when  it  finally  was  reached,  if  ever,  the  ncAVs  borne 
by  the  runner  was  stale  and  valueless. 

Lieut.  Hagee  and  his  squad  were  stopped  before  Cheppy 
in  the  fog  by  machine  gun  fire.  This  was  some  time  be- 
fore Howland  got  there.  Capt.  Harry  Thompson  came 
along  pretty  soon  with  M  Company,  and  Hagee  told  him 
what  he  thought  of  the  machine  guns  opposing  them, 

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NELS    wold's   glorious   DEATH 


VICINITY  OF  CHEPPY 


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and  tried  to  borrow  a  platoon  for  the  purpose  of  trying 
to  clean  them  out.  Thompson  said  his  orders  were  to  go 
ahead,  and  that  he  did  not  have  time  to  stop  for  machine 
gun  nests  which  did  not  directly  oppose  his  progress. 
Hagee  had  no  orders,  Thompson  pointed  out,  so  he  could 
wait  where  he  was  until  support  came  up.  He  refused  to 
lend  Hagee  the  platoon,  and  went  ahead. 

Thompson  had  managed  to  keep  his  company  together 
in  the  advance  from  the  jumping  off  place  below  Vau- 
quois,  and  when  he  got  into  the  zone  of  fire  in  front  of 
Cheppy,  his  outfit  was  virtually  intact.  He  had  lost  a  few 
men  and  had  picked  up  a  good  bunch  of  prisoners,  so  he 
knew  that  further  ahead,  somewhere  in  the  fog,  was  the 
Prussian  Guard.  His  objective  on  the  map  was  a  ridge 
well  beyond  Cheppy.  When  he  met  Hagee  on  the  little 
bridge  just  outside  of  Cheppy  and  was  asked  to  delay  his 
forward  progress  to  clean  up  the  machine  gun  nests  on 
the  side,  he  figured  rightly  that  that  was  a  job  for  some- 
body else  later,  and  that  his  part  of  the  battle  was  to 
press  on  through  the  gloom  to  his  assigned  position. 

To  the  right  was  the  little  wood,  all  except  the  near 
edge  invisible  in  the  fog,  but  it  seemed  a  seething  mass 
of  enemy  machine  guns.  On  the  left  was  the  unknown 
little  valley  of  the  creek,  and  the  rattle  of  machine  guns 
there  told  how  it  was  protected,  but  nothing  could  be 
seen.  Dead  ahead  was  Cheppy,  also  invisible,  but  pre- 
sumed to  be  the  stronghold.  Thompson  took  M  Com- 
pany straight  ahead  into  Cheppy.  This  action,  one  of  the 
most  reckless  in  a  day  full  of  reckless  deeds,  was  also  one 
of  the  most  successful.  Good  luck  marched  beside  the 
Captain.  The  fog,  which  everywhere  on  the  field 
was  Avorking  units  into  hopeless  confusion,  was  almost 
as  thick  as  night  in  Cheppy.     The  company  passed  by 


NELS   wold's   glorious   DEATH  101 

the  very  ports  of  pill  boxes  and  dugouts,  which  at  the 
time  they  believed  to  be  deserted. 

They  were,  in  fact,  doubtless  all  armed  and  manned, 
but  in  the  dense  fog,  the  German  gunners  Avere  unable  to 
tell  who  the  advancing  troops  were  until  they  were  vir- 
tually on  top  of  them,  and  then  it  was  wiser  to  keep  very 
still  and  let  them  pass  by.  The  machine  gun  emplace- 
ments, pill  boxes  and  open  ones,  were  designed  to  repel 
an  attack  from  the  front,  and  they  would  have  been  of 
little  use  in  fighting  an  enemy  who  already  had  them  sur- 
rounded. The  guns  could  not  be  turned  toward  the  rear. 
If  they  had  opened  fire  and  revealed  their  presence,  M 
Company  would  have  cleaned  them  quickly  with  hand 
grenades. 

Thompson  pushed  ahead  and  had  no  serious  fighting 
until  he  had  reached  the  far  edge  of  the  town.  He 
probably  was  out  of  Cheppy  and  had  a  bag  of  prisoners 
by  the  time  Col.  Howland  and  headquarters  detachment 
were  stopped  on  the  other  side  of  the  town. 

Close  behind  M  Company,  as  it  went  over  the  top,  was 
L  Company  of  the  same  battalion.  Sergt.  Ross  M.  Koen, 
commanding  the  third  platoon,  endeavored  to  keep  within 
50  or  100  feet  of  M  Company  because  the  denseness  of 
the  fog  made  it  impossible  to  get  any  guiding  data  from 
the  terrain.  Within  half  an  hour  Capt,  Clarence  J.  Sode- 
man  and  the  first  and  second  platoons  were  missing.  T 
suspect  that  they  had  gone  too  far  to  the  left  and  taken 
a  course  which  carried  them  to  the  left  of  Cheppy  and 
between  Cheppy  and  Varennes.  Koen's  outfit  picked  up 
six  prisoners  before  reaching  Cheppy  and  a  little  farther 
on  they  took  80  more.  These  were  formed  and  started  to 
the  rear  under  Sergt.  Grant  of  the  fourth  platoon,  but 
the  enemy,  doubtless  hearing  the  movement,  opened  on 


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them  with  machine  guns  and  the  prisoners  scattered  and 
Grant  and  his  detail  rejoined  the  command.  Koen  with 
his  part  of  the  company  remained  in  touch  with  M  Com- 
pany. 

Sergt.  Joe  Britton,  commanding  the  first  platoon  of  1 
Company,  was  instructed  to  maintain  liaison  between 
the  battalion  and  the  137th  Infantry,  which  was  on  its 
left.  Immediately  after  going  over  the  top  at  5  :30  and 
starting  forward  into  the  fog,  the  platoon  lost  contact 
and  liaison  with  its  own  battalion  and  did  not  regain 
it  until  some  time  the  following  day. 

Sergt.  Britton  commenced  to  feel  for  the  137th,  but 
failed  to  get  them,  and  so  he  and  Sergt.  Eckhardt  or- 
ganized the  platoon  into  combat  groups  and  proceeded 
forward  as  a  combat  patrol.  About  11  a.m.  they  ran 
across  Lieut.  John  Wingate,  regimental  scout  officer,  and 
about  a  dozen  scouts.  He  attached  the  free-ranging  first 
platoon  of  48  men  to  his  outfit  and  they  proceeded  in 
search  of  adventure. 

The  little  band  thus  adventitiously  joined  up  in  the 
gloom  of  the  mist-filled  field  held  some  of  the  best 
mettle  in  all  the  great  and  gallant  army  which  that  day 
warred  for  the  liberties  of  the  world. 

Strangely  met  in  the  fog,  there  was  but  one  officer 
among  them,  Wingate,  and  he  had  not  been  an  officer 
long.  Among  the  people  who  knew  him,  he  was  the  best 
loved  man  in  the  division.  He  was  well  past  50,  I  would 
say,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  he  perjured  himself  stoutly 
to  gain  admission  to  the  army.  He  looked  like  the  train 
robber  of  fiction,  long  drooping  mustaches,  and  a  sort  of 
swaggering,  undaunted  air,  which  did  not  deceive  you  at 
all  after  you  came  to  know  him,  for  he  had  a  sort  of 
child-like  faith,  and  a  gentle,  kindly  heart  of  pure  gold. 


NELS   wold's   glorious   DEATH  103 

Sergt.  Joe  Britton  commanded  the  platoon.  He  was  a 
man  of  high  daring,  clear  headed  and  a  promising  sol- 
dier. He  had  been  given  the  difficult  task  of  maintaining 
liaison  between  the  two  regiments  of  the  division.  This 
was  not  a  task  he  was  particularly  keen  about,  but  he 
was  a  good  soldier,  and  he  intended  to  fulfill  his  duties 
to  the  last  button  if  they  did  not  interfere  with  the  fight- 
ing. 

Then  there  was  Nels  Wold,  who  came  from  Minnesota, 
but  whose  forebears  must  have  sailed  the  seas  in  the  good 
old  days  when  every  youth  went  a-vikinging,  and  every 
maid  wore  two  long  braids  of  yellow  hair.  And  there  was 
many  another  just  as  sturdy  of  heart  and  fit  for  just  as 
high  emprise.  Behind  old  John  Wingate  was  ranged  as 
reckless  a  band  of  free  companions  as  ever  trod  the  glades 
of  Sherwood  Forest,  and  in  their  leather  jerkins,  they 
looked  like  Robin  Hood's  men.  Somewhere  there  was 
higher  command,  but  until  it  ordered  otherwise,  Wingate 
conceived  it  to  be  his  duty  to  clear  the  fairway  of  the 
enemy  that  our  troops  might  pass  unscathed,  and  to  inflict 
upon  the  enemy  as  much  damage  as  possible. 

Wingate  designing  to  inflict  what  damage  he  could, 
set  about  working  his  men  into  the  rear  of  the  German 
line  that  he  might  attack  them  in  the  rear.  By  the  time 
they  had  done  this  the  sun  had  eaten  up  the  fog.  They 
were  on  a  hillside,  and  a  clump  of  trees  gave  them  con- 
cealment for  the  time.  The  whole  field  was  filled  with 
the  din  of  crashing  artillery  and  shells,  near  and  far. 
On  all  sides,  in  the  short  view  allowed  them  by  the  lay 
of  the  country,  were  clumps  of  bushes  or  trees,  which 
doubtless  held  enemy  machine  gun  nests  or  riflemen  wait- 
ing for  their  prey.  The  nearest  one  suddenly  spluttered 
out  a  machine  gun  burst.     Wingate  ordered  his  men  to 


104  PROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

rush  it,  and  they  swept  into  it  as  if  they  had  been  invited 
there  to  a  banquet.  The  gunners  were  killed  at  their 
guns,  and  the  weapons  were  turned  against  the  next  posi- 
tion to  determine  whether  it  w^ould  draw  an  answering 
volley.  There  was  no  one  there,  so  the  combat  patrol 
moved  on,  ahvays  in  the  rear  of  the  German  line.  "When- 
ever a  dugout  was  found  it  was  bombed.  A  clump  of 
bushes  appeared  which  was  so  well  placed  that  to  rush  it 
seemed  impossible. 

Nels  Wold  suggested  that  he  be  allowed  to  investigate 
by  cautiously  creeping  upon  it.  Wingate  agreed,  and 
putting  his  men  under  cover,  waited  for  the  Scandinavian 
to  creep  around  to  the  rear  of  the  position.  It  seemed  a 
long  wait,  although  it  was  but  a  few  minutes.  There  was 
a  rattle  of  shots  in  the  thicket.  Then  three  Germans  with 
hands  aloft  walked  out  with  Wold  behind  them,  motion- 
ing his  comrades  forward.  There  had  been  only  five  men 
at  the  guns.    He  had  killed  two  and  captured  three. 

The  rangers  carried  on.  They  never  grew  drunk  with 
the  excitement  of  victory,  but  worked  calmly  and  warily. 
How  many  gun  positions,  ambuscades,  dugouts  and  sni- 
pers' posts  they  cleaned,  I  do  not  know,  but  they  sent 
60  prisoners  to  the  rear,  and  Britton  estimated  that  the 
toll  of  dead  Germans  would  have  been  seven  for  each 
American  engaged. 

Five  times  that  day,  Nels  Wold,  volunteering  each  time 
and  pointing  each  time  to  his  increasing  list  of  victories 
as  the  reason  he  should  have  the  assignment,  five  times 
he  went  forth  single  handed  against  machine  gun  nests. 
Four  times  he  killed  or  captured  the  gunners,  took  the 
guns  and  waved  his  companions  that  all  was  well.  Each 
nest  cleaned  out  was  a  great  power  for  evil  removed  from 
the  path  of  the  American  army.     How  many  lives  his 


NELS   wold's    glorious   DEATH  105 

daring  saved  only  Le  Bon  Dieu  knows.  The  fifth  time 
was  the  last.  It  was  behind  the  camouflage  screen  along- 
side a  road.  He  advanced  alone,  made  an  opening  in  the 
camouflage,  and  started  through,  when  machine  gun  bul- 
lets got  him.  He  fell  inside  the  camouflage.  The  "Big 
Swede"  did  not  come  back  to  the  breached  camouflage 
to  wave  his  hand,  and  Wingate  knew  what  had  happened. 
He  had  every  man  look  to  his  weapons,  creep  as  near  as 
possible  to  the  machine  gun  nest  and,  from  a  kneeling 
start,  to  charge  the  guns.  They  went  over  without  a 
yell  or  shout,  like  good  workmen,  and  cleaned  the  place 
thoroughly.  No  prisoners  were  taken  there.  They  car- 
ried Nels  Wold's  body  out  into  the  open,  laid  it  straight, 
and  by  his  side  stuck  up  his  rifle,  fixed  bayonet  driven  into 
the  ground,  that  the  burial  squad  might  find  him.  Then 
they  went  ahead. 

Our  republic  devised  a  Congressional  Medal  of  Honor 
as  the  reward  of  superlative  deeds  of  daring,  for  gal- 
lantry beyond  the  call  of  duty  and  of  such  merit  as  to 
demand  a  conspicuous  and  special  fame.  Neither  Gen. 
Pershing  nor  Gen.  March  can  wear  this  medal,  but  Nels 
Wold  won  it  and  the  general  order  bestowing  it  upon 
him  has  been  read  to  every  unit  of  the  army  overseas. 

There  was  many  another  deed  of  dash  and  daring. 
Sergt.  Eckhardt  believed  the  rifle  grenade  was  a  power- 
ful weapon.  This  is  a  bomb  attached  to  the  end  of  a 
stick.  The  stick  is  stuck  in  the  rifle  barrel  and  fired. 
Eckhardt  and  Private  Hobart  Howard  extinguished  two 
machine  gun  nests  with  this  weapon.  They  attacked  them 
simultaneously  by  wading  and  crawling  through  a  swamp 
until  they  were  in  a  good  position  to  attack  both  at 
once. 

Corporal  Louis  Forbes,  commanding  one  of  the  combat 


106  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

groups,  tried  to  take  at  least  one  prisoner  in  each  nest 
or  dugout  he  raided.  From  this  prisoner  he  extracted 
minute  information  as  to  the  next  nest,  and  took  ad- 
vantage of  it  in  the  attack.  His  toll  of  captures  was  20 
German  prisoners  and  five  French  soldiers  captured  by 
the  Germans  the  night  before,  freed  from  a  dugout  prison. 

A  German  officer  who  had  pretended  to  surrender,  sud- 
denly drew  his  pistol  to  shoot  Lieut.  Wingate  in  the  back. 
Corp.  Noah  La  Brueyer  leaped  between  them  and  firing 
his  rifle  from  the  hip,  killed  the  German. 

Another  German  officer  leaped  from  a  ditch  a  few  feet 
distant  just  as  Private  Harry  Pierce  was  firing  at  a  nest 
of  gunners  some  distance  further  on.  The  German  shot 
at  Pierce,  point  blank  and  the  bullet  hit  his  thumb,  went 
along  the  butt  of  the  rifle  and  wounded  him  in  the  face. 
Pierce  calmly  turned  his  rifle  and  killed  the  officer,  and 
then  kept  on  with  his  squad,  after  one  of  his  comrades 
gave  him  first  aid. 

After  Wold's  death,  Wingate 's  riflemen  careered  ahead, 
seeking  some  new  deed  of  chivalry  which  might  advance 
them  in  the  profession  of  arms.  They  found  a  bunch 
of  enemy  machine  gunners  and  infantry,  and  they  charged 
without  preamble.  About  half  of  the  enemy  were  slain, 
and  the  other  half  ran  away.  This  was  unusual.  As  a 
rule,  the  survivors  surrendered.  Wingate  ordered  a  pur- 
suit. This  took  him,  m  less  than  half  a  mile,  into  the 
outskirts  of  Varennes,  where  a  lively  fight  was  going 
on.  This  was  entirely  out  of  his  regimental  area,  he 
learned,  and  almost  out  of  his  divisional  area,  but  being 
of  a  generous  nature,  he  joined  up  to  lend  a  hand  and 
help  out  the  other  regiments,  which  were  the  137th  and 
the  139th. 


CHAPTER  XV 


MAJOR  SAUERWEIN  FALLS 

We  return  now  to  the  first  battalion  of  the  138th, 
which  formed  the  second  wave  of  our  advance.  It  went 
over  the  top  close  behind  the  third  battalion.  Maj.  Sauer- 
wein  was  in  command.  Capt.  Crist  commanded  A  Com- 
pany, Lieut.  Brightfield  B  Company,  Lieut.  Anderson  C 
Company  and  Lieut.  Brown  D  Company. 

On  the  way  forward  in  the  early  advance,  Maj.  Sauer- 
wein  and  Lieut.  Elzie  McGinnis  had  a  peculiar  experience 
which  start! ingly  gave  them  a  strong  taste  of  what  was 
to  come.  In  the  enveloping  fog  they  were  moving  for- 
ward through  the  rank  grass  which  filled  the  valley,  a 
field  which,  having  been  just  back  of  the  first  line  for 
at  least  three  seasons,  had  seen  no  crops  planted  or  har- 
vest reaped. 

The  two  men  stopped  for  a  minute  to  listen  to  the  guns, 
and  try  to  locate  new  machine  guns  by  the  sound.  On  the 
front  and  on  both  flanks  the  guns,  hidden  by  the  opaque 
fog,  were  whirring  away  like  rattlesnakes.  One  could 
see  possibly  10  yards  and.  near  at  hand  it  was  possible 
to  see  clearly.  As  they  started  forward  again,  a  move- 
ment in  the  grass  at  their  feet  drew  their  attention. 
It  was  the  path  of  a  stream  of  machine  gun  bullets,  com- 
ing from  a  mist-hidden  gun  on  their  left.  The  grass  was 
melting  away.  Another  step  would  have  put  them  in  its 
current.  They  backed  up,  found  a  ditch  going  their  di- 
rection, and  pushed  ahead,  after  diverting  the  troops 
into  their  own  path. 

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From  the  beginning  liaison  was  very  bad.  The  fog 
swallowed  the  first  battalion,  as  it  had  the  battalion 
ahead,  and  they  pushed  to  the  north,  guiding  by  compass 
30  degrees  to  the  west  of  north.  Once  through  the  wire 
each  platoon  had  to  do  its  own  guiding,  making  contact 
with  its  fellows  W'herever  it  could,  but  relying  mainly 
on  its  individual  guide  to  get  well  forward  toward  the 
objective  as  soon  as  possible. 

Sauerwein's  battalion  kept  together  pretty  well,  but 
guided  more  to  the  right  than  the  third  battalion  had 
done.  This  brought  them  to  the  line  of  Cheppy  at  the 
right  of  the  town.  No  other  troops  had  passed  that  way 
and  there  was  fighting  most  of  the  time.  The  nearer  to 
Cheppy  they  came  the  stiffer  the  opposition  grew  and 
because  of  the  all-enveloping  fog  each  unit  which  ran 
into  a  fight,  whether  squad  or  platoon  or  company,  had 
to  take  care  of  itself  and  fight  its  own  action. 

Lieuts.  Anderson,  Hugh,  Abernathy  and  Kobel  all  saw 
desperate  fighting  on  the  way  up  and  Rugh  and  Aber- 
nathy were  wounded.  It  was  in  a  crossing  of  Baunthe 
Creek  that  Rugh  got  his  wound  when  machine  guns  from 
the  surrounding  fog  banks  suddenly  opened  upon  his 
advancing  party.  He  fell  into  the  creek.  The  water  was 
more  than  knee  deep  and  the  banks  which  rose  three 
or  four  feet  above  the  surface  of  the  water  gave  pro- 
tection from  the  traversing  machine  guns  out  in  the  fog. 
But  Rugh  w^as  badly  hurt.  His  men  gave  him  first  aid 
in  the  creek  and  then  some  of  them  stayed  with  him 
more  than  an  hour.  He  grew  weak  and  if  they  had  not 
held  his  head  above  the  water  he  would  have  drowned. 

When  finally  stopped  before  Cheppy,  Maj.  Sauerwein 
had  all  of  B  Company  and  parts  of  A  and  C  Companies, 
probably   as   much   as   two   platoons   from   each. 


MAJOR   SAUERWEIN   FALLS  109 

The  advanced  units  of  the  battalion  had  captured  two 
young  German  soldiers  on  the  rise  of  the  approach  to 
Cheppy.  They  appeared  to  be  signal  corps  men  work- 
ing on  wires,  and  their  job  probably  was  to  watch  the 
American  advance  and  report  on  the  progress  by  tele- 
phone to  headquarters  in  the  rear,  or  it  is  possible  that 
they  were  artillery  observers.  The  fog  had  been  so  thick 
up  to  this  time  that  they  would  have  been  of  little  use 
as  observers,  but  they  had  stuck  at  their  posts  and  were 
picked  up  by  the  advancing  elements.  Sauerwein  ques- 
tioned them,  particularly  as  to  the  location  on  the  map 
at  which  the  capture  took  place,  for  in  the  dense  fog  it 
was  impossible  to  make  sure  of  one's  position  in  this 
unknown  country. 

The  prisoners  answered  with  apparent  frankness,  and 
said  that  Cheppy  lay  just  over  the  hill. 

"Then  if  we  go  right  on  up  this  road  we  will  come 
into  Cheppy?"  the  Major  inquired. 

"Yes,  just  go  right  ahead.  It  will  take  you  right  into 
Cheppy,"  was  the  reply.  They  did  not  mention  that  the 
ground  between  where  they  stood  and  the  entrance  to 
Cheppy  was  strewn  with  machine  gun  nests  and  gunners 
ordered  to  offer  every  resistance  to  the  advance. 

Maj.  Sauerwein  was  not  deceived  or  made  overconfi- 
dent by  the  prisoners.  He  sent  them  to  the  rear  and  or- 
dered his  own  men  forward. 

By  this  time  the  sun  was  beginning  occasionally  to 
show  through  the  fog  like  a  ball  of  silver,  and  there  was 
a  general  assurance  that  the  day  would  clear  up.  It 
could  be  seen  that  there  were  broken  clumps  of  trees  and 
brush  on  either  side  of  the  road,  and  Sauerwein  sus- 
pected that  the  enemy  Avould  have  used  these  for  machine 
gun  shelters. 


110  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 

He  ordered  Sergeant-Ma j or  Bacon  to  assign  two  bayo- 
net men  to  lead  the  way  for  the  purpose  of  rushing  any 
machine  guns  which  opened  at  short  range.  Bacon  as- 
signed one  man  to  the  task  and,  fixing  his  own  bayonet, 
went  forward  to  make  up  the  team. 

Sauerwein  organized  his  forces  for  combat,  and  went 
ahead,  the  bayonet  team  leading.  Next  was  the  Major 
with  Lieut.  McGinnis,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  Stokes 
mortars  at  the  beginning  of  the  battle.  Next  were  run- 
ners and  incidentals,  while  the  battalion  was  some  50 
yards  in  the  rear. 

Suddenly  out  of  the  fast-disappearing  fog  in  front, 
there  came  the  crackle  of  many  machine  guns.  They 
were  very  numerous  and  they  were  too  far  away  to  be 
rushed. 

"Take  cover  and  give  'em  hell!"  Sauerwein  shouted, 
and  the  men,  both  those  with  him  and  the  main  body  fol- 
lowing, spread  out,  taking  advantage  of  the  inequalities 
in  the  ground  for  protection  and  opened  rifle  fire  on  the 
machine  guns. 

One  of  the  German  guns,  traversing  over  the  dim  front 
which  it  covered,  feeling  out  and  searching  the  scene, 
sent  a  score  or  more  of  shots  into  the  ditch  where  Sauer- 
wein and  McGinnis  Avere.  This  was  at  9:45.  Major 
Sauerwein  was  hit  in  the  forehead  and  instantly  killed. 
In  his  hands  were  his  message  book  and  pencil.  He  had 
just  started  to  wi-ite  a  message  to  send  back  presumably 
to  advise  the  following  units  of  his  position  and  condi- 
tion. 

Two  bullets  caught  McGinnis,  one  through  each  leg, 
but  no  bones  were  broken.  He  made  tourniquets  of  his 
field  glass  strap,  threw  off  all  equipment  and  started 
to  crawl  to  the  rear  as  soon  as  he  could.    An  apple  or- 


MAJOR   SAUERWEIN   PALLS  111 

chard,  untended  for  four  years,  was  on  the  gentle  slope 
of  the  hill.  There  was  a  slight  ridge  along  the  line  of 
trees  and  a  corresponding  depression  between  the  rows. 
Along  this  depression  McGrinnis  crawled  toward  the  dress- 
ing station. 

Just  as  he  crept  into  the  edge  of  the  orchard,  a  German 
automatic  rifleman  in  a  big  oak  tree  caught  sight  of  him, 
and  put  another  bullet  through  his  leg,  this  time  below 
the  knee.  McGinnis  believes  it  was  this  man  also  who 
shot  him  first  and  who  killed  Maj.  Sauerwein,  but  this 
is  problematical.  At  any  rate,  the  doughboys  whom 
Sauerwein  had  led  figured  out  about  where  the  tree- 
sniper  was,  and  even  before  the  ground  nests  had  been 
silenced,  they  had  riddled  the  top  of  the  tree  with  rifle 
bullets  and  the  automatic  rifleman  tumbled  through  the 
branches  and  crashed  to  the  ground,  dead  of  the  half 
dozen  bullets  through  him. 

The  invisibility  of  the  Germans  was  one  of  their  strong 
points.  Their  camouflage  was  good,  and  they  took  ad- 
vantage of  every  possibility  for  concealment.  Some  of 
our  men  never  saw  a  German  except  those  who  had  sur- 
rendered. A  typical  experience  was  that  of  Sergt.  C.  G. 
McCorkle  of  E  Company,  of  the  138th,  who  fought  from 
the  "jumping  off"  day  up  to  the  29th,  when  he  was 
wounded,  but  in  all  that  time  he  never  saw  a  German 
with  a  rifle  in  his  hands.  All  he  saw  either  had  their 
hands  high  in  the  air,  surrendering,  or  were  using  them 
to  work  a  machine  gun. 

Another  man,  he  was  a  south  Missourian  and  we  spoke 
the  same  language  of  the  Ozarks,  said  to  me  in  the  Char- 
pentry  dressing  station: 

''I've  fought  three  days  and  I  hain't  seen  a  German 
yet  while  he  was  fighting.  Now  I  got  shot  through  the 
knee  and  I  won't  get  me  airy  one." 


CHAPTER  XVI 


CAPTAIN  SKINKER'S  BRAVERY 

A  mile  to  the  west  of  the  scene  of  Maj.  Sauerwein's 
last  fight,  the  Colonel  of  the  138th  and  his  headquarters 
detachment  lay  in  a  bad  way.  After  Capt.  Thompson 
and  M  Company  passed  by,  other  elements  came  along, 
and  Lieuts.  Hagee  and  Hamilton,  with  a  small  body  of 
men,  went  through  the  lower  end  of  the  wood  on  the  slope 
of  the  hill  toward  Cheppy,  and  took  a  number  of  prison- 
ers. As  they  were  returning  toward  the  bridge,  Hagee 
saw  a  flash  of  uniform  whisking  through  the  brush,  and 
shouted  ''Halt!"  The  flying  man  did  not  halt,  so  Hagee 
shot  twice  with  his  pistol,  the  second  shot  bringing  down 
his  man.  It  proved  to  be  a  German  officer,  who  spoke 
English  well.  He  was  sure  the  Americans  never  would 
take  Cheppy.  The  prisoners  were  lined  up  and  searched, 
the  wounded  officer's  leg  was  bandaged,  and  Hagee  and 
Hamilton  offered  to  match  him  for  his  camera. 

Half  an  hour  later  Capt.  Skinker  came  up.  Enemy 
machine  gun  fire  had  become  very  active,  and  Hagee 
and  all  others  in  his  neighborhood  took  refuge  in  shell 
holes.  It  was  while  moving  from  one  of  these  protec- 
tions to  another  that  Hagee  got  a  machine  gun  bullet 
through  his  leg.  Thinking  he  would  be  taken  to  the 
rear  at  once,  he  gradually  abandoned  his  equipment  to 
make  his  progress  easier,  and  had  shorn  himself  of  pis- 
tol, pack  and  gas  mask  when  a  gas  alarm  was  shouted. 

He  threw  himself  into  a  shell  hole  and  was  lying  face- 
down trying  to   keep   out  the   gas   when   something   fell 

112 


CAPTAIN    SKINKER's   BRAVERY  113 

on  top  of  him.  He  cautiously  investigated  and  found 
that  it  was  Lieut.  "Chuck"  Venable,  also  seeking  cover. 
Hagee  climbed  out  of  the  hole  and  soon  worked  his  way 
to  the  rear.  The  next  shell  hole  had  Col.  Rowland  and 
Capt.  Ehrhardt  in  it,  so  Hagee  went  still  further  and 
continued  to  the  rear  as  best  he  could,  taking  shelter 
when  the  enemy  fire  became  very  intense.  He  finally 
reached  a  dressing  station,  where  Lieut.  Lindsay,  a  den- 
tal officer,  dressed  his  wound  and  sent  him  back  to  the 
hospital,  and  out  of  the  war. 

Lieut.  Claud  Hampshire  also  was  wounded  the  first  day. 
He  had  been  hit  across  the  back,  narrowly  missing  the 
spine,  while  he  was  reeonnoitering  a  trench,  and  had  fal- 
*len  in  a  shell  hole  full  of  gassed  water.  He  lay  there 
for  hours  before  being  taken  to  the  rear  in  a  serious  con- 
dition. 

As  Hagee  worked  his  way  back  along  the  road,  Capt. 
Alex.  R.  Skinker,  with  three  platoons  of  I  Company  of 
the  138th  was  in  position  probably  the  most  advanced 
on  the  American  contingent  on  that  side  of  Cheppy.  Col. 
Howland  was  well  back  on  the  road,  taking  what  cover 
the  ground  offered  against  the  very  heavy  machine  gun 
and  artillery  fire.  Capt.  Reinholdt  and  his  detachment 
were  on  the  right  of  the  road,  in  combat  formation, 
fronting  the  enemy.  They  were  in  a  ditch  which  gave 
fair  protection  against  the  machine  guns  which  they  faced. 

To  the  front  of  Skinker  was  the  road  which  led  to 
Cheppy,  and  the  little  bridge  by  which  it  crossed  Buanthe 
Creek.  The  low  lands  along  the  creek  were  protected 
by  a  wire  entanglement. 

Skinker  was  a  highly  intelligent  young  officer,  of  un- 
questioned courage  and  nerve.  He  was  noted  for  the 
care  he  took  of  his  men  and  the  lengths  he  would  go  for 


114  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL  TO   EXERMONt 

them.  It  was  clear  that  he  would  lose  heavily  if  he  tried 
to  advance  through  the  terrific  fire  which  was  pouring 
from  the  side  of  the  hill.  The  fog  had  nearly  disap- 
peared and  he  doubtless  calculated  it  would  be  better  to 
uncover  the  location  of  the  guns  at  the  expense  of  a  few 
men,  and  conceived  the  idea  of  sending  an  automatic 
rifleman  against  the  position,  probably  in  the  hope  of  re- 
ducing it  by  luck  and  skill.  In  choosing  the  men  to  do 
the  trick,  it  would  be  thoroughly  in  keeping  with  his 
trend  of  thought  to  decide  upon  himself  as  one  of  them. 
He  would  not  have  asked  of  his  men  anything  he  would 
not  do  himself;  he  understood  the  Chauchat  automatic 
rifle,  and  could  use  it  if  the  rifleman  fell,  and  there  was 
no  question  of  his  own  nerve.  It  was  quite  typical  of 
him  to  undertake  the  task  himself  and  leave  his  com- 
pany under  what  scanty  cover  there  was. 

This  French  automatic  rifle  can  be  carried  and  fired  by 
one  man  while  advancing.  He  shoots  from  the  hip.  The 
cartridges  are  fed  from  a  half -moon  clip  which  snaps  into 
place  below  the  lock.  A  feeder  walking  alongside  the 
rifleman  can  remove  the  empty  "pans"  and  affix  full 
ones  to  the  rifle  without  losing  step. 

Capt.  Skinker  called  a  rifleman  and  a  carrier,  explained 
his  plan,  took  plenty  of  ammunition  and  started  for- 
ward to  breach  the  Hindenburg  line.  Very  soon  the  car- 
rier was  shot  dead.  Skinker  took  his  supplies  of  am- 
munition and  pressed  ahead,  himself  feeding  the  rifle. 
Skinker  fell  next,  killed  instantly'-  with  his  face  to  the 
foe  and  advancing.  Then  the  rifleman  was  killed,  and 
while  I  do  not  know,  I  like  to  think  he  was  still  pressing 
on  alone. 

I  regret  that  I  have  been  unable  so  far  to  learn  the 
names  of  the  tAvo  men  who  died  vnth  Capt.   Skinker. 


CAPTAIN   SKINKEr's  BRAVERY 


115 


Several  names  have  been  suggested,  but  no  one  I  have 
found  seems  to  know  certainly  who  ttiese  brave  men 
were.  Their  names  doubtless  are  in  this  list,  which  I 
copied  from  the  metal  identity  tags  on  the  crosses  over 
the  row  of  graves  beneath  the  three  forlorn  trees  at  this 
bloody  angle.     The  first  grave  is  Capt,  Skinker's.     The 


CAPT.  SKINKER'S  GRAVK  UNDKR  TIIREli 
TREES  AT  CHEPPY 


others  are  George  Fold,  Walter  G.  Ivie,  Robert  Adkison, 
Maurice  G.  Walter,  Sergt.  Roscoe  Robertson,  Monroe 
Jacobs,  Harry  C.  Bowker,  Andrew  B.  Corrigan,  George 
H.  Durfee,  Will  Gray,  Virgil  C,  Penz,  William  Frost, 
James  Meehan  and  Alfred  A.  Youngquist, 

Capt.  Skinker's  performance  was  of  such  tremendous 


116 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


courage,  such  pure  inspiration  and  of  such  calm  thought, 
that  dispassionate  review  of  it  by  high  officers  back  in 
headquarters  convinced  Gen.  Pershing  that  it  was  one  of 
those  rare  deeds  worthy  of  the  Congressional  Medal  of 
Honor.  Capt.  Skinker  never  knew  that  the  nests  he 
moved  against  were  steel  and  concrete,  and  impervious  to 
the  fire  of  his  automatic  rifle. 


CHAPTER  XVII 


THE  138TH  TAKES  CHEPPY 

Regimental  headquarters  and  staff  of  the  138th  infan- 
try were  in  a  ditch  beside  the  road  some  300  yards  back 
of  the  scene  of  Skinker's  valorous  death.  The  fog  had 
cleared  away  and  the  rattle  of  enenw  machine  guns  from 
the  front  was  incessant.  Shells  had  killed  many  of  the 
headquarters'  detachment,  and  had  wounded  many  more. 
The  road  was  a  shambles  of  human  -wo-eckage. 

Two  small  French  tanks  came  bowling  over  the  hill.  It 
was  feared  an  American  might  not  be  able  to  make  the 
crews  understand  the  situation.  So  Sergt.  Morel,  the 
interpreter  assigned  to  the  regiment  by  the  French  army, 
took  the  job  upon  himself.  Morel  was  a  debonnair  young 
man  of  35,  with  a  generous  heart  and  a  discriminating 
taste  in  wine.  He  had  been  a  prominent  sportsman  be- 
fore the  war,  and  since  had  been  a  gunner  toiling  in  the 
defenses  about  Verdun.  When  he  was  wounded  the  sec- 
ond time  the  French  decided  he  was  not  much  good  for 
further  service  with  the  guns  so  they  made  him  an  inter- 
preter. He  was  not  the  best  interpreter  in  the  army, 
but  he  was  one  of  the  very  best  fellows  and  a  most  de- 
lightful companion. 

Morel  lifted  himself  out  of  the  ditch  and  ran  across 
the  field,  swept  as  it  was  by  machine-gun  fire  from  the 
whole  woods  across  the  creek.  He  sprinted  in  front  of 
a  tank  and  waved  his  arms  and  yelled.  The  tank  stopped 
and  the  little  trap  door  opened.    Instead  of  the  expected 

117 


118  FROM    VAUQl'OIS    illLL    TO   EXERMONT 

poilu,  an  American  soldier  stuck  his  head  out  and  asked 
calmly : 

''Well,  what  the  hell  do  YOU  want?" 

Morel  showed  where  the  enemy  machine  guns  were 
hidden.  They  had  ceased  firing  to  avoid  revealing  their 
position.  Then  he  went  back  to  headquarters  in  the 
ditch.  That  was  hoAv  Morel  won  the  Croix  de  Guerre 
after  four  years  of  war.  I  asked  him  afterwards  how 
the  Americans  fought.  "They  were  too  brave,"  he  an- 
swered sadly. 

The  tanks  tried  hard,  but  they  could  not  cross  the 
creek,  and  their  light  fire  was  not  enough  to  clear  the 
hill  of  the  enemy.  Artillerj^  doubtless  promptly  advised 
that  the  tanks  were  there,  began  dropping  shells  around. 
Col.  Rowland,  fearing  that  the  artillery  fire  drawn  by 
the  tanks  would  do  more  damage  to  his  forces  than  the 
work  of  the  tanks  would  benefit  them,  ordered  the  tanks 
to  the  rear.  '  '*''^' 

The  French  Lieutenant  in  charge  of  the  tanks  had 
himself  charged  a  machine  gun  nest  near  the  wire,  killed 
one  gunner  and  captured  two  others  and  the  gun.  When 
he  turned  these  over  to  Col.  Rowland  he  said  there  were 
eight  big  tanks  some  distance  to  the  southwest.  Howland 
ordered  him  to  hurry  off  and  bring  them  at  once.  The 
Frenchman  departed  through  the  rain  of  artillery  and 
machine  gun  fire. 

Enemy  machine  guns  became  more  active  still  after  the 
two  small  tanks  disappeared  and  Col.  ITowland  ordered 
all  his  men  to  cease  firing  and  wait  for  supports.  It  was 
at  this  time  that  Lieut.  Hagee,  wounded  and  trying  to 
reach  the  rear,  reported  to  Col.  Howland  on  conditions 
further  up  the  road.  Howland  estimates  that  he  had  lost 
a  third  of  his  detachment  at  that  time.     He  decided  to 


THE  138th  takes  cheppy  119 

dispose  what  he  had  left  in  battle  formation  in  a  trench 
near  by,  and  crawled  out  of  the  ditch  *to  rally  his  men, 
but  in  the  road  he  found  none  but  dead  men.  From 
shell  holes  over  the  field  he  got  what  men  were  taking 
cover  there  and  forming  them  in  the  trench,  was  pre- 
pared to  hold  or  repel  an  attack. 

Then  he  made  his  way  forward  to  where  Capt.  Rein- 
holdt,  despite  heavy  losses,  was  holding  fast.  The  shell- 
ing was  very  heavy  and  a  shell  fragment  shattered  Col. 
Rowland's  hand.  Rowland  returned  to  his  place  by  the 
side  of  the  road  and  held  on. 

For  three  hours  there  was  virtually  no  movement  of 
these  men.  The  enemy  machine  guns  sought  out  any 
spot  where  the  slightest  movement  was  observed  and  the 
shells  pounded  the  area  constantly. 

Finally,  after  what  seemed  an  age  of  waiting,  eight  tanks 
appeared  on  the  left.  Maneuvered  perfectly,  they  swung 
out  of  column  and  into  line,  crossed  the  open  between  the 
two  roads  and  took  position  about  10  paces  apart.  All  ef- 
fectives in  that  neighborhood  formed  in  squads  behind  the 
tanks.  While  the  infantry  with  rifle  and  machine  guns 
fired  on  suspected  places  in  the  brush  and  woods  on  the 
hillside,  the  tanks,  with  all  their  armament,  pounded  the 
nests  and  pill  boxes  to  pieces.  The  one-pounders  fired  high 
explosive  into  the  defenses  and  the  machine  guns  cut  down 
the  evicted  gunners.  It  was  but  a  work  of  minutes  for  these 
wheeled  forts  and  the  front  was  cleared  of  an  enemy  which 
had  delayed  the  advance  for  hours. 

The  tanks  then  turned  to  the  right  flank,  and  when  they 
had  pounded  it  awhile,  Capt.  Reinholdt  took  his  command 
forward,  in  combat  groups,  and  mopped  up  the  whole  flank. 
Thus  that  road  into  Cheppy  was  cleared. 

In  the  final  attack  and  the  actual  taking  of  Cheppy,  the 


120  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

Second  Battalion  of  the  138th  was  very  active  also.  Lieuts. 
Humphrey  Price,  Everett  Vogt  and  John  Moll,  each  with 
about  a  platoon  of  men,  attacked  on  the  west,  a  little  to 
the  north  of  the  position  where  Rowland  and  his  head- 
quarter was  held.  Each  one  led  his  platoon  against  ma- 
chine gun  nests,  and  all  entered  the  town  among  the  first. 
Lieut.  Price,  who  is  a  grandson  of  Gen.  Sterling  Price,  got 
the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  for  his  work  there. 

When  Rowland  started  to  the  rear  he  found  lying  in 
the  road  12  dead  and  mangled  men,  and  among  them  Capt. 
Ehrhardt,  the  gallant  French  liaison  officer,  suffering  from 
four  wounds.  The  French  doctor  with  the  tanks  examined 
Rowland,  found  him  weak  and  faint  from  loss  of  blood 
and  ordered  him  evacuated.  Lieutenant-Colonel  H.  W. 
Parker  took  command  of  the  regiment. 

With  the  defenses  to  the  south  and  southwest  of  Cheppy 
reduced,  the  town  was  at  the  mercy  of  the  138th.  Sauer- 
wein's  battalion,  with  Capt.  Crist  now  in  command,  en- 
tered from  the  east.  Thompson 's  outfit,  which  was  M  Com- 
pany, and  incidental  squads  and  platoons  he  had  picked 
up,  had  gone  through  the  town  very  early  and  had  thor- 
oughly cleaned  the  northern  part  with  a  profit  of  300  pris- 
oners, all  Prussian  guardsmen.  From  the  southwest  the 
regimental  headquarters  and  parts  of  the  Second  and  First 
Battalions  entered. 

I  do  not  know  which  company's  men  first  entered  Chep- 
py. Many  outfits  claim  the  honor,  and  all  probably  be- 
lieve they  are  right.  The  town  was  entered  from  many 
sides  by  many  groups  of  men.  I  incline  to  the  belief  that 
Lieut.  Raller  and  about  a  platoon  of  G  Company  were 
among  the  first,  if  not  the  very  first  to  enter  the  town. 

General  Traub  sent  this  message  from  his  advanced 
P.  C.  in  the  afternoon: 


THE  138th  takes  cheppy  121 

From  Okla.  1,  at  i/o  k.  S.  of  LaForge  Min.  200  m.  W. 
of  Cheppy- Vauquois  Road,  9/26  hr.  2!38  p.m. 

Just  arrived  here  and  taken  charge.  Right  of  138th 
Regt.  beyond  Cheppy,  probably  now  on  Corps  Ob- 
jective. Left  Regt.  exact  position  unknown,  but 
probably  near  Varennes.  Have  ordered  advance  to 
corps  objective  all  along  the  line,  with  liaison  through- 
out. Leading  bns.  of  Regts.  became  disorganized  in 
fog  resulting  in  loss  of  touch  and  enabling  M.  G. 
nests  to  remain  undiscovered.  Tanks  have  done  good 
work.  Am  sending  French  tanks  to  attack  between 
Cheppy  and  Varennes.  Amer.  tanks  from  Cheppy 
to  Varennes.  As  soon  as  we  reach  Corps.  Obj.  will 
let  you  know.  Div.  P.  C.  cannot  be  placed  at  La- 
Forge  Moulin,  too  heavily  shelled.  Enemy  now  put- 
ting down  shells  on  line  S.  W.  of  Cheppy.  When 
I  know  definitely  just  where  our  advanced  troops  are 
will  call  for  Art.  barrage.  In  meanwhile  Art.  should 
move  up  and  take  position  in  Bois  de  Rossignol. 
They  can  get  around  on  road  to  E.  of  Vauquois.  They 
should  be  well  supplied  with  ammunition,  and  trench 
mortars  ammunition  should  be  brought  up.  I  ask 
for  aviation  protection  between  Varennes  and  Cheppy 
as  Boche  machines  have  been  flying  back  and  forth 
between  these  points  at  an  altitude  of  a  few  hundred 
feet  only.  Telephone  wire  badly  needed.  Repeat 
to  Corps  Commander. 

Sgd:     Peter  E.  Traub. 

In  the  Second  Battalion  E  Company  had  fared  well  in 
the  preliminary  bombardment,  but  it  began  to  suffer  with 
the  advance.  Corp.  Reeves  was  the  first.  He  was  hit  by 
shell  fragments  immediately  after  the  start.  To  make  its 
advance,  E  Company  came  out  of  the  fringe  of  woods  and 
ascended  a  steep  bank  some  10  or  12  feet  high,  and  then 
pushed  forward  through  the  thick  mist  over  a  compara- 
tively level  country.  There  was  wire  everywhere  but 
paths  had  been  cut  through  it  by  the  men  the  night  be- 


122  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

fore,  and  by  the  troops  which  preceded  E  Company  that 
morning.  Lieut.  Watson  was  hit  in  the  first  10  feet  of  the 
advance.  A  machine  gun  leveled  him,  Sergt.  C.  G.  Mc- 
Corkle  of  the  platoon  following,  shouted  for  stretcher 
bearers  for  the  stricken  Lieutenant,  but  did  not  delay  the 
platoon  an  instant.  It  is  the  rule  of  the  game.  The  com- 
pany lost  10  men  in  the  first  half  minute.  Sergt.  Hart- 
man  was  one  of  them.  Three  shells  which  hit  in  the  First 
and  Second  Platoons  immediately  after  going  over  caused 
most  of  the  loss. 

About  halfw^ay  to  Cheppy  the  company  was  joined  by  a 
Sergeant  and  four  men  from  the  Ninety-first  Division 
lost  in  the  fog.    They  stayed  with  E  Company  three  days. 

Cheppy  had  been  a  pleasant  little  town,  with  three 
roads  wandering  through  it.  There  had  been  the  main 
part  of  town  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  road  crossings, 
and  out  each  of  the  routes  ran  a  line  of  buildings.  There 
also  was  a  string  of  residences  on  the  little  hill  above  the 
town.  The  St.  .Louisans  found  many  things  to  interest 
them  in  Cheppy. 

Every  house  was  fortified,  although  they  were  nearly 
all  little  more  than  ruins  from  years  of  shell  fire.  Dug- 
outs were  plentiful  and  comfortable.  The  town  appar- 
ently had  been  a  headquarters  of  the  officer  commanding 
the  front  in  that  section,  and  his  staff.  They  had  lived 
comfortably,  planted  gardens,  raised  chickens,  hares  and 
pigs,  and  some  attempt  at  ornamentation  was  to  be  seen. 

Altogether  more  than  300  prisoners  were  taken,  all 
fine  troops  and  the  most  of  them  Prussian  guardsmen.  In 
one  dugout,  our  men  came  across  a  mystery.  A  German 
Captain  lay  in  his  bunk  as  if  asleep.  But  he  was  dead, 
newly  dead,  with  many  bulletholes  through  his  body. 
The  dugout  Avas  not  in  range  of  our  machine  guns,  as  it 


THE  138th  takes  cheppt  123 

was  behind  a  hill.  He  must  have  been  killed  by  his  owii 
men. 

Part  of  the  booty  taken  there  was  a  consignment  of 
100  anti-tank  guns  which  had  never  been  used.  They 
were  like  great  rifles,  with  7-foot  barrels,  a  bore  of  an 
inch  and  an  A-shaped  rest  swinging  from  the  barrel.  Two 
complete  sets  of  field  surgical  equipment  were  taken,  and 
soon  were  being  employed.  Maj.  Emil  Burgher  took  one 
and  sent  the  other  to  Capt.  Wald.  They  found  the  ma- 
terial of  excellent  quality  and  the  drugs  and  chemicals  of 
good  strength  and  purity. 

A  battery  of  enemy  guns  captured  in  the  woods  near 
Cheppy  had  been  made  by  the  Bethlehem  Steel  Works 
for  the  Russian  Government,  the  inscription  stated.  From 
Russia  they  had  been  brought  by  the  Germans  to  this 
front,  and  now,  through  the  fortunes  of  war,  had  come 
back  into  American  possession. 

Another  interesting  capture  was  a  German  canteen, 
well  stocked  and  open  for  business.  Its  supplies  included 
three  kegs  of  lager  beer. 

Corp.  Reynolds  was  at  first  suspicious,  and  kept  the 
men  away  from  the  beer  until  he  had  sent  for  two 
prisoners  and  tried  the  beer  on  them.  The  prisoners 
smacked  their  lips  and  approved  of  it.  They  were  sent 
back  to  their  guards,  and  the  beer,  with  the  rest  of  the 
spoils,  Avent  to  the  victors. 

Maj.  Burgher  set  up  his  aid  station  in  Cheppy,  and  the 
battalion  medical  officers  went  on  with  the  troops.  Vir- 
tually all  the  wounded  of  the  regiment  henceforth  were 
cleared  through  Burgher's  ''triage"  there,  although  the 
Major  himself  was  often  in  the  front  with  his  Lieutenants 
at  the  first  aid  dressing  stations. 

Capt.  Thompson  had  virtually  readied  the  corps'  ob- 


124  TROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

jective  by  the  time  the  fog  lifted,  so  he  moved  over  to 
the  right.  At  10:30  there  was  good  visibility,  and 
Thompson  was  unable  to  see  Americans  anywhere,  but 
he  could  see  a  party  of  Germans  approaching  on  either 
flank.  He  disposed  his  company  in  an  old  German  artil- 
lery position  and  prepared  for  a  fight.  As  soon  as  he 
opened  fire  the  Germans  divided  into  two  bands,  one  of 
which  retreated  and  the  other  held  up  hands,  cried 
"Kamerad"  and  surrendered.  His  flanking  platoons  also 
brought  in  prisoners  and  at  the  end  of  the  day  he  had  re- 
ceipts, which  he  demanded  as  zealously  as  a  bank  cash- 
ier, for  262  men  and  three  officers.  This  was  more  than 
the  total  strength  of  his  company. 

He  pushed  Lieut.  Seamon  out  to  the  northwest  feeling 
for  the  enemy  or  for  liaison,  with  the  Ninety-first  Division 
on  his  right.  Seamon  found  and  cleaned  a  big  machine 
gun  nest,  and  brought  back  17  prisoners.  One  of  these 
was  a  bicycle  orderly,  who  had  messages  and  maps  of 
much  value  to  our  intelligence  department. 

Being  on  the  line  of  his  objective,  Thompson  reported 
by  runner  and  dug  his  company  in  to  wait  for  the  rest  of 
the  regiment.  At  1  p.  m.  he  had  liaison  on  his  right,  but 
none  on  his  left.  Other  elements  passed  through  after 
the  taking  of  Cheppy,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Parker  re- 
organized the  regiment.  By  7  p.  m.  they  had  advanced 
to  a  position  a  kilometer  south  of  M  Company's  line,  and 
Capt.  Thompson,  on  orders,  took  his  company  back  to 
them.  There  the  regiment  lay  during  the  night,  the  of- 
ficers trying  to  assemble  their  men,  to  find  lost  or  strayed 
squads  and  platoons  and  to  count  the  cost. 


CHAPTER  XVIII 


THE  139TH  JUMPS  OVER  THE  137TH 

There  is  no  way  to  calculate  the  losses  of  the  138th  m 
the  first  day's  fightmg,  but  they  had  been  heavy  enough 
to  stun.  The  doctors  worked  all  night  in  Cheppy  and  in 
the  advanced  dressing  posts,  for  the  enemy  fire  was  con- 
stant and  there  was  a  steady  grist  of  wounded  and  dead. 

Col.  Howland  was  wounded  and  out  of  the  fight.  Maj. 
Sauerwein,  Capt.  Skinker  and  Lieut.  "Watson  and  other 
officers  were  dead,  and  a  dozen  or  more  line  officers  were 
wounded  and  had  been  sent  back  to  hospitals.  How 
many  effectives  had  been  removed  from  the  ranks  by 
death  and  wounds  one  can  but  estimate,  for  there  was  no 
chance  for  a  muster  on  the  field,  and  some  of  the  scattered 
squads  did  not  find  their  companies  till  the  fight  was 
over. 

The  most  serious  loss,  from  the  cold  military  viewpoint, 
was  in  the  officers.  There  were  plenty  of  men  left  to  do 
the  work,  but  the  division  had  started  in  woefully  short 
of  Lieutenants,  Captains  and  Majors,  and  every  loss  of 
that  kind  hurt. 

The  regiment  had  fought  its  way  through  defenses  of 
the  Hindenburg  line  to  its  objective,  it  had  inflicted 
heavy  damage  on  the  enemy,  had  taken  many  prisoners, 
and  had  captured,  besides  the  booty  taken  in  Cheppy, 
probably  20  machine  guns. 

Up  to  March  25,  1919,  the  American  army  headquarters 
had  found  but  62  men  in  this  war  whom  they  deemed 
worthy  of  the  Congressional  Medal  of  Honor.     Two  of 

125 


l26  ruoM  vAUQuois  hill  to  EXERMONT 

these  medals  went  to  the  35th  Division,  and  both,  strangely 
enough,  had  been  won  in  the  138th  Eegiment,  and,  nar- 
rowing it  still  further,  in  I  Company  of  that  regiment,  by 
Capt.  Skinker  and  Private  Nels  Wold,  both  of  whom  were 
dead  before  noon  of  the  first  day's  fight,  and  the  battle  was 
just  beginning. 

The  35th  Division  attacked,  as  has  been  told,  in 
column  of  brigades,  with  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  leading 
and  the  Seventieth  Brigade  following  in  support.  Within 
the  brigades  the  regiments  were  abreast.  In  the  Sixty- 
ninth  Brigade  the  137th  Regiment  was  on  the  left  and  the 
138th  on  the  right.  All  the  account  of  the  action  which 
has  been  written  up  to  this  point  concerns  the  138th  Regi- 
ment, which  we  have  followed  through  the  first  day.  We 
now  take  up  the  137th  Regiment  of  infantry  which  at- 
tacked just  on  the  left  of  the  138th  and  at  the  same  time 
and,  theoretically,  in  constant  touch  and  liaison  with  it. 

The  137th  Infantry,  all  Kansas,  under  command  of 
Col.  Clad  Hamilton,  attacked  to  the  west  of  Vauquois 
Hill,  and  their  left  was  along  the  river  Aire,  a  stream 
which  usually  could  be  forded  or  waded.  It  was  fairly 
clear  water,  but  the  men  were  forbidden  to  drink  it,  an 
injunction  frequently  disobeyed  in  the  next  few  days. 

The  dense  fog,  abetted  by  the  smoke  screen  thrown  by 
the  artillei-y  around  Vauquois  Hill,  caused  confusion  and 
intermingling  of  units  from  the  first,  but  they  pushed 
through  to  the  ruins  which  once  had  been  the  town  of 
Bouruielles.  To  this  point  the  regiment's  left  boundary 
was  the  national  highway  which  runs  from  Neuvilly  to 
Varennes  and  on  northward.  This  had  been  a  fine  road, 
but  across  it  was  the  first  defense  of  the  Hindenburg 
line.  It  was  a  powerful  barricade  of  concrete  interplaced 
with  heavy  steel  railroad  rails,  and  bigger  than  a  railroad 


THE  139th  jumps  over  the  137th  127 

"fill."  Over  the  whole  ran  the  inevitable  tangle  of 
barbed  wire.  The  men  went  over  this,  cutting  the  wire 
where  the  artillery  had  failed  to  do  so  and  into  Bourui- 
elles,  whose  two  well-built  concrete  machine  gun  emplace- 
ments were  captured.  Lieut.  Breeze,  who  was  in  combat 
liaison  with  the  28th  Division  on  the  left,  had  charge  of  this 
part  of  the  work. 

A  little  way  beyond  this  ruined  town  the  road  crossed 
the  river  and  thereafter  the  stream  was  the  divisional 
boundary. 

The  leading  battalion  pressed  forward,  cleaned  out  the 
Aden  strongpoint,  and  in  the  hopeless  fog,  and  with 
artillery  fire  which  tliey  had  met  from  the  first  were 
stopped  before  the  well  constructed  defenses  of  Varennes. 
Many  machine  guns  opened,  and  there  was  no  chance  to 
look  ahead  into  the  gloom.  There  had  been  much  mixing 
of  units,  and  it  was  a  well  shuffled  outfit  which  took 
cover  before  the  Varennes  defenses  and  searched  the  fog 
with  rifle  fire  while  waiting  for  the  day  to  clear  and  the 
rest  of  the  regiment  to  come  up.  The  greater  part  of  the 
town  Varennes  lies  on  the  west  of  the  river,  which  was 
in  the  area  of  the  28th  Division.  On  our  side  of  the  river 
there  were  many  ruined  houses,  a  big  roofless  church  and 
many  strong  machine  gun  positions  built  of  stone  from 
the  shell-wrecked  houses. 

Behind  the  137th  was"  its  supporting  regiment,  the 
139th  of  the  70th  Brigade.  Lieutenant- Colonel  Carl  L. 
Kistine  commanded  this  outfit.  He  was  a  keen  soldier, 
had  been  a  football  player  at  the  University  of  Missouri, 
was  a  "hard  boiled"  commander  and  a  man-driver,  who 
firmly  believed  that  his  regiment  was  the  best  in  the  serv- 
ice anywhere.  He  had  kept  his  command  fairly  clear  of 
intermixture  in  the  advance  from  the  jumping-ofp  place 


128  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXEEMONT 

to  Varennes.  It  was  in  column  of  battalions,  with  com- 
panies and  platoons  in  "staggard"  formation.  That  is, 
the  formation  nowhere  made  long  straight  lines  through 
which  machine  guns  or  artillery  might  plow  a  path  with 
great  loss. 

Some  distance  below  Varennes,  Kistine's  scouts  re- 
ported to  him  that  the  137th  Regiment,  or  elements  of  it, 
were  just  ahead,  held  up  by  a  concentration  of  enemy 
machine  guns  in  front  of  them.  Ristine  ordered  his  men 
to  dig  in,  as  there  was  considerable  shell  fire  at  that  place, 
and  so  he  waited  for  the  procession  to  move.  While  wait- 
ing, his  second  battalion  joined  up.  This  was  about  9 :30 
a.  m.  It  had  been  engaged  in  mopping  up  the  west  end 
of  Vauquois  Hill  and  the  Bois  de  Rossignol.  The  bat- 
talion, attached  to  the  137th,  had  been  dropped  off  as  the 
advancing  regiment  passed  the  works  and  it  had  methodi- 
cally cleaned  them  of  all  enemy  elements,  killing  or  cap- 
turing all  defenders.  It  was  commanded  by  Major  James 
Rieger,  a  tall,  spare  man,  with  graying  hair  and  a  soft 
voice,  a  lawyer  in  Kirksville,  Mo.,  in  times  of  peace.  He 
is  of  a  religious  turn  of  mind,  very  earnest,  a  hard  student 
and  in  the  opinion  of  many  persons,  nearly  the  ideal  civil- 
ian soldier.  Rieger  was  not  with  his  battalion  before  Var- 
ennes, and  Ristine  believed  he  had  been  killed. 

At  about  9:45,  the  support  battalion  of  the  ■137th  Regi- 
ment came  up  behind  the  139th.  The  other  two  battalions 
were  in  front  of  the  139th.  This  seemed  strange  to  Ris- 
tine, who  was  sure  that  he  had  swept  the  country  be- 
tween the  jumping-off  place  and  his  present  locatibn,  and 
he  had  not  passed  a  stray  battalion  anywhere.  Still  the 
137th  had  started  before  him,  and  here  was  one  of  its 
battalions  behind  him.     He  doubtless  had  passed  them 


AIRl'LAXli   I'HOTOGRAPII   OF   X'AUOUOIS   IIILT. 


THE  139th  jumps  over  the  137th  129 

in  the  maze  of  wire,  and  the  darkness  of  the  fog  and 
smoke. 

Ristine  waited  two  hours,  and  then  went  forward  him- 
self and  asked  Col.  Hamilton  what  had  stopped  the  ad- 
vance. Col.  Hamilton  said  that  his  command  had  be- 
come badly  mixed  up  in  the  early  morning,  and  that  he 
did  not  believe  he  could  advance  them  through  the  well- 
knit  defenses  ahead  of  him  without  artillery  or  other 
support. 

Ristine  returned  to  his  regiment  and  sent  by  runner  to 
the  brigade  commander,  Col.  Kirby  Walker,  a  message 
telling  of  conditions.  After  a  while  he  sent  another  mes- 
sage asking  permission  of  the  brigade  commander  to  take 
his  regiment  through  the  137th  and  continue  the  action. 
He  received  no  reply  to  any  of  his  messages  to  brigade 
headquarters  that  day.  The  inability  of  regimental  com- 
manders to  get  replies  from  Brigade  and  Division  Head- 
quarters continued  through  the  battle. 

The  constant  cannonading  to  which  his  men  were  be- 
ing subjected  was  beginning  to  tell  on  them.  It  was  the 
first  time  they  had  been  constantly  and  furiously  shelled. 
A  fringe  of  stragglers  from  the  137th  had  commenced  to 
filter  through  his  lines  from  the  front,  he  was  advised, 
and  this  tended  to  weaken  the  morale  of  his  command. 
Ristine  decided  that  the  case  needed  action  on  his  part, 
so  he  ordered  his  men  out  of  their  foxholes,  put  them  in 
formation,  went  right  through  the  lines  of  the  137th  and 
proceeded  northward. 

His  formation  for  this  ** passage  of  lines"  and  the  ad- 
vance afterward  was  column  of  battalions  in  this  order 
from  the  front :  Scouts,  a  skirmish  line.  Third  Battalion, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Battalion. 

They  had  proceeded  no  great  distance,  probably  less 


130  FROM  VAUQITOIS   HILL   TO  EXERMONT 

than  a  kilometer,  when  the  scouts  and  skirmish  line  be- 
gan to  slow  up,  and  E-istine,  with  the  thought  of  keeping 
his  regiment  at  the  highest  pitch  feared  the  morale  might 
suffer  from  another  stop.  So,  after  instructing  Maj.  Wil- 
liam D.  Stepp  to  take  charge  of  the  regiment,  he  went 
forward  and  took  command  of  his  own  skirmish  line. 

The  advance  proceeded  some  200  yards,  when  he  came 
across  Maj.  Rieger,  who  had  pressed  ahead  with  less  than 
100  men  of  the  Second  Battalion,  the  rest  being  in  the 
column.  Seeing  the  137th  stopped,  Rieger  had  tried  to 
break  the  enemy's  line,  and  had  driven  a  wedge  into  it 
and  was  holding.  Ristine  put  these  men  in  the  skirmish 
line,  along  with  some  from  the  137th  which  he  picked  up. 
He  ordered  Rieger  to  command  the  right  wing,  and  to 
push  to  the  east  toward  Very,  which  the  Major  did. 

Ristme  then  plunged  forward  with  his  strong  skirmish- 
line,  destroying  everything  which  opposed  him  to  a  point 
about  a  kilometer  and  a  half  south  of  Charpentry.  A 
heavy  enfilading  fire  of  artillery  and  machine  guns  on 
his  left  caught  him  here  and  he  ordered  his  men  to  dig  in 
and  wait  for  the  regiment  to  come  up.  It  did  not  come, 
so  Ristine  started  back  to  find  out  the  reason.  He  dis- 
covered that  it  had  had  heavy  fighting  and  a  serious  bom- 
bardment just  after  he  had  left  it;  that  Maj.  Stepp  had 
been  killed  and  that  the  regiment  was  where  he  had 
left  it. 

He  reformed  again  and,  still  in  column  of  battalions, 
moved  forward  and  dug  in  just  back  of  his  skirmish  line 
at  nightfall. 


CHAPTER  XIX 


CONFUSION  ON  THE  FIELD 

The  137th  in  the  meantime  was  badly  mixed  and  its 
elements  out  of  touch.  The  first  Battalion,  pressing  on, 
was  in  touch  with  the  139th  regiment  when  darkness 
came,  but  it  was  out  of  all  touch  with  its  own  regiment. 
Elements  of  the  regiment  dug  in  for  the  night  wherever 
they  happened  to  be,  mostly  on  the  slopes  leading  to 
Baunthe  Creek. 

Behind  the  138th  Regiment  on  the  right  was  the  140th, 
commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  C.  E.  Delaplane,  who 
had  been  divisional  ordnance  officer.  The  regiment  had 
trouble  with  the  fog  and  smoke,  as  every  other  regiment 
did,  but  after  passing  through  the  wire  in  the  path  taken 
by  the  138th  it  straightened  itself  out  well  and  set  about 
its  work. 

They  moved  on,  bombing  dugouts,  beating  clumps  of 
woods  and  otherwise  making  the  neighborhood  safe  for 
democracy  as  they  went,  and  dug  in  for  the  night  be- 
hind the  138th  on  the  high  ground  south  of  Very.  The 
140th  had  an  easy  time  the  first  day.  There  was  no 
fighting  and  not  a  casualty  in  the  regiment. 

The  Sixty-ninth  Brigade,  in  which  were  the  137th  and 
138th  Regiments,  had  headquarters  on  Mamelon  Blanc 
the  night  before  the  attack.  Col.  Nuttman,  commanding 
the  brigade,  and  Maj.  D wight  F.  Davis,  the  brigade  Ad- 
jutant, moved  forward  early  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  26, 
in  the  wake  of  the  brigade.  Headquarters  were  to  be  set 
up  next  at  Le  Forge  Moulin,  a  spot  on  the  map  near  Chep- 

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py  which  some  contended  wouki  turn  out  to  be  a  black- 
smith shop,  and  others  said  was  the  old  ruined  mill. 

The  Adjutant  with  five  men  was  leading  the  head- 
quarters detachment,  guiding  by  compass  in  the  dense 
fog,  when  after  a  time  he  became  aware  that  the  brigade 
commander  and  the  remainder  of  the  outfit  was  not  with 
him.  Apparently  they  became  convinced  that  Davis  was 
not  taking  the  right  direction,  or  they  guided  by  their 
own  compasses  and  went  another  way.  At  any  rate,  the 
Major  found  himself  in  a  strange  field  well  marked  by 
battle,  and  advancing  through  fog  and  mist  towards  the 
firing. 

After  awhile  he  came  upon  a  platoon  of  men  sitting  be- 
side the  road.  They  had  lost  their  officer  and  did  not 
know  what  their  orders  were.  The  meeting  was  auspi- 
cious. Here  were  men  without  an  officer,  there  was  an  of- 
ficer without  men.  Davis  picked  them  up  and  proceeded 
forward. 

Pretty  soon  they  picked  up  a  machine-gun  company 
of  the  Ninety-first  Division,  who  were  not  only  out  of 
their  position,  but  out  of  their  sector.  He  took  them 
along  also,  and  after  assimilating  some  incidental  infan- 
try further  along,  he  had  quite  a  sizeable  little  army,  all 
his  own,  and  only  needing  a  scrap  to  prove  itself.  This 
he  found  at  Cheppy,  which  was  before  him  when  the  fog 
lifted.  Other  strays  fighting  about  there  told  the  Major 
there  were  many  snipers  in  the  neighborhood.  Some 
Frenchmen  had  just  been  killed  at  that  spot.  The  sight 
of  the  dead  Frenchmen  spurred  the  men,  and  Maj.  Davis 
deployed  his  mob  to  attack  Cheppy.  The  town  had  al- 
ready been  taken,  but  he  did  not  know  that  and  it  did 
not  matter.  When  the  formation  was  perfect  and  they 
were  about  to  advance,  a  German  ran  out  of  a  dugout 


CONFUSION    ON    THE   FIELD  133 

nearby,  crying  ''Kamerad."  Davis'  outfit,  infuriated  by 
the  sight  of  the  sniped  French  soldiers  and  sure  that  this 
was  the  sniper,  were  about  to  kill  him,  but  the  Major  ar- 
rived before  the  prisoner  had  felt  the  bayonet  pricks. 

The  attack  on  Cheppy  was  delayed  until  discipline  and 
order  were  restored,  and  then  three  more  prisoners  ran 
out.  Soon  some  more,  and  then  more,  until  a  big  bunch 
Avas  lined  up.  The  number  exceeded  the  total  strength  of 
Davis'  scratch  army,  which  he  was  obliged  to  weaken 
further  by  a  detail  to  take  the  prisoners  to  the  rear.  The 
delayed  attack  on  Cheppy  now  was  seen  to  be  unneces- 
sary, as  American  troops  were  observed  in  the  town,  so 
the  Major  entered  Cheppy  and  dealt  out  his  command,  as 
nearly  as  he  could,  to  their  parent  bodies  and  sent  the 
machine  gunners  back  to  their  own  division.  Thus  he 
gave  up  command  of  his  Free  Rangers  and  returned  to 
the  business  of  adjutanting  a  brigade,  the  location  of 
whose  headquarters  he  did  not  know. 

Col.  Nuttman  wandered  on  after  leaving  Davis,  got 
worse  tangled  in  the  fog  and  bore  too  far  to  the  east.  Af- 
ter a  while  Avhen  the  light  grew  better,  he  saAV  troops 
ahead,  and  when  he  got  up  to  them,  he  discovered  that 
they  belonged  to  the  Ninety-first  Division.  He  had  wan- 
dered clear  out  of  his  divisional  area. 

Orienting  himself  as  well  as  he  could,  he  retraced  his 
steps,  and  finally  along  about  midday,  came  in  behind 
Cheppy,  which  had  already  fallen. 

The  artillery,  which  had  taken  so  big  a  part  in  pound- 
ing the  line  in  the  early  morning,  had  laid  a  rolling  bar- 
rage ahead  of  the  advancing  troops,  and  kept  it  up  until 
7  :40.  By  that  time  the  range  had  increased  to  a  point 
where  it  was  not  practical  to  throw  a  barrage  because 


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sufficient  accuracy  could  not  be  assured  to  make  it  valu- 
able and  safe. 

So  the  artillery  was  ordered  forward  with  all  speed 
to  place  itself  in  a  position  to  help  out  the  infantry.  At 
8 :30  a.  m.  the  129th  Field  Artillery  Regiment  was  ordered 
forward  toward  Cheppy.  At  8 :50  one  battalion  of  the 
130th  Field  Artillery  was  ordered  to  Varennes,  and  at 
10 :15  the  other  two  battalions  were  ordered  to  follow.  At 
9  o'clock,  the  whole  regiment  of  the  128th  moved  out  to 
take  position  to  the  east  of  Varennes. 

The  main  road  from  Neuvilly  was  not  available,  be- 
cause the  bridge  near  Bouruielles  had  been  blown  up  by 
the  Germans,  and  an  immense  mine  crater  blocked  the 
way  in  another  place.  About  the  only  way  for  our  ar- 
tillery to  go  forward  was  along  the  road  which  the  map 
gave  as  our  "axis  of  liaison,"  as  the  division's  main  ar- 
tery of  supply  is  called.  This  was  a  poor  road,  and  the 
artillery  horses  were  very  tired.  Indeed,  the  hard  work 
of  the  days  preceding  had  almost  worn  them  out. 

The  ground  over  which  the  guns  had  to  move  had  been 
virtually  a  No  Man's  Land  for  years  and  was  soggy  and 
full  of  rank  weeds.  At  every  little  creek  or  ditch,  the 
wheels  sank  in  the  mud  and  stuck.  Officers'  mounts  and 
all  the  horses  of  mounted  details  were  put  into  harness  to 
move  the  guns,  but  there  was  not  much  progress  made. 
Only  one  battery,  which  was  of  the  129th  regiment,  got 
into  position  again  that  day.  It  took  position  in  the  north 
edge  of  the  Rossignol  Wood.  So  that  after  8  a.m.  that 
day,  the  infantry  had  virtually  no  artillery  support.  The 
German  fire  never  slackened. 


CHAPTER  XX 


FAILURE  OF  LIAISON 

For  the  purpose  of  keeping  the  headquarters  in  the 
rear  informed  of  conditions  at  the  front,  the  usual  meth- 
ods presumably  had  been  provided  before  the  attack,  but 
they  all  broke  down,  from  one  cause  or  another.  Gen. 
Drum's  report  laid  this  failure  to  the  inefficiency  of  the 
division  signal  officer. 

Signal  flags  were,  of  course,  useless  where  one  could 
not  see  a  hundred  yards,  as  were  also  flash  lamps  and 
heliographs,  or  any  other  method  which  relied  upon  visi- 
bility for  its  success.  Wires  were  carried  forward,  but 
according  to  regimental  signal  officers,  divisional  head- 
quarters failed  to  connect  up  with  them,  so  that  regi- 
mental headquarters  were  left  up  in  the  air,  telephonical- 
ly,  with  nobody  on  the  other  end  of  the  wire. 

Col.  Dickey  sent  the  following  message: 
From  Dickey,  near  Triangle  Crossroads  s.  of  LaForge 
Min,  1 :35  p.m.  9/26.  Have  just  succeeded  in  getting 
chain  of  runners  back.  S.C.  has  no  wire  to  connect 
us.  Am  with  69th  and  70th  Brig.  Hqrs.  which  are 
together.  Other  messages  from  them  accompany  this. 
Location  of  front  line  unknown. 

The  signal  platoon  of  the  headquarters  company  of  the 
138th  had  a  wireless  set  working  in  a  shell  hole  before 
Cheppy  very  soon  after  the  advance  was  stopped  there. 
They  called  repeatedly  for  headquarters,  divisional  or 
brigade,  to  tell  them  of  the  plight  of  the  detachment  be- 

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fore  Cheppy,  but  they  got  no  answer.  They  got  the  time 
from  the  Eiffel  tower  in  Paris,  and  heard  other  outfits 
speaking,  but  could  not  raise  their  own.  Later  it  was 
said  that  divisional  headquarters  detachment,  not  expect- 


the;  balloon  goes  forward 


ing  a  call  so  early,  had  not  put  up  their  set  at  that  time. 
The  "T.  P.  S."  also  was  tried  by  the  138th,  but  there  was 
no  receiving  set  installed  by  headquarters.    This  is  a  sys- 
tem of  telephoning  without  wires,  using  the  ground  as  a 


FAILURE   OF   LIAISON  137 

conducting  medium.     It  is  most  successful  for  distances 
up  to  a  few  miles. 

Carrier  pigeons  refused  to  fly  true,  either  bewildered  by 
the  dense  fog  and  smoke,  or  benumbed  by  the  din  of  ar- 
tillery and  smaller  gun  fire. 

Runners  were  the  only  means  left,  and  they  had  almost 
no  landmarks  to  guide  them  through  the  fog  and  smoke. 
These  things  account  for  much  of  the  confusion  of  units 
in  the  division  at  nightfall. 

The  failure  of  liaison  and  all  mechanical  means  of  com- 
munication cost  the  lives  of  many  brave  men  in  the  front 
lines  in  the  course  of  the  battle.  If  the  troops  located 
machine  gun  nests  or  battery  positions,  as  happened 
many  times,  the  fact  was  immediately  reported.  The  In- 
telligence section  worked  out  the  map  co-ordinates  to 
ask  the  artillery  to  shell  the  spot.  This  would  have  re- 
sulted in  silencing  the  battery  which  was  driving  fur- 
rows through  our  ranks.  The  wire  from  regimental 
headquarters  (if  regimental  headquarters  was  located) 
would  get  no  answer  from  the  brigade,  and  through  bri- 
gade headquarters  was  the  course  which  the  appeal  to 
the  artillery  must  take.  Runners  would  be  dispatched. 
If  they  were  not  killed  or  wounded  en  route,  they  prob- 
ably would  find  the  agile  brigade  headquarters  had 
moved  from  the  shell  hole  in  which  it  had  last  been  seen, 
and  there  would  be  no  one  there  to  tell  where  it  was  gone. 
The  search  for  the  headquarters  would  continue  while 
the  battery  or  machine  gun  nest  would  continue  to  take 
its  toll  of  American  lives. 

Quick  communication  would  have  been  invaluable,  but 
the  headquarters  did  not  provide  it,  or  make  proper  pro- 
vision for  it  before  the  battle.  Runners  are  good  means 
of  communication,  but  they  are  much  slower  than  tele- 


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graph,  telephone  '  *  T.  P.  S. "  flash  lights,  flares,  or  rockets. 
Besides  this,  even  from  the  hard  army  viewpoint,  it  is 
wrong  to  waste  human  flesh  and  the  lives  of  men  in  do- 
ing work  which  could  be  done  just  as  well  and  more 
quickly  by  mechanical  means  and  devices. 

Gen.  Traub  had  assumed  that  his  officers  would  need 
a  stiff  spur  to  keep  them  far  enough  forward.  Before 
the  battle  he  called  them  together  and  made  a  speech,  in 
which  he  told  them  that  he  did  not  want  them  to  stay  in 
the  rear  in  their  dugouts  during  the  action,  but  with  the 
front  lines,  where  the  bullets  were  flying,  where  a  soldier 
justifies  his  existence. 

Those  things  sound  fine  in  a  speech,  but  in  a  battle,  a 
general  can  do  his  work  much  better  from  a  known  and 
established  headquarters  than  he  can  while  wandering 
about  the  field.  Col.  Nuttman  took  Gen.  Traub 's  words 
literally,  and  endeavored  to  keep  his  headquarters  near 
the  front  of  his  brigade  line.  He  had  come  to  the  brigade 
at  almost  the  last  moment  before  the  battle,  he  did  not 
know  his  colonels  by  sight  or  by  name,  he  did  not  know 
his  staff,  and  worst  of  all,  he  did  not  know  his  men  and 
what  their  capacities  were.  Gen.  McClure  whom  he  had 
relieved  knew  all  these  things  thoroughly.  There  never 
was  any  question  as  to  the  courage  of  any  of  these  officers, 
and  it  was  not  necessary  for  them  to  prove  their  bravery 
at  the  expense  of  efficiency. 

Nuttman  kept  his  headquarters  as  far  advanced  as  pos- 
sible, moving  from  one  shell  hole  to  another,  and  the 
chains  of  runners  designed  to  keep  him  in  communica- 
tion with  the  elements  of  his  brigade,  were  constantly 
being  broken  by  casualties  to  the  runners.  "When  a  run- 
ner would  return  to  brigade  headquarters,  he  might  find 
that  it  was  gone.     Col.  Nuttman 's  conception  of  liaison 


FAILURE   OF   LIAISON  139 

and  its  functions  and  values  seems  to  have  been  very 
vague.  He  moved  headquarters  so  frequently  that  run- 
ners could  not  find  it,  and  there  was  not  time  to  set 
up  the  wireless.  This  caused  and  continued  the  confusion 
in  the  elements  of  the  brigade.  Major  Dwight  Davis,  his 
Adjutant,  and  Lieutenant  Sylvester  Judge,  his  aide,  both 
told  him  this,  quite  bluntly. 

The  brigade  signal  men  had  prepared  2  kilometers  of 
telephone  wire  for  the  advance  to  keep  the  brigade  in 
touch  with  the  division  headquarters.  The  first  move- 
ment was  four  kilometers  forward.  Half  way  up  the 
headquarters  saw  the  last  of  that  signal  officer  sitting  on 
the  empty  spool  at  the  end  of  his  wire. 

About  3  p.  m.  on  the  first  day  of  the  fight,  a  wounded 
officer  reached  division  headquarters  and  informed  Lt. 
Col.  Gallagher  and  Capt.  FuUerton  that  Cheppy  and 
Varennes  had  been  taken.  This  seems  the  first  reliable 
information  they  had.  In  the  conversation  following,  the 
officer,  who  wanted  to  return,  asked  where  the  regimental 
headquarters  were. 

"I  wish  I  knew,"  said  Col.  Gallagher,  "and  I  wish  I 
knew  even  where  the  brigade  headquarters  are." 

The  French  and  British  officers  had  pounded  into  the 
Americans  the  vital  importance  of  liaison,  but  the  35th 
Division  leaders  never  seemed  to  have  much  of  an  idea  of 
it.  They  accepted  it  as  one  of  the  new  fangled  things 
which  had  come  in  with  the  war.  A  high  French  of- 
ficer said  that  the  army  with  the  best  liaison,  which  would 
function  at  all  times  and  keep  the  command  informed  of 
movements  and  which  would  transmit  orders  promptly 
and  accurately,  was  the  army  which  would  win  the  war. 

Some  of  the  arrangements  and  plans  in  the  35th  di- 
vision were  pitiful.     "Very"  pistols  were  issued  to  be 


140  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

used  for  signaling.  Then  ammunition  was  issued.  It  was 
for  pistols  of  another  bore.  Just  a  few  hours  before  the 
battle,  an  appendix  to  the  battle  orders  was  issued,  giving 
the  code  readings  of  the  rockets  and  flares.  It  was  a 
long  and  valuable  thing.  Six  white  balls  of  lights  in  a 
rocket  was  a  call  for  a  barrage,  one  white  and  one  green 
meant  one  thing  and  two  reds  and  a  blue  meant  another, 
and  so  on  down  the  list. 

Then  the  materials  were  obtained,  and  they  were  all 
"yellow  smoke."  There  Avas  no  code  on  the  list  for  yel- 
low smoke.  The  signallers  could  only  fire  that  one  sign 
and  it  did  not  mean  anything. 

The  wire  issued  to  the  137th  was  hopelessly  damaged 
and  spliced,  and  wound  on  an  immense  spool  much  too 
large  to  be  carried  by  a  man.  Lieut.  Goessling  unwound 
it  and  had  it  put  on  spools  which  had  held  barbed  wire. 

Confusion  in  the  front  inevitably  resulted,  from  the 
failure  of  higher  command  to  establish  headquarters  and 
keep  in  communication  with  the  units.  These  units  could 
not  learn  for  themselves  where  other  units  were,  and 
thus  must  surely  move  into  the  same  territory  with  other 
units  and  mix  with  them. 


CHAPTER  XXI 


NIGHT  ON  THE  BATTLEFIELD 

On  the  night  of  Sept.  26  the  division  lay  in  a  fairly  co- 
hesive line,  from  a  point  a  little  south  of  Very  to  a  point 
a  little  south  of  La  Forge,  on  the  Aire  River.  Sentries 
were  posted,  and  patrols  working  to  the  front  found  the 
enemy  at  various  distances  away,  nowhere  very  near. 

Of  all  the  hard  work  incident  to  soldiering,  the  very 
hardest  is  the  fighting  itself — the  pressing  ahead  through 
whatever  country,  climbing  hills,  fording  streams  and 
ditches,  clambering  through  mud,  and  the  work  of  the 
battle,  which  is  the  most  trying  on  muscle  and  nerve. 
The  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth  were  tired,  and  the  most  of 
them  slept,  although  the  enemy  artillery  fire  never  ceased. 

Out  on  the  battlefield  the  tangled  units  lay  in  seem- 
ing order,  organized  for  defense  or  quick  attack.  Besides 
the  prowling  patrols  there  was  little  movement  among 
the  infantry  except  where  an  officer  would  succeed  in 
finding  a  lost  platoon  or  squad  and  would  take  it  back  to 
its  parent  company.  The  sleepless  runners  pounded  away 
on  the  eternal  task  of  trying  to  find  in  the  darkness  an 
unknown  Colonel  and  deliver  to  him  a  message  from  a 
Brigadier-General  who  would  assuredly  have  moved  be- 
fore the  runner  returned. 

But  back  of  the  lines,  still  in  the  darkness,  for  one 
dared  not  show  a  light,  on  every  road  for  20  miles  there 
was  the  tangle  of  vehicles  trying  to  get  up  with  supplies, 
and  the  counter  current  of  ambulances  trying  to  get 
back  with  the  wounded.      The  roads  were  bad  in  the  ter- 

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142  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

ritory  captured  that  day,  and  our  system  of  traffic  control 
was  not  good.  Immense  numbers  of  negro  troops,  turned 
into  labor  battalions,  worked  constantly  to  repair  the 
roads.  In  the  tangle  of  traffic  they  plugged  away.  Bound 
northward  toward  the  battle  line  were  heavy  guns  and 
light  guns,  horse  or  motor  drawn,  and  in  some  instances 
75s  were  mounted  on  trucks  that  they  might  be  carried 
with  greater  dispatch. 

There  were  automobiles  of  all  kinds,  and  innumerable 
motor  trucks  carrying  everything  used  in  war,  there  were 
wagons,  rolling  kitchens,  water  carts,  limbers,  ambu- 
lances, ammunition  wagons,  ration  wagons,  machine  gun 
carts,  staff  cars  and  mixed  in  between  horses'  feet  and 
truck  wheels,  were  the  motor  cycle  orderlies  speeding 
through  every  crack  in  the  traffic  jam. 

The  first  day  for  the  Thirty-fifth  had  been  brilliantly  suc- 
cessful, the  artillery  had  done  its  work  magnificently  well, 
our  machine  gunners  were  effective  even  beyond  their 
own  expectations,  while  the  backbone  of  the  division,  the 
infantry,  had  proved  itself  the  equal  in  skill,  address  and 
bravery  of  the  enemy,  and  they  had  shown  a  big  superior- 
ity in  the  dash  and  boldness  which  gives  spring  and  vi- 
vacity to  an  attacking  army. 

The  first  prisoners  taken  were  from  the  second  Land- 
wehr  Division,  and  from  the  15th  Landsturm.  But  then 
came  captives  from  the  1st  and  5th  Divisions  of  the  Prus- 
sian guard.  From  prisoners  it  was  learned  that  the  53d 
line  Division,  one  of  the  best,  was  in  reserve,  and  the  grim 
work  in  the  offing  was  clearly  seen. 

It  is  a  cruel  necessity  of  war  which  requires,  under  con- 
ditions such  as  existed  that  first  night,  that  ambulances 
taking  wounded  to  the  rear  must  be  held  up  to  let  the 
guns  and  ammunition  go  forward.    Hour  after  hour  the 


NIGHT  ON   THE  BATTLEFIELD 

long  trains  of  ambulances  lay  in  the  congested  roads, 
some  of  the  wounded  singing  in  defiance,  some  moaning 
in  pain,  some  would  become  silent  for  a  while  and  some  be- 
came silent  forever.  One  of  the  few  advantages  of  a 
regular  battle  is  that  there  is  no  restriction  on  noise.  You 
may  talk,  sing  or  shout,  curse  or  pray  and  nobody  cares. 
Occasionally  a  man  of  the  Salvation  Army,  the  Y.  M,  C. 
A.,  the  K.  of  C.  or  some  other  service  would  work  his  way 
through,  giving  cigarettes  to  the  wounded,  but  usually  it 
was  the  ambulance  drivers  who  supplied  their  passengers 
with  smokes. 


CHAPTER  XXII 


CROSSED  ORDERS  FOR  SECOND  DAY'S  ATTACK 

The  first  day  of  the  Argonne  battle  had  gone  well  on 
the  whole  field.  Each  of  the  nine  divisions  had  advanced 
on  its  territory  and  the  forward  movement  along  the  16- 
mile  front,  attended  by  varying  fortunes  in  the  various 
areas  and  at  a  stiff  cost  everywhere,  showed  that  our 
troops  with  artillery  support  could  go  through  the  de- 
fenses of  the  Hindenburg  line. 

On  the  left  of  the  35th  Division,  between  a  mile 
and  two  miles  away,  was  the  Argonne  Forest.  The  orig- 
inal battle  plan  was  to  have  the  artillery  pile  gas  into  the 
forest  so  as  to  tie  up  enemy  activity  there  and  for  the  troops 
outside  the  forest  to  advance  on  either  side  of  it,  uniting 
at  Grand  Pre  at  the  northern  tip  of  the  forest.  The  Sev- 
enty-seventh Division,  in  whose  sector  the  most  of  the 
forest  lay,  would  then  have  only  the  task  of  mopping  up 
a  surrounded  territory.  These  things  were  all  incident 
to  the  main  object  of  the  advance,  which  was  to  get  to 
the  enemy's  railroads  at  Mezieres. 

Between  the  Thirty-fifth  and  the  forest  was  the  Twen- 
ty-eighth Division,  Pennsylvania  National  Guardsmen.  On 
the  other  side  of  the  forest  was  the  French  fourth  army, 
which  also  was  meeting  desperate  resistance. 

The  headquarters  of  the  69th  Brigade,  Colonel  Nuttman 
commanding,  was  near  the  junction  of  the  Baulny  Road 
and  the  Varennes-Cheppy  Road  on  the  night  of  Septem- 
ber 26. 

The  70th  Brigade  headquarters,  Colonel  Walker  com- 

144 


CROSSED  ORDERS  FOR  ATTACK  145 

maiiding,  was  in  Cheppy.  Colonel  Walker  was  physically 
exhausted  and  virtually  in  a  state  of  collapse. 

At  midnight,  a  mounted  orderly  instructed  both  Bri- 
gade Commanders  to  report  at  once  to  the  Divisional 
Chief  of  Staff.  Colonel  Walker  Avas  unable  to  go,  so 
Major  Norman  B.  Comfort  went  in  his  stead. 

The  Chief  of  Staff,  Colonel  Hawkins,  was  in  a  shell  hole 
about  a  mile  south  of  Cheppy.  With  him  were  Colonel 
Klemm,  of  the  Artillery  and  a  French  liaison  officer.  The 
Chief  of  Staff  had  not  seen  General  Traub  since  five 
o'clock  the  preceding  afternoon.  An  order  had  been  re- 
ceived from  corps  headquarters  to  resume  the  advance 
at  5 :30  in  the  morning.  The  situation  was  thoroughly 
canvassed,  and  it  was  clear  to  all  that  there  could  be  no 
artillery  support  before  8:30.  Colonel  Hawkins  there- 
fore dictated  an  order  to  resume  the  advance  at  8 :30  a.  m. 
The  business  of  reproducing  this  order  and  transmitting 
it  to  the  various  headquarters  devolved  upon  the  70th 
Brigade  Headquarters.  Major  Comfort  took  this  order, 
which  was  to  cause  the  movement  of  14,000  men,  mounted 
his  horse  and  rode  away  in  the  darkness.  At  the  70th 
Brigade  P.  C.  he  read  the  order  aloud,  and  the  other  of- 
ficers made  copies  of  it  for  transmission  to  the  regimental 
commanders. 

At  3 :10  Colonel  Nuttman  and  Colonel  Ristine  appeared 
at  70th  Brigade  headquarters.  They  had  gone  astray  in 
the  night,  and  moving  in  the  wrong  direction,  had  wan- 
dered up  to  the  front  lines,  Colonel  Nuttman  relying  up- 
on his  sense  of  direction  to  guide  them.  The  orders  were 
sent  out  by  runners,  and  because  of  the  distance,  the 
darkness  of  the  night  and  the  uncertainty  of  the  position 
of  the  troops,  great  fear  was  felt  that  the  orders  would 
not  reach  the  troops  in  time. 


146  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

At  4:20,  a  mounted  orderly  reached  the  70th  Brigade 
P.  C.  with  an  order  instructing  that  the  advance  should 
be  resumed  at  5  :30.  It  was  signed  in  code  by  the  Divi- 
sional Commander.  This  presented  a  situation  of  fearful 
possibilities.  An  order  had  been  sent  out  instructing 
the  troops  to  advance  at  8 :30  after  three  hours  artillery 
fire.  Here  now  was  another  order  seeming  to  make  it 
imperative  that  the  Chief  of  Staff  change  his  original  or- 
der and  send  the  troops  ahead  three  hours  earlier.  It 
seemed  almost  impossible  to  prepare  the  new  orders  and 
get  them  to  the  troops  in  time.  Among  the  dangers  was 
the  one  that  the  orders  might  reach  the  Infantry  and  not 
reach  the  Artillery,  and  that  our  men  might  advance  in- 
to our  own  artillery  fire.  There  was  also  the  possibility 
that  the  new  orders  might  reach  one  unit  in  time  for  it  to 
advance  at  5  :30,  and  not  reach  another,  in  which  case  one 
regiment  would  project  itself  into  the  enemy's  line,  while 
the  regiment  on  its  right  or  left  would  not,  thus  leaving 
the  advancing  regiment  with  at  least  one  flank  exposed. 

Corporal  James  Smith,  of  Eureka,  Kansas,  the  only 
runner  who  knew  the  way  to  Colonel  Hawkins'  shell  hole, 
was  dispatched  with  all  speed  to  obtain  additional  in- 
structions from  the  Chief  of  Staff.  He  came  back  at  4 :55 
with  the  answer  that  the  original  instructions  were  to 
stand — that  the  troops  were  to  advance  at  8 :30  after  three 
hours  artillery  preparation.  The  70th  Brigade  Head- 
quarters at  that  time  was  in  that  old  and  very  strong 
German  abri  in  Cheppy,  which  had  been  an  enemy  head- 
quarters. It  was  well  placed  under  a  hill  for  protection 
against  French  artillery  fire,  but  since  the  Germans  had 
been  driven  back  and  the  Americans  occupied  the  head- 
quarters, the  open  side  of  the  building  was  to  the  north 
and  therefore  unprotected  against  German  artillery  fire. 


CROSSED  ORDERS  FOR  ATTACK  147 

A  dramatic  thing  happened.  There  was  considerable 
enemy  artillery  fire  to  which  nobody  paid  much  attention 
until  a  shell  came  through  the  window  of  the  headquar- 
ters and  exploded  inside  the  room  with  a  great  crash.  All 
the  candles  were  blown  out,  and  it  was  feared  that  great 
damage  had  been  done.  When  the  candles  were  lighted 
again,  inquiry  was  made  whether  anyone  was  hurt,  but  the 
only  man  who  answered  had  a  few  cuts  on  his  face  from 
broken  glass.  Just  then  General  Traub  entered,  accom- 
panied by  Captain  Sammens.  He  asked  if  his  order  to  ad- 
vance at  5 :30  a.m.  had  been  received. 

The  situation  was  explained  to  him,  that  the  quickest 
possible  communication  with  the  forward  battalions  was 
forty  minutes,  barring  accident,  that  the  artillery  sched- 
ule could  not  be  changed  short  of  an  hour,  and  that  an 
advance  at  5  :30  a.  m.  was  impossible.  The  decision  of 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  sent  by  runner  to  let  his  first  order 
stand,  that  is,  the  one  instructing  the  advance  to  begin 
at  8:30  a.  m.,  was  explained  to  the  General.  General 
Traub  said  of  the  5:30  order  ''It  is  General  Pershing's 
order;  it  must  be  done."  After  more  argument  and  ex- 
planation it  was  decided  that  the  artillery  was  to  begin 
fire  at  5  :30,  and  the  infantry  should  advance  at  6  :30.  This 
made  it  necessary  to  get  orders  to  the  artillery  at  once, 
so  that  they  might  lift  their  fire  at  6 :30.  It  was  now  5 :15 
in  the  morning.  Ristine  hurried  away  to  his  regiment. 
Corporal  Smith,  the  only  enlisted  man  who  knew  the  way 
to  the  artillery  headquarters,  was  called  to  take  the  mes- 
sage. He  was  lying  in  a  bunk  and  failed  to  answer.  Com- 
fort shook  him  before  he  discovered  that  the  man  was 
dead.  The  shell  which  pased  through  the  window  had 
killed  him  instantly.  Comfort  himself  mounted  and  took 
the  order  to  the  artillery. 


CHAPTER  XXIII 


THE  ARTILLERY  PRESSES  FORWARD— THE 
MORNING  ATTACK 

The  artillery  had  worked  all  day  of  the  26th  and  all 
that  night  getting  forward,  for  the  infantry  would  of 
course,  attack  again  to  follow  up  its  success  of  the  first 
day  and  it  must  have  artillery  support. 

At  4  a.  m.  on  the  second  day,  Sept.  27,  one  battalion  of 
the  128th  Field  Artillery  went  into  position  near  Cheppy 
and  was  the  only  unit  of  artillery  which  was  able  to  assist 
the  infantry,  which  could  have  used  two  brigades  on  its 
task.  The  129th  Field  Artillery  was  in  position  by  7  a. 
m.  and  the  130th  Regiment  took  its  place  at  4:30  in  the 
afternoon.  Throughout  the  day  of  Sept.  27  the  entire 
brigade  threw  less  than  1200  shells,  against  more  than 
40,000  fired  the  preceding  day. 

That  the  artillery  was  able  to  move  at  all,  considering 
the  shortage  of  horses,  is  a  very  high  tribute  to  the  energy 
of  that  arm  of  the  service.  The  arrangements  for  sup- 
plying additional  horses  had  not  worked  out.  There  were 
horses  in  the  south  of  France  and  there  were  many  horses 
in  America,  but  they  could  not  be  brought  to  the  Argonne 
in  time  for  the  battle.  Our  army  bought  from  the  French 
all  the  horses  they  could  get.  Remount  officers  and  vet- 
erinarians were  instructed  to  pass  anything.  Prices  were 
very  high,  but  they  paid  the  prices  to  get  the  horses,  and 
they  were  a  sorry  lot.  Our  own  fine  artillery  horses  were 
worn  down  by  the  work  of  getting  the  guns  in  position 

148 


THE   ARTILLERY    PRESSES   FORWARD  149 

for  the  preliminary  bombardments.  When  the  killing 
work  of  moving  forAvard  over  bad  roads  began,  Septem- 
ber 26,  some  of  the  new  horses  lasted  two  days,  and  some 
only  two  hours,  but  guns  went  forward.  It  was  a  slow 
and  painful  progress  but  they  went  ahead. 

The  orders  were  for  the  regiments  of  the  Seventieth 
Brigade,  consisting  of  the  139th  and  the  140th  Infantry, 
to  leap-frog  over  the  regiments  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Bri- 
gade, the  137th  and  the  138th,  and  to  attack.  The  Sixty- 
ninth  Brigade  was  to  follow  the  advance  at  a  distance  of 
1000  meters. 

Gen.  Traub  knew  that  he  would  have  no  artillery  to 
support  the  attack  at  the  early  hour.  Nothing  was  farther 
from  his  desire  than  to  lose  troops  or  to  sacrifice  men,  but 
he  did  not  feel  that  he  was  justified  in  taking  the  matter 
in  his  own  hands  and  delaying  the  hour  for  the  attack  to 
8  :30.  In  the  early  morning,  about  1 :30,  he  had  left  his 
headquarters  on  Mamelon  Blanc  back  of  the  original  line, 
and  gone  forward  himself  with  some  of  his  staff  in  an  en- 
deavor to  see  brigade  and  regimental  commanders  to 
make  sure  the  orders  were  understood,  and,  to  quote  the 
words  of  his  report,  "thus  assuring  liaison  and  co-ordina- 
tion." That  was  how  he  appeared  at  the  last  moment  with 
the  change  in  orders. 

The  passage  of  lines  necessary  to  permit  the  Seventieth 
Brigade  to  attack  was  not  required  on  the  left,  for  Ris- 
tine  had  made  it  the  day  before.  The  formation  for 
the  attack  was  with  two  battalions  of  the  attacking  regi- 
ment in  the  front  line,  and  one  in  support.  The  regi- 
ments of  the  Sixty-ninth  were  to  form  in  column  of  bat- 
talions. 

A  machine  gun  company  was  attached  to  each  front 
line  battalion,  and  the  128th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  was 


150  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

attached  to  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade.  Tanks  were  as- 
signed to  the  attacking  brigade  of  mfantry,  to  be  used  as 
the  brigade  commander  thought  fit. 

Col.  Delaplane  of  the  140th,  on  the  right,  received  at 
5 :05  a.  m.  his  orders  to  attack  at  5  :30.  This  hardly  gave 
him  time  to  send  word  to  his  battalion  commander.  The 
orders  said  a  five-minute  artillery  barrage  would  precede 
the  attack.  He  passed  his  regiment  through  the  138th, 
and  was  ready  approximately  on  time,  but  the  artillery 
was  silent.  In  the  growing  daylight  the  enemy's  fire  was 
becoming  stronger  and  more  accurate  each  minute,  both 
artillery  and  machine  guns  playing  on  the  ground  over 
which  the  regiment  was  to  advance.  Delaplane  decided 
it  was  useless  to  sacrifice  men  waiting  for  our  own  artil- 
lery to  open,  so  he  ordered  the  advance  without  it. 

How  vital  the  artillery  is  to  the  infantry  was  made 
clear  as  soon  as  the  140th  began  to  move  over  the  high 
open  ground  which  lay  between  them  and  the  enemy.  Un- 
hampered by  fire  from  our  guns,  German  machine  guns' 
apparently  in  great  numbers  laid  a  withering  fire  across 
the  flat  top  of  Hill  218.  Charpentry  and  the  road  leading 
to  the  northeast  out  of  the  town  seemed  alive  with  enemy 
gunners  and  guns. 

The  heavy  artillery  fire  and  the  more  accurate  fire  from 
anti-tank  guns  made  it  impossible  for  the  tanks  to  advance. 
The  140th  was  paying  a  fearful  price  for  the  little  ground 
it  was  gaining,  and  the  advance  slowed  up  and  stopped. 
Orders  were  to  dig  in  and  hold  the  ground  gained. 

In  the  138th,  which  was  supporting  the  140th,  Capt. 
Thompson  was  put  in  command  of  L  and  M  companies, 
and  ordered  to  maintain  combat  liaison  between  the  right 
flank  of  the  35th  Division  and  the  left  flank  of  the  Ninety- 
first  Division.    He  moved  out  on  this  mission. 


THE   ARTILLERY   PRESSES   FORWARD  151 

The  other  elements  of  the  regiment  were  hardly  moved 
by  the  morning  attack,  as  they  were  to  follow  at  a  dis- 
tance of  1000  meters,  and  the  advance  of  the  140th  did 
not  seem  to  exceed  that.  A  steady  fire  from  artillery  fell 
on  the  position  they  held,  and  with  it  a  constant  attrition 
of  dead  and  wounded.  The  dressing  stations  were  up 
with  the  troops  and  an  endeavor  was  made  to  evacuate 
all  casualties  immediately,  but  it  was  not  entirely  success- 
ful. 

On  the  other  half  of  the  field  Ristine's  orders  to  ad- 
vance had  been  changed  to  6 :30  a.  m.  as  a  result  of  the 
compromise  between  the  first  order  for  8 :30  and  the  second 
order  for  5:30. 

Up  to  6:30  the  artillery  was  silent.  Ristine  notified 
brigade  headquarters  of  this,  and  also  that  he  was  ready 
to  attack  as  soon  as  the  artillery  opened. 

He  received  no  reply  from  the  brigade  and  there  was 
no  sound  of  any  important  artillerying  except  from  the 
enemy,  and  the  hour  had  passed,  so  he  attacked  without 
it,  as  Delaplane  had  done  an  hour  before.  His  formation 
caught  the  full  fire  of  the  enemy  artillery  and  machine 
guns.  Ristine  was  able  to  advance,  but  as  he  saw  the 
swaths  the  opposing  fire  was  making  in  his  ranks,  he  de- 
cided the  price  was  too  heavy.  He  halted  his  regiment, 
ordered  the  men  to  dig  in,  and  sent  a  message  to  brigade 
headquarters  that  he  could  not  advance  further  without 
artillery  support. 


CHAPTER  XXIV 


THE  NIGHT  ATTACK— CHARPENTRY  AND 
BAULNY  TAKEN 

The  situation  at  10  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  27 
was  about  like  this : 

Although  badly  tangled  by  the  fighting  through  the 
fog  on  the  first  day  the  infantry  had  attacked  on  the 
morning  of  the  second  day  while  still  in  the  spirit  of  vic- 
tory, but  before  there  had  been  time  or  opportunity  to  re- 
organize the  units.  The  morning  was  cold  and  cheerless, 
threatening  with  rain,  but  the  spirit  of  the  division  was 
not  of  the  volatile  kind  which  Avould  change,  because  of 
the  weather.  The  men  were  uplifted  and  upheld  by  a  con- 
viction that  they  could  whip  the  Germans,  given  an  even 
break  in  big  gun  fire,  aerial  observation  and  the  other 
side  lines  of  battle. 

They  advanced  the  second  day  along  the  whole  division- 
al front,  without  artillery  preparation  or  a  barrage,  or  at 
best  with  a  very  thin  one.  The  enemy  was  strengthened 
at  every  point  and  he  had  brought  fresh  troops,  espe- 
cially machine  gunners,  to  stop  the  American  advance.  It 
was  not  a  common  line  of  German  troops,  battered  by  a 
thorough  artillery  pounding,  against  which  the  Thirty- 
fifth  moved  the  second  day.  It  was  a  rebuilt  line  of 
thoroughly  tried  troops,  nearly  all  machine  gunners, 
equaling  the  best  men  in  the  German  army.  The  artillery 
advantage  was  with  the  enemy. 

The  troops  started  out  under  Gen.  Traub's  orders.  The 

152 


CHARPENTRY   AND   BAULNY    TAKEN  153 

price  paid  for  the  ground  gained  was  too  great.  It  was 
an  unprofitable  commerce.  By  command  of  their  regi- 
mental commanders,  they  stopped  and  dug  in. 

Throughout  the  division  there  was  always  much  argu- 
ment and  boasting  and  knocking  going  on  between  the 
guardsmen  who  had  served  on  the  Mexican  Border 
and  those  who  had  not.  Those  who  had  not  called  the 
others  the  "Cactus  Veterans."  As  the  men  lay  before 
Charpentry,  held  up  by  all  the  fire  the  Germans  could 
give  from  three  sides,  a  tall,  red-headed  sergeant  rose 
from  his  foxhole,  and  looking  about  the  prostrate  lines, 
yelled,  ''AVhat  have  you  Cactus  birds  got  to  say  about 
this?" 

Approximately  a  thousand  meters  behind  the  regiments 
of  the  Seventieth  Brigade  (the  139th  and  the  140th)  were 
the  137th  and  138th,  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade.  They 
were  in  support,  but  there  was  such  a  profusion  of  German 
fire  that  each  of  them  was  constantly  taking  casualties. 

It  is  a  distressing  thing  for  troops  to  lie  under  fire,  and 
wait  for  aid.  It  was  impossible  to  reorganize  under  con- 
ditions such  as  existed  on  the  morning  of  the  27th,  and 
while  little  additional  intermingling  of  units  resulted,  the 
mixing  done  the  day  and  night  preceding  was  not  rem- 
edied. 

Eistine  heard  of  tanks  in  his  rear,  sent  for  them,  and  at 
noon  tried  to  move  forward  again.  He  placed  the  tanks 
on  his  right  and  formed  his  right  wing  behind  them.  That 
part  of  the  line  moved  faster  than  his  left,  but  the  artil- 
lery and  anti-tank  fire  was  too  heavy,  so  the  tanks  turned 
and  retired  from  the  field.  This  left  Ristine's  right  well 
ahead  of  his  left,  but  the  troops  dug  in  again  and  held 
the  crooked  line. 

OuJ*.  guns  were  beginning  to   open   occasionally,   and 


154  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

noting  this,  Ristine  sent  word  to  brigade  headquarters 
that  if  it  would  give  him  30  minutes'  destructive  fire  on 
Charpentry  and  Baulny,  and  a  barrage  in  front  of  that 
part  of  his  line  which  was  east  of  the  road,  he  could 
move  forward.  It  was  out  of  Baulny  and  Charpentry 
that  the  heaviest  opposing  fire  was  coming.  Ristine 
feared  to  move  his  left  forward  because  of  the  artillery 
fire  which  came  from  across  the  river  in  the  sector  of  the 
Twenty-eighth  Division,  It  was  apparent  that  the  Twen- 
ty-eighth had  not  advanced  as  far  as  the  Thirty-fifth  and 
this  left  the  Thirty-fifth's  left  flank  exposed  to  the 
enemy. 

Receiving  no  word  as  to  artillery  support,  Ristine 
pulled  his  right  back  to  the  line  of  his  left,  ordered  the 
men  to  dig  in  and  called  a  meeting  of  battalion  and  com- 
pany commanders  to  see  how  he  stood.  Then  at  5  p.  m., 
he  received  orders  to  attack  at  5 :30. 

The  attack  for  5  :30  was  ordered  by  divisional  head- 
quarters when  it  became  apparent  that  the  morning  at- 
tack had  failed  of  its  purpose.  The  corps  and  the  army 
demanded  an  advance.  The  division  had  tried,  but  was 
stopped  and  held  in  its  tracks.  The  other  eight  divisions 
were  attacking  with  varying  results,  but  for  the  success 
of  the  operation,  all  must  go  ahead. 

Gen.  Traub  received  this  message  from  General  Pershing 
and  immediately  ordered  the  night  attack: 

27  September,  4 :30  p.  m. 
From  C  in  C. 

He  expects  the  35th  Division  to  move  forward.  He 
is  not  satisfied  with  the  Division  being  stopped  by  ma- 
chine gun  nests  here  and  there.  He  expects  the  Divi- 
sion to  move  forward  now  in  accordance  to  orders. 

Officers  and  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth  believed  it  was  one 


CHARPENTRY    AND    BAULNY    TAKEN 


155 


of  the  best  divisions  in  France.  At  5:30  the  division  stood 
upon  its  feet  amidst  its  dead,  and  prepared  to  advance, 
to  show  whether  it  was  as  good  a  fighting  outfit  as  it 
believed  it  was. 

Just  before  the  hour  of  the  attack,  nine  tanks,  probably 
the  same  ones  which  had  fought  so  well  before  Cheppy, 
came  chugging  over  the  road  from  Very,  through  the 
position  of  the  138th  and  out  onto  the  front  of  the  140th. 


GERMAN  PRISONERS 


The  infantry  attacked  Avith  them.  That  was  on  the  right 
of  our  line.  On  our  left  Ristine  gave  orders  quickly  to 
his  officers  in  conference,  and  sent  them  hurriedly  back 
to  their  commands.  His  intelligence  officer,  Lieut.  Cos- 
grove,  formerly  of  the  138th,  and  Capt.  Brown,  regi- 
mental Adjutant,  already  were  dead  in  the  day's  fighting. 
There  was  less  than  half  an  hour  for  preparation. 

Guiding  well  to  the  left  and  attacking  Charpentry  and 
Baulny  almost  from  the  south,  the  139th  came  out  of  its 


156  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

foxholes  like  war  dogs  off  the  leash.  They  took  a  singe- 
ing fire  full  in  the  face,  charged  over  the  machine  guns 
and  stamped  them  out  like  nests  of  rats  and  with  assist- 
ance of  other  units,  had  taken  both  Charpentry  and 
Baulny  before  stopping  to  count  the  cost.  The  line  they 
could  not  breach  in  the  morning  was  no  weaker.  It  did 
not  crumble.  But  it  was  as  if  our  men  had  gathered 
strength  as  they  lay  waiting  through  the  day,  and  in  the 
afternoon  the  Germans  could  not  stop  them. 

Captain  Haftle  led  the  3d  Battalion  of  the  139th  against 
Baulny  and  took  it. 

Some  men  of  the  2d  Battalion  of  the  138th  also  assisted 
in  the  taking  of  Charpentry,  as  did  parts  of  the  137th 
regiment. 

Lieut.  Axline  of  E  Company,  139th,  was  wounded  as 
his  outfit  was  passing  through  the  wire,  a  mile  northwest 
of  Charpentry.  A  machine  gun  bullet  passed  through 
his  chest.  He  put  his  hand  over  the  hole,  concealing  the 
wound,  and  stayed  with  his  men  until  they  were  out  of 
the  dangerous  path  through  the  wire,  then  fell  behind, 
dropped  into  a  shell  hole  and  died. 

Ristine  thought  he  could  prevent  his  regiment  from 
mixing  more  than  it  had  already  if  he  kept  well  to  the 
front,  so  he  accompanied  the  advancing  line.  Rieger  and 
the  other  battalion  commanders  were  to  handle  the  rest 
of  the  regiment  as  it  was  disposed  for  battle. 

They  went  forward  fast,  once  the  stiff  crust  of  the  Ger- 
man position  was  cracked.  The  Second  Battalion,  Rieger 's, 
pulled  up  near  to  Montrebeau  wood.  Ristine  went  even 
faster,  too  fast  altogether,  as  will  be  shown. 

The  137th  had  started  to  advance  in  the  morning  be- 
hind the  139th,  had  halted  when  the  leading  regiment 


CHARPENTRY   AND   BAULNY    TAKEN  157 

Iialted,  and  had  lain  all  day  on  the  wet  field,  under  shell 
and  indirect  machine  gun  fire. 

At  5:30  p.  m.,  Maj.  O'Connor  of  the  137th  received  or- 
ders to  attack  at  5  :30,  and  at  the  same  time  he  was  ad- 
vised that  Col.  Hamilton  was  "out,"  whether  by  wound, 
sickness,  or  orders  not  being  explained,  and  that  Maj. 
O'Connor  was  in  command  of  the  regiment.  O'Connor' 
set  his  troops  in  motion  and  hurried  to  regimental  head- 
quarters to  get  the  staff  and  learn  just  what  the  situation 
was.  Near  there  he  met  the  brigade  commander,  who  or- 
dered him  to  advance  with  the  troops. 

He  hurried  ahead  and  caught  up  with  his  outfit  just 
as  the  First  Battalion  was  advancing  against  Baulny. 
O'Connor  got  together  a  scratch  detachment,  including 
part  of  L  Company  of  the  139th,  and  went  through  Baulny, 
probably  as  early  as  Ristine's  men  did.  There  was  some 
fighting  in  Baulny,  20  prisoners  were  taken,  and  0  'Connor 
pushed  ahead. 

With  his  outfit  he  pressed  on  in  the  darkness  for  prob- 
ably four  kilometers,  which  would  have  carried  him  into 
the  outskirts  of  Fleville,  meeting  no  opposition  anywhere. 
The  Germans  seemed  to  him  to  be  withdrawing. 

His  scouts  found  no  other  elements  of  the  Thirty-fifth 
on  either  side,  so  he  decided  that  he  must  be  too  far  ahead 
of  the  others,  and  that  it  would  be  wise  to  get  back  in 
liaison.  On  both  sides  of  his  detachment  he  heard  work- 
ing parties,  and  the  rumble  of  wheels,  indicating  that  the 
Germans  were  retreating. 

On  the  way  back  he  found  part  of  the  139th  Machine 
Gun  Company,  and  he  also  ran  across  in  the  darkness.  Col. 
Shannon,  of  the  general  staff,  who  had  come  up  to  ob- 
serve the  action.  Shannon  returned  to  the  line  with  Maj. 
0  'Connor. 


158  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

They  heard  a  voice  in  tlie  woods  yelling,  in  German, 
"Oh,  Gus."  O'Connor  had  one  of  his  men  who  spoke 
German  to  shout  a  reply.  In  this  way  they  drew  the 
German  up  to  them  and  captured  him.  He  said  he  had 
left  the  retreating  troops  to  try  and  find  his  "bunkie" 
who  had  become  lost  from  the  main  body. 

O'Connor's  detachment  returned  to  the  established 
line  north  of  Baulny.  He  found  it  was  composed  of  most 
of  the  First  Battalion  of  the  137th,  and  the  machine  gun 
company  of  the  137th  and  three  companies  of  the  139th 
and  the  139th  machine  gun  company.  Into  these  were 
mixed,  and  badly  mixed,  men  of  several  other  companies. 
The  whole  bunch  was  in  a  little  hollow  too  much  crowded, 
Maj.  O'Connor  thought,  and  badly  organized  for  resist- 
ance. He  tried  to  improve  the  disposition  for  resistance, 
but  did  not  essay  to  redistribute  the  units,  which  would 
have  been  a  hopeless  task  in  the  darkness.  It  was  after 
midnight,  so  there  they  dug  in,  and  lay  for  the  rest  of  the 
night. 

The  late  afternoon  attack  on  the  right  was  meeting  al- 
most as  much  success.  Behind  the  tanks,  Delaplane's 
140th  went  surging  ahead,  cleaned  the  machine  gun  nests 
which  had  held  them  up,  took  a  battery  of  artillery,  and 
rested  on  the  edge  of  the  hill  to  the  north,  when  renewed 
violence  of  artillery  met  them.  The  first  battalion  of  the 
140th  went  well  beyond  Charpentry,  and  was  out  of  touch 
with  the  regiment  until  the  following  day. 

The  138th  advanced  behind  the  140th.  It  had  been  un- 
der fire  all  day,  held  in  its  place,  suffering  casualties,  and 
unable  to  return  a  blow.  The  machine  guns  felt  out  the 
enemy  positions,  but  there  was  nothing  of  the  winning 
action  of  the  day  before. 

From  Charpentry  there  ran  to    the   northeast   a   fine. 


CHARPENTRY   AND   BAULNY    TAKEN  159 

straight  road,  2000  years  old,  for  it  was  built  by  the  Ko- 
mans  to  connect  up  their  outposts  when  they  first  invaded 
Gaul.  Tall  trees,  many  of  them  shell-shattered,  stood  at 
equal  distances  along  the  road.  At  the  foot  of  every  tree 
there  was  a  machine  gun  emplacement.  The  gunners 
placed  there  were  of  the  kind  who  fight  to  the  last  and 
who  do  not  surrender.  No  prisoners  were  taken  along 
that  line  of  trees,  but  our  men  went  through. 

At  about  3  p.  m.  the  enemy  put  a  concentration  of  fire 
on  the  position  held  by  the  First  Battalion.  It  was  largely 
high  explosive  and  gas,  and  it  did  considerable  damage. 
Lieut.  Brown  was  wounded  and  Col.  Parker,  commanding 
the  regiment,  ordered  the  battalion  to  withdraw  to  the  shel- 
ter of  a  ravine,  which  it  did.  Capt.  Crist  was  gassed  and 
Lieut.  Brightfield  took  command  of  the  battalion. 

When  the  advance  came  at  5 :30,  the  138th  moved  up 
behind  the  140th,  and  its  position  when  it  dug  in  was  not 
far  from  that  occupied  by  the  140th  during  the  day.  The 
fire  which  daylight  observation  permitted  the  enemy  ar- 
tillery to  put  on  this  section  continued  through  the  night, 
and  the  138th  suffered  heavily. 

Lieut.  Bazan,  commanding  G  Company,  was  killed,  and 
Capt.  Meier,  commanding  the  battalion,  was  wounded  at 
the  same  time,  about  10  p.  m.  Lieut.  Leahy,  who  had  done 
so  w6ll  in  the  Vosges  raid,  took  command  of  the  battalion. 
The  Third  Battalion,  under  Capt.  Bottger  was  on  the  right, 
and  Capt.  Thompson,  with  two  companies,  maintained  com- 
bat liaison  with  the  Ninety-first  Division. 

Lieut.  Bazan,  a  boy  from  Moberly,  Mo.,  had  commanded 
G  Company  from  the  beginning  of  the  action.  He  was  ly- 
ing on  the  ground,  and  around  him  were  scattered  many 
men  of  his  company.  Sergeant  Rives  started  to  give  his 
company  commander  first  aid.    Bazan  said:    "Don't  waste 


160  PROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO    EXERMONT 

any  time  on  me.  Take  care  of  these  other  men  first.  I  am 
going  to  die.  You  can  save  them."  He  gave  the  same  or- 
der to  Sergeant  Ferguson,  when  he  wanted  to  bandage  the 
Lieutenant's  wound.  Bazan  died  while  waiting  for  his 
turn.  I  do  not  know  of  a  ease  of  higher  heroism  or  purer 
devotion  to  duty  and  the  cause.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the 
medical  men  to  salvage  as  many  men  as  possible.  Bazan  felt 
that  there  was  little  salvage  left  in  him  and  he  deliberately 
turned  away  the  men  who  would  have  endeavored  to  save 
his  life,  in  order  that  they  might  attend  other  soldiers,  less 
seriously  wounded,  that  they  might  come  back  and  fight 
another  day.  He  believed  that  he  was  dying  and  his 
thoughts  were  aimed  at  making  the  force  in  whose  service 
he  had  taken  this  fatal  wound  a  stronger  force  in  the  days 
to  come.  Only  a  very  brave  man,  even  if  he  believes  his 
own  chance  is  slight,  can  deny  himself  the  help  of  the  men 
who  will  give  him  his  one  little  chance  of  life. 

On  the  night  of  the  27th,  after  L  Company  had  moved 
forward,  Capt.  Clarence  Sodeman  was  killed  instantly. 
He  had  disposed  his  men  and  ordered  them  to  dig  in,  and 
was  walking  along  the  position  to  see  if  they  were  prop- 
erly placed  when  he  was  hit. 

So  ended  the  second  day,  Sept.  27,  v/ith  increasing  cas- 
ualties among  men  and  officers,  only  a  small  part  of  which 
casualties  I  have  mentioned. 

When  the  men  finally  dug  in  for  the  night,  the  main 
mass  of  the  troops  were  beyond  Baulny,  and  some  of  the 
more  dashing  elements  probably  were  as  far  advanced  as 
Montrebeau  Wood.    Rieger  was  in  Montrebeau  Wood. 

There  was  a  fairly  distinct  line,  but  the  mixing  of  ele- 
ments was  growing  worse.  Every  regiment,  in  its  space, 
doubtless  had  elements  of  every  other  regiment.  De- 
tachments Avere  strung  along  back  toward  Cheppy,  and 


k 


'    CHARPENTRY    AND    BAULNY    TAKEN  161 

there  was  a  determined,  but  seldom  successful  effort,  by 
all  commanders  to  get  up  rations  from  Cheppy. 

The  men  were  physically  tired,  many  of  them  thirsty, 
and  some  hungry,  although  the  iron  rations  were  not  yet 
exhausted.  But  the  spirit  was  excellent.  Despite  the 
mixing  of  elements  and  the  loss  of  officers,  the  morale 
was  high,  and  it  was  a  fine,  determined  fighting  organiza- 
tion that  filled  the  foxholes  which  dotted  the  ground  from 
Baulny  eastward. 

In  all  four  regiments  on  the  second  day,  there  was  a 
scarcity  of  water.  The  water  carts  had  not  come  up,  and 
virtually  every  available  source  of  water  on  the  field  was 
under  suspicion,  and  its  use  forbidden  to  the  men.  It  was 
supposed  that  the  Germans,  before  retiring,  had  poisoned 
the  wells  and  springs.  Canteens  had  been  emptied,  and 
the  men  felt  badly  the  need  of  water. 

Close  behind  the  infantry  in  every  advance  went  men 
of  the  sanitary  train  to  test  the  water  in  newly  taken  ter- 
ritory. Every  well,  spring  or  creek  was  labeled  "Poi- 
soned, "  "  Do  not  drink :  May  be  used  for  washing, "  "  Good 
drinking  water,"  or  whatever  the  analysis  showed.  Tests 
were  made  rapidly  and  the  men  who  made  them,  soldiers 
for  everything  except  that  they  carried  a  testing  set  in- 
stead of  a  rifle,  worked  under  the  same  conditions  of  shell 
fire  and  machine  gun  fire  that  the  infantry  did. 

In  the  area  over  which  the  35th  Division  advanced 
there  were  found  seven  wells  or  springs  which  the  tests 
showed  should  be  labeled  "Poison." 


CHAPTER  XXV 


RISTINE  IN  THE  GERMAN  LINES 

It  was  nearly  dark  when  Charpentry  was  taken  on  the 
evening  of  September  27.  The  objective  of  that  attack 
was  a  line  running  through  Exermont,  4  kilometers 
further  north.  Col.  Ristine  decided  to  push  forward  and 
follow  up  the  success  of  the  late  afternoon,  believing  the 
troops  would  reach  the  objective.  His  two  runners  were 
killed  in  the  barrage  before  Charpentry,  and  the  troops  on 
both  sides  of  him  killed  or  wounded  by  machine  gun  fire 
or  artillery.  Only  his  Adjutant,  Lieut.  James  H.  McCord, 
accompanied  Ristine  when  they  reached  the  valley  of 
Charpentry.  There  in  the  dusk  some  of  our  troops  were 
taking  prisoners  from  dugouts,  others  were  fighting  on 
the  right  and  left  and  some  troops  were  going  up  the  hill 
across  the  valley.  In  the  late  dusk  he  could  not  tell 
whether  they  were  Americans  or  Germans,  but  supposed 
they  were  forward  elements  of  our  lines. 

Lieut.  McCord  was  severely  wounded  and  Ristine  pro- 
ceeded alone,  expecting  to  get  with  our  leading  elements, 
get  hold  of  some  more  runners  and  keep  things  going,  while 
they  were  going  good. 

Just  before  Charpentry  cemetery  he  was  met  with 
heavy  machine  gun  fire.  He  lay  low  for  some  time,  until 
the  fire  in  his  immediate  front  died  down. 

He  finally  went  forward  into  the  cemetery  and  emerged 
from  it  to  the  west,  and  some  distance  off  ran  into  a 
Lieutenant  and  five  privates  from  the  137th.    They  told 

]62 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN    LINES  163 

him  the  front  lines  had  gone  forward  and  the  party  set 
out  to  catch  up  with  them.  They  cut  such  wires  as  they 
could,  and  bombed  dugouts.  They  could  hear  fighting 
on  their  right,  left  and  front.  The  party  of  seven  had 
three  automatic  rifles. 

Ristine  had  no  idea  our  troops  had  stopped  long  before 
and  that  he  was  headed  for  the  enemy  lines. 

When  they  reached  a  point  near  Camp  Drachen  or  the 
hill  just  south  of  the  valley  which  leads  to  Exermont  they 
ran  into  the  Germans.  No  one  was  talking,  although 
they  could  hear  troops  all  around  and  some  very  near. 
Ristine  yelled  at  them,  ' '  What  outfit  is  this  ? ' '  There  was 
no  answer,  but  he  soon  learned  it  was  part  of  the  German 
Army,  in  retreat.  Ristine  did  not  know  what  to  do.  It 
was  so  dark  he  could  tell  very  little  about  the  terrain,  he 
had  lost  his  flash  light,  although  he  could  not  have  used 
it  if  he  had  had  it.  He  did  not  want  to  be  surrounded 
and  he  hated  to  retire  from  a  retiring  foe. 

Ristine  believes  if  he  had  not  called  to  the  Germans,  he 
could  have  joined  them  with  safety.  The  Americans  de- 
cided to  move  back  to  the  top  of  the  crest  behind  them, 
and  there  they  crawled  into  a  new  shell  hole,  large 
enough  to  accommodate  all.  They  set  in  to  organize  it 
and  dig  it  out  in  the  bottom  to  make  things  more  com- 
fortable and  decided  they  could  hold  out  until  the  other 
troops  arrived.  They  figured  they  would  not  be  discov- 
ered before  morning  and  in  the  daylight  they  could  fight 
it  out  for  awhile.  They  constructed  auto  rifles  positions 
on  four  sides  of  the  hole  and  had  themselves  comfortable 
in  the  bottom  when  the  German  machine  gunners  began 
to  get  active.  Soon  it  became  apparent  that  two  ma- 
chine guns  were  crossing  their  fire  over  the  shell  hole. 
This  indicated  the  enemy  intended  to  stay  where  he  was 


164  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO    EXERMONT 

until  he  got  the  Americans.  The  seven  Americans  talked 
the  matter  over  and  Ristine  finally  decided  that  he  could 
not  justify  himself  in  compelling  the  men  to  accompany 
him.  They  were  surrounded  by  the  Germans  and  any 
movement  of  as  many  men  as  were  in  the  shellhole  would 
indubitably  be  observed,  whereas  one  man  or  two  men 
might  move  about  unhindered.  Finally  Col.  Ristine  gave 
the  men  permission  to  go  whatever  way  they  chose.  "Ev- 
ery man  for  himself,"  he  ordered. 

The  matter  was  discussed  in  detail.  Ristine  felt  sure 
that  the  enemy  would  have  placed  men  in  the  rear  of  the 
shell  holes,  and  on  both  flanks,  in  the  hope  either  of  kill- 
ing or  capturing  the  Americans  when  they  tried  to  es- 
cape. He  argued,  therefore,  that  the  best  tactics  was  to 
crawl  out  and  move  forward  toward  the  German  lines. 
After  an  advance  of  one  or  two  hundred  yards  in  that 
direction,  he  suggested  turning  to  the  right  or  left,  cir- 
cling the  troops  guarding  the  shell  hole,  and  returning  to 
the  Americans'  own  lines.  The  others  did  not  like  this 
plan,  so  Ristine  set  out  alone.  He  crawled  out  of  the  hole 
and  for  a  long  distance  directly  toward  the  enemy,  then 
turned  and  walked  parallel  to  the  positions  he  supposed 
the  lines  to  occupy. 

After  Ristine  had  had  time  to  get  a  hundred  meters 
away,  two  other  men  crawled  out  of  the  shell  hole.  They 
were  never  seen  again  and  doubtless  were  killed  soon  after 
emerging.  Next,  one  man  made  the  attempt  and  he  was 
hit  just  as  he  went  over  the  edge  and  fell  back  into  the 
shell  hole  dead.  The  other  four  remained  in  the  shell 
hole  and  were  taken  prisoners  by  the  Germans. 

By  that  time,  Ristine  was  walking  about  inside  the  Ger- 
man lines.  It  was  very  dark  and  he  could  not  look  at 
his  map,  and  he  knew  it  would  be  poor  policy  to  stop 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN   LINES  165 

for  any  length  of  time  and  examine  closely  his  prismatic 
compass.  On  these  compasses  the  needle  is  illuminated 
like  the  hands  on  the  illuminated  dial  of  a  watch. 

He  found  the  Germans  in  hurried  retreat.  It  was  al- 
most a  rout.  From  the  American  guns  there  came  a  slight 
''interdiction"  fire.  There  was  not  sufficient  artillerying 
to  do  any  great  damage,  but  it  was  enough  to  keep  the 
Germans  from  forming  or  getting  into  groups.  This  was 
a  great  assistance  to  the  wandering  American,  because  if 
the  Germans  themselves  were  scattered,  one  man  wander- 
ing alone  would  excite  no  comment  and  there  would  be 
no  question  as  to  why  he  was  not  connected  with  his  or- 
ganization. It  was  a  very  dark  night,  and  a  cold,  steady 
rain  was  falling,  as  no  one  will  forget  who  was  in  the  val- 
ley of  the  Aire  on  the  night  of  September  27th,  1918. 

The  armies  were  very  close  together.  No  one  knew  ex- 
actly how  close.  No  lights  were  shown  in  the  open  by 
either  army.  The  only  lights  were  in  dugouts  with  well 
blanketed  doors,  and  the  flash  lights  under  cover  at  the 
dressing  stations  where  the  surgeons  worked  over  wounded 
men.  The  retreating  Germans  were  going  about  their  busi- 
ness with  the  greatest  haste  possible.  While  virtually  all 
the  movement  was  backward  there  was  the  incidental  nec- 
essary movement  of  men  forward  and  in  directions  parallel 
to  the  front. 

Ristine  came  across  a  dugout  apparently  deserted  which 
had  been  headquarters  for  a  German  officer.  The  officer's 
kit  was  laid  out  ready  to  be  packed  for  departure.  Ris- 
tine, who  was  very  hungry,  thoroughly  chilled  and  wet 
through,  had  no  overcoat  of  his  own  so  he  took  the  Ger- 
man officer's  coat  and  put  it  on.  I  don't  know  whether 
it  occurred  to  him  at  the  time  that  this  action  would  have 
made  him  a  spy  in  the  eyes  of  the  enemy  if  he  had  been 


166  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

captured  and  that  it  would  doubtless  have  brought  the 
summary  punishment  a  spy  received. 

He  adopted  a  course  of  action  which  he  thought  would 
be  the  most  like  that  employed  by  a  German  officer  mov- 
ing about  within  his  own  lines  at  that  time.  Whenever  he 
passed  near  a  working  party,  he  moved  as  if  he  had  some 
pressing  business  on  hand.  He  had  always  to  pretend  by 
his  actions  that  he  was  very  busy  and  had  to  hurry  some 
place  to  attend  to  this  business.  He  figured  that  the 
chances  of  being  discovered  were  slight  as  long  as  the 
darkness  covered  him  and  as  long  as  he  did  not  try  to  es- 
cape from  the  German  lines.  The  fact  that  he  wore  an 
American  helmet  did  not  cause  him  great  concern  because 
in  the  darkness  it  would  be  almost  impossible  for  an  ob- 
server to  discover  that. 

I  am  not  sure  that  it  would  have  meant  instant  dis- 
covery even  if  the  identity  of  the  helmet  had  become 
known.  In  our  own  lines  I  have  seen  American  soldiers 
wearing  German  helmets  without  drawing  any  comment 
except  ridicule.  There  was  a  general  belief  that  the  Ger- 
man helmet  gave  more  protection  to  the  neck  than  the  flat 
American  metal  hat. 

Whenever  he  came  to  a  road  Ristine  walked  along  it 
just  as  if  he  had  all  the  business  in  the  world  there.  When 
there  was  no  one  near,  he  endeavored  to  orient  himself 
and  discover  the  best  way  back  home.  When  anyone  ap- 
proached he  immediately  again  took  on  the  air  of  being  a 
veiy  industrious  person  going  on  some  very  important 
mission  and  brazened  his  way  through. 

There  was  very  little  talking  among  the  Germans.  From 
weariness  or  because  of  orders,  or  possibly  because  it  was 
their  training,  they  talked  very  little  in  their  work,  and 
always  in  a  low  tone  of  voice. 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN    LINES  167 

Ristine  decided  that  if  he  were  challenged  he  would 
respond  gruffly  if  forced  to  respond  at  all  and  if  the  chal- 
lenger became  insistent,  he  would  shoot  him  and  do  his 
best  to  escape  in  the  darkness.  He  would  have  had  a  very 
good  chance  at  this.  To  carry  out  this  plan,  from  the  time 
he  left  the  shell  hole  until  he  was  within  the  American 
lines  at  the  28th  division  headquarters  he  carried  his  Colt 
automatic  in  his  hand  constantly,  more  than  24  hours. 

It  seems  strange  now  that  in  all  this  time  he  was  never 
challenged,  but  it  is  only  from  the  viewpoint  of  civilian 
life  that  such  a  thing  does  seem  strange. 

It  was  my  observation  that  a  battle  field  at  night  in 
open  warfare  was  unlike  anything  that  I  had  conceived 
it  to  be.  In  an  organized  trench  system,  of  course,  there 
would  be  a  proper  arrangement  of  sentries  and  guards 
and  it  would  be  impossible  for  one  to  move  about  much 
without  being  challenged.  But  in  the  open  field  where 
the  tired  men  lay  down  to  sleep  at  night,  there  is  endless 
confusion.  And  if  the  army  is  in  retreat  there  is  no  sleep, 
which  only  adds  to  the  general  appearance  and  feeling  of 
disorganization.  Almost  the  only  guards  are  in  the  open 
out  in  front  of  the  foe,  watching  for  a  counter  attack. 
There  are  none  except  traffic  men  within  the  lines.  Offi- 
cers and  men  are  moving  in  all  directions  on  a  hundred 
different  missions.  They  are  endeavoring  to  get  their  own 
outfits  in  shape  for  movement.  They  are  trying  to  find 
their  commands.  They  are  looking  about  to  see  if  the  ma- 
terial under  their  control  is  being  properly  handled  and 
cared  for.  They  are  seeking  comrades  to  whom  they  have 
entnisted  their  belongings.  They  are  going  back  to  the 
dugout  last  occupied  to  get  the  papers  and  maps  left  there. 
They  are  going  forward  to  see  if  the  traffic  jam  has  been 
cleared  and  the  road  is  open  for  them.     They  are  going 


168  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

to  the  left  or  right  to  find  if  the  unit  they  are  to  follow 
is  ready  to  move. 

It  would  be  impossible  for  all  this  work  to  be  done  with 
speed  (and  speed  is  the  prime  essential),  if  every  man 
moving  about  had  to  stop  at  sentries  placed  one  hundred 
yards  apart  and  give  the  countersign  and  explain  his 
business  before  being  allowed  to  proceed.  It  was  often 
commented  upon  by  correspondents  that  whereas  one  must 
be  armed  with  all  proper  papers  and  credentials,  passes 
and  passwords  when  he  was  twenty  kilometers  back  of  the 
line,  yet  if  he  once  got  to  the  front  he  could  wander  at 
will  without  let  or  hindrance. 

Through  the  first  night,  because  of  the  darkness  and 
rains,  proximity  of  troops  and  his  inability  to  locate  him- 
self, Ristine  found  no  opportunity  to  return  to  his  own 
lines.  His  wanderings  took  him  almost  to  Chatel  Che- 
hery.  The  point  to  which  he  did  go  was  not  always  left 
to  his  decision.  If  he  happened  to  be  proceeding  in  one 
direction  and  Germans  appeared,  it  became  necessary  for 
him  to  speed  up  and  pretend  to  be  going  about  this  im- 
portant affair  that  he  had  on  his  mind. 

The  enemy  was  destroying  ammunition  near  Fleville. 
From  a  hill  hear  Chatel  Chehery,  Ristine  could  see  by  the 
light  of  the  fiames  of  other  accumulations  of  ammunition 
or  supplies  nearby.  He  made  a  mental  note  of  this  to  be 
referred  to  when  he  could  next  look  at  his  map. 

In  the  dusk  and  fog  of  the  early  morning  the  Germans 
became  veiy  active.  Ristine  thought  the  Americans  were 
in  Apremont  and  he  was  endeavoring  to  reach  the  river  and 
at  that  time  he  heard  and  saw  troops  moving  out  of  it 
towards  him.  He  figured  at  once  that  they  could  not  be 
Americans  because  if  the  28th  division  was  in  Apremont 
they  would  not  be  coming  into  the  sector  of  the  35th.    He 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN   LINES  169 

crept  as  close  as  he  could  to  the  moving  column  and  lis- 
tened attentively  until  he  heard  something  said  in  German. 
Then  he  crept  back  and  sought  for  cover  against  the  com- 
ing day. 

There  was  a  hedge  which  ran  across  a  vacant  field.  The 
rank  grass  was  dead  and  rain  soaked.  The  field  had  been 
untended  for  four  years  and  the  hedge  untrimmed  for  the 
same  time.  There  was  a  road  nearby  which  Ristine  had 
to  come  down  and  on  this  road  he  had  passed  many  Ger- 
mans and  he  had  been  forced  to  pass  very  close  to  some 
of  them.  He  knew  that  with  the  daylight  his  discovery 
was  certain  unless  he  found  concealment.  He  crawled  un- 
der the  boughs  of  the  hedge  and  stealthily  creeping  for- 
ward some  30  yards,  found  a  place  from  which  he  could 
watch  both  sides  of  his  position  and  there  he  composed  him- 
self to  spend  the  day. 

By  raising  his  head  slightly  he  could  see,  on  one  side,  the 
main  highway  to  Fleville.  By  looking  the  other  way,  he 
could  see  the  road  that  led  to  Apremont.  He  observed 
a  battery  of  four  cannon  coming  from  his  right.  They 
pulled  into  the  field  alongside  of  the  hedge,  limbered  and 
within  30  minutes  were  in  action.  They  were  German 
guns. 

Soon  many  machine  gunners  appeared  and  also  took 
position  in  the  open  field.  IJnder  the  accepted  rules  of  the 
game,  these  machine  gunners  would  have  taken  position 
along  the  hedge  but  the  Germans  dug  foxholes  in  the  open, 
put  the  excavated  earth  in  bags  and  carried  it  away.  With 
a  few  boughs  in  front  of  their  position  they  were  ready 
to  work.  All  day  long  Ristine  lay  in  the  hedge  watching 
the  enemy  battery  and  machine  gunners  work. 

Within  the  American  lines  that  day  Captain  Nesbit  of 
the  130th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  was  ordered  to  take  his 


170  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

company  over  the  hill  and  down  the  road  towards  I'Esper- 
anee.  As  soon  as  he  crossed  the  top  of  the  hill  he  ran  into  a 
very  heavy  fire  from  the  opposing  machine  guns.  He  had 
many  killed  and  wounded.  Finally  his  men  took  cover  in 
the  ditches  and  foxholes  in  the  side  of  the  road  and  he  was 
able  to  bring  back  over  the  hill  only  about  15  men.  A 
higher  officer  seeing  him  there,  said,  "Who  are  you?" 

'*I  am  Captain  Nesbit  of  the  130th  Machine  Gun  Com- 
pany," he  replied. 

''Where  is  your  company?" 

"This  is  my  company,"  said  Nesbit,  pointing  to  the  lit- 
tle group  of  15  men. 

' '  Well,  you  don 't  want  to  be  wasting  time  around  here, ' ' 
said  the  high  officer  when  Nesbit  had  explained  the  disas- 
ter which  had  befallen  his  command. 

The  burst  of  machine  gun  fire  which  had  shot  up  Nes- 
bit's  outfit  came  from  the  20  or  25  guns  which  had  been 
hurriedly  placed  near  Ristine's  point  of  concealment. 
Later  investigation  showed  they  were  placed  so  as  to  com- 
mand that  stretch  of  road. 

The  location  of  any  point  on  the  map  is  given  ordinarily 
by  the  use  of  numbers,  a  series  of  numbers  will  run  across 
the  top  of  the  map  and  a  series  of  different  numbers 
along  the  sides.  Thus  if  the  co-ordinates  given  were  27.2 
66.1  one  would  go  to  the  map,  follow  the  line  from  the 
top  down  the  parallel  and  decimal  given,  then  run  a  line 
from  the  side  along  the  parallel  and  decimal  given  and 
where  the  lines  cross  would  be  the  identical  point  on  the 
map  which  the  co-ordinates  indicate.  This  method  is  used 
almost  entirely  in  directing  the  fire  of  artillery. 

Eistine  noticed  that  the  German  airplanes  flying  back 
from  over  the  American  front  would  swoop  low  above  the 
battery  alongside  of  him  and  then  seem  to  be  telegraphing 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN   LINES  171 

with  their  machine  guns.  "Tap  tap — tap  tap  tap — tap — 
tap  tap  tap  tap  tap — tap"  it  would  go.  Very  soon  there- 
after, in  just  about  sufficient  time  for  the  gunners  to  make 
their  adjustments,  the  battery  would  open  again.  It  seems 
reasonable  that  this  method  was  employed  by  the  aviators 
to  communicate  the  locations  in  the  American  lines  which 
they  desired  the  battery  to  fire  upon. 

Ristine  believes  that  the  German  machine  gunners  also 
employed  this  method  of  communication  with  one  another. 
Of  the  25  guns  which  had  emplacement  near  him  none 
seemed  to  be  firing  in  straight  bursts  or  firing  out  a  clip  or 
belt  at  a  time,  but  they  were  worked  spasmodically  and 
brokenl}'-,  exactly  as  if  they  were  transmitting  a  telegraphic 
message.  Some  of  the  machine  guns  seemed  to  fire  through 
the  hedge  in  which  Ristine  lay.  Little  clipped  pieces  of 
leaves  kept  falling  about  him. 

From  the  direction  of  the  American  lines  came  sounds 
which  occasionally  had  meaning  for  him.  Twice  during 
the  day,  once  in  the  morning  and  once  in  the  afternoon, 
he  heard  tanks  enter  Baulny.  These  were  the  French 
tanks  coming  up  to  assist  in  the  next  attack. 

In  the  afternoon,  the  American  artillery  fired  sporad- 
ically upon  the  machine  gunners  and  artillery  in  Ristine 's 
neighborhood.  They  failed  to  get  the  artillery,  but  one 
machine  gunner  about  75  feet  from  Ristine  was  hit.  The 
gunner  made  one  loud  cry  and  lay  still. 

Some  of  the  shells  fell  very  near  to  Ristine,  and  he 
thought,  "What  rotten  luck  it  would  be  to  be  killed  by  an 
American  shell  at  such  a  time  and  place  as  this."  The 
screech  of  one  shell  told  that  it  was  coming  very  near. 
He  instinctively^  pulled  his  head  between  his  shoulders  and 
waited.  He  felt  the  impact  as  it  hit  the  earth  and  threw 
dirt  upon  his  head.     He  held  his  breath  and  waited  for 


172  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

the  explosion  which  meant  extinction.  But  it  did  not  come. 
The  shell  was  a  dud.  He  cautiously  extended  his  arm 
forward  and  felt  the  smooth  bore  the  shell  had  made  in 
the  wet  earth,  only  three  feet  from  his  head. 

Ristine  had  plenty  of  time  as  he  lay  under  the  hedge  to 
meditate  on  the  art  of  war.  He  decided  that  henceforth 
when  his  regiment  attacked,  it  would  be  at  night.  He  felt 
it  was  all  wrong  to  subject  his  men  to  the  terrific  fire  of 
machine  guns,  automatic  rifles  and  artillery  which  had  had 
direct  observation.  He  figured  out  a  scheme  whereby  all 
arrangements  for  a  night  attack  should  be  made  in  ad- 
vance, the  artillery  to  lay  a  barrage  on  a  point  which  was 
to  be  100  meters  beyond  the  objective.  The  firing  would 
begin,  the  infantry  would  go  over  and  move  forward 
through  the  darkness  to  a  line  just  back  of  the  barrage 
and  there  they  would  dig  in  and  hold  fast  until  morning, 
organizing  the  position  during  the  night.  When  morning 
came  they  would  mop  up  by  daylight,  kill  or  capture  all 
the  enemy  that  lay  between  their  new  position  and  the  one 
they  advanced  from  in  the  night. 

The  advantages  of  this  plan,  he  conceived,  would  be 
many,  and  chief  among  them  was  that  the  enemy  artillery 
could  not  fire  on  the  advancing  troops  with  flat  trajectory. 

If  machine  guns  were  met,  they  could  be  easily  dis- 
patched because  a  machine  gun  firing  at  night  in  the  open 
must  reveal  its  location  by  the  flash  and  show  the  direction 
of  its  fire  also  by  the  flash.  It  would  be  simple  work,  Ris- 
tine decided,  to  go  against  this  sort  of  opposition  in  the 
open  field  by  night,  whereas  by  day  it  was  slaughter. 

The  passage  of  the  day,  the  movement  of  the  sun  be- 
hind the  heavy  clouds,  the  direction  of  the  German  ar- 
tillery, the  arrival  of  the  American  shells,  the  glimpses  he 
had  of  the  terrain  about  him  all  helped  Ristine  to  locate 


RISTINE   IN    THE   GERMAN    LINES  173 

himself  pretty  accurately  and  when  darkness  came  he  knew 
which  way  to  go  to  get  home.  As  soon  as  the  covering  night 
gave  him  sufficient  protection  he  crawled  out  of  the  hedge 
and  started  down  what  doubtless  was  the  main  National 
Fleville  Highway. 

He  passed  few  German  soldiers  along  the  road  although 
there  was  an  occasional  dead  horse  to  be  seen.  In  the 
darkness  he  could  observe  alongside  the  road  gun  emplace- 
ments identified  only  because  they  were  in  a  deeper  gloom 
than  the  surrounding  territory.  There  would  be  two  or 
three  of  these,  then  a  dugout.  He  is  convinced  that  these 
were  all  full  of  Germans  but  still  he  was  not  challenged. 
Anyone  seeing  him  pass  doubtless  would  assume  that  he 
w^as  merely  an  officer  going  about  some  business.  Leaving 
the  road  he  bore  to  the  right  and  soon  came  to  what  he  at 
first  thought  was  a  lake.  It  was  a  wide  place  in  the  River 
Aire. 

Between  him  and  the  river  was  a  heavy  band  of  barbed 
wire.  He  crawled  along  the  wire  for  a  long  way  trying  to 
find  an  opening,  but  there  was  none,  and  he  had  to  climb 
over.  The  posts  were  rotten,  and  some  of  them  broke. 
A  flare  went  up  behind  him,  and  Ristine  lay  back  on  the 
barbed  wire  as  on  a  feather  bed.  He  lay  there  a  while  and 
rested,  for  he  had  watched  machine  guns  playing  across 
that  wire  all  day  long.  Wlien  he  went  ahead  again  he 
twice  became  tangled  in  the  wire,  and  made  noises  which 
caused  flares  to  go  up  again,  but  at  last  he  won  through 
and  to  the  river's  bank.  He  slid  down  into  the  water  to 
wade  across,  found  it  too  deep,  and  returned  to  the  shore 
and  continued  southward  seeking  a  shallow  place. 

As  he  started  forward,  from  a  great  distance  he  could 
hear  voices.  He  knew  they  were  not  German,  because  the 
Germans  did  not  talk  that  loud  at  night.    They  were  Amer- 


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icans  and  they  were  swearing,  apparently  at  the  mules. 

Ristine  at  this  time  had  been  without  sleep,  or  had  had 
very  little  sleep,  for  72  hours.  He  had  had  no  food  for  a 
day  and  a  half.  He  had  been  wet  through  and  thoroughly 
chilled.  He  was  carrying  his  helmet  and  gas  mask,  his 
automatic  pistol,  his  cartridge  belt,  ditty  bag  and  was 
wearing  the  heavy  German  overcoat.  In  his  exhausted 
condition  he  did  not  believe  he  would  be  able  to  swim  the 
river  in  spite  of  his  usual  splendid  physique. 

Three  times  he  made  the  attempt  to  wade  but  on  each 
occasion  the  river  was  too  deep.  He  finally  found  a  tree 
which  had  been  felled  across  the  river  by  the  Germans, 
went  over  it  and  reached  a  brigade  headquarters  of  the 
28th  division.  There  was  a  steep  bank  to  ascend  just  be- 
fore he  came  to  this  place  and  he  had  not  the  strength  to 
climb  it.  He  called  to  some  soldiers  to  help  him  up.  Once 
within  the  divisional  headquarters  he  was  given  food  and 
coffee.  Brig.  Gen.  Darrah  was  just  being  relieved  of  his 
command  and  was  very  much  excited  about  it. 

Ristine  wrote  a  long  telegram  to  General  Traub,  gave 
him  the  map  co-ordinates  of  the  German  battery  which 
he  had  observed  working,  the  machine  gun  positions,  de- 
scribed the  machine  gun  positions,  gave  the  location  of  the 
dumps  near  Fleville,  and  asked  that  destructive  artillery 
fire  be  laid  on  these  points.  He  reported  that  he  was 
on  his  way  back  and  would  be  present  for  duty  in  the  morn- 
ing. He  then  crossed  the  river  again  and  rejoined  his 
command. 


CHAPTER  XXVI 


ARTILLERY  RIDDLES  THE  140TH 

The  night  of  Sept.  27  was  employed  to  the  utmost  on 
both  sides  of  the  weary  battle  line.  Back  of  the  Ameri- 
cans, the  greatest  effort  was  devoted  to  getting  up  ammu- 
nition and  rations,  evacuating  the  wounded  and  preparing 
for  the  next  day 's  work. 

The  Germans  assembled  large  reserves,  sorted  them,  and 
during  the  night  they  pushed  the  pick  of  their  army  for- 
ward to  the  positions  in  front  of  our  lines.  They  were 
the  veteran  machine  gunners.  It  is  probable  that  addi- 
tional artillery  also  was  brought  to  the  sector,  but  it  is 
certain  that  the  morning  of  the  28th  found  the  machine 
guns  very  strongly  increased.  The  whole  front  seemed 
to  bristle  with  them. 

The  Germans  saw  the  desperate  situation  which  would 
confront  them  if  the  Americans  were  not  stopped.  The 
Mezieres  line  of  communications  was  threatened.  If  it 
should  be  cut  the  German  armies  in  Northern  France  and 
Belgium  were  lost,  for  they  could  not  be  fed,  supplied 
with  ammunition  or  brought  out  of  the  country,  if  any 
part  of  that  four-track  railway  line  fell  into  our  hands. 

Dawn  of  Sept.  28  found  the  35th  Division  lying 
in  front  of  Baulny  and  Charpentry,  approximately  a  kilo- 
meter back  of  the  road  which  runs  from  I'Esperance  past 
Chaudron  farm  and  Serieux  farm,  to  Eclisfontaine.  It 
was  a  badly  mixed  up  division. 

The  139th  was  mostly  around  Baulny  and  Charpentry. 
Its  Colonel,  Ristine,  was  missing.    He  was  inside  the  Ger- 

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man  lines  and  in  dire  peril,  but  the  officers  of  the  regi- 
ment did  not  know  this.  Each  battalion  assumed  that  he 
was  with  some  other  battalion.  Rieger  did  not  know  of 
Ristine's  absence,  or  he  would  have  taken  command  of  the 
regiment,  which  had  suffered  severely  during  the  preceding 
day.    The  regimental  adjutant  had  been  killed,  the  Lieu- 


ACROSS  THE  RIVER  AIRE 

tenant  who  had  succeeded  him  had  become  a  casualty,  the 
liaison  officer,  the  signal  officer,  and  the  three  officers  who 
had  charge  of  the  Stokes  mortars  and  the  one-pounder,  all 
were  casualties.  As  these  were  virtually  all  of  the  officers 
of  the  headquarters  detachment,  there  was  no  one  left  to 
establish  a  regimental  P.  C.     Rieger 's  Second  Battalion 


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ARTILLERY   RIDDLES    THE    140tH  177 

had  suffered  heavily.  The  Third  Battalion  was  conmianded 
by  a  Lieutenant  and  two  of  the  four  companies  were  with- 
out any  officers.  The  First  Battalion  was  commanded  by 
a  Captain,  and  he  had  but  one  officer  to  a  company. 

During  the  night,  the  Second  and  Third  Battalions  of  the 
137th  had  moved  up  and  mixed  with  the  139th.  There 
seemed  to  be  no  distinct  organization  in  the  139th  at  that 
time. 

Maj.  O'Connor,  after  his  return  from  his  incursion  to 
the  north,  had  worked  all  night  organizing  the  position, 
but  he  did  not  know  where  his  other  two  battalions  were, 
assuming  that  he  was  in  command  of  the  regiment.  In 
the  early  morning,  the  enemy  sent  a  skirmish  line  against 
O'Connor's  position,  apparently  more  to  feel  him  out  than 
to  force  him  to  retire.  Machine  gun  and  rifle  fire  swept 
it  back,  with  a  good  percentage  of  loss. 

Another  attack  was  ordered  for  the  morning  of  Sept.  28. 
It  was  to  be  launched  on  the  two  halves  of  the  divisional 
front  at  different  times,  the  left  or  western  half  in  which 
were  the  137th  and  the  139th,  was  to  attack  first  at 
6:30  a.m. 

Capt.  D.  H.  Wilson,  who  had  taken  command  of  the 
Third  Battalion  of  the  137th  when  Maj.  Koch  was  wounded 
at  the  Balkans  trench  on  the  first  day,  led  his  men  out  in 
this  advance,  although  he  v/as  suffering  from  a  painful 
wound.  The  order  to  advance  does  not  seem  to  have 
reached  Maj.  O'Connor,  but  he  was  advised  that  the  Second 
Battalion  would  pass  through  the  lines.  He  received  no 
further  information  as  to  whether  he  was  in  command  of 
the  regiment,  or  whether  Col.  Hamilton  had  returned  to 
duty.  For  the  139th,  Rieger  joined  the  attack  with  his 
force,  which  was  already  well  ahead. 

The  attack  was  made  against  terrific  odds.    It  was  across 


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open  fields,  with  no  protection  of  woods  or  brush.  Mon- 
trebeau  Wood  and  the  strip  of  woods  to  the  right  of  it 
were  seething  with  machine  guns.  From  Exermont  light 
artillery  had  direct  fire  on  the  advancing  troops,  and  from 
the  hill  behind  Exermont,  enemy  observers  watched  the 
whole  field  and  directed  artillery  fire. 

On  the  left,  in  the  sector  of  the  Twenty-eighth  Division, 
was  the  town  of  Apremont,  which  the  Twenty-eighth  had 
not  taken.  Out  of  it  came  a  deadly  flanking  fire  of  artil- 
lery and  machine  guns.  Beyond  this,  artillery  in  the  edge 
of  the  Argonne  Forest  had  the  Thirty-fifth  in  easy  range. 
The  Germans  had  orders  to  stop  this  advance,  and  they 
disposed  their  armament  to  do  it,  or  to  make  us  pay  the 
cost. 

Our  own  artillery  was  a  little  livelier  than  on  the  27th 
but  the  enemy  had  an  immense  predominance. 

The  mixed  units  advanced.  It  was  under  the  lowering 
sky  of  a  cold,  dark  fall  day.  All  the  glory  was  gone  out 
of  the  war,  with  the  glitter  and  pageantry  of  the  first  day 's 
successes,  but  they  went  ahead.  They  were  not  the  dashing 
lads  who  went  over  the  top  two  days  before,  but  they  were 
veterans  of  battle,  hardened  soldiers  who  no  longer  had  any 
delusions  about  a  soldier's  life. 

But  they  advanced  across  the  fire-swept  open  fields, 
gained  the  lower  edge  of  the  Montrebeau  wood  and  dug  a 
hold  along  its  perilous  fringe,  as  Rieger  had  done.  The 
wood  itself  speaking  of  it  as  a  whole  and  in  the  military 
manner,  still  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 

Montrebeau  Wood  was  a  thick  tangle  of  trees  and  under- 
brush about  the  size  of  a  square  kilometer.  It  contains,  I 
should  say  on  a  guess,  240  acres.  There  were  many  lines 
and  systems  of  barbed  wire  entanglements  thrown  through 
it.     The  Americans  had  to  cut  paths  through  this  wire. 


ARTILLERY   RIDDLES    THE    140tH  179 

The  Germans  had  trails  already  made,  which  they  knew, 
but  it  was  difficult  and  dangerous  for  our  men  to  find  them. 
The  wood  adapted  itself  to  the  kind  of  warfare  our  fore- 
fathers made  against  the  Indians.  With  a  sufficient  force 
in  the  edge  of  the  wood,  and  a  source  of  supply,  our  men 
could  have  cleaned  out  the  enemy  machine  guns  and  snipers 
by  stalking  and  sniping,  but  there  was  no  time  for  this 
more  artful  war  for  which  they  were  well  fitted.  The 
division  must  advance,  so  the  elements  in  the  wood  fought 
slowly  and  steadily  ahead. 

The  records  begin  to  show  confusion  now.  This  was 
Saturday,  Sept.  28.  There  had  been  two  days  of  very  hard 
and  wearying  fighting,  and  three  nights  in  which  sleep  was 
impossible,  unless  superinduced  by  absolute  physical  ex- 
haustion. The  men  were  tired  physically,  but  they  were  not 
exhausted.  They  still  had  in  them  the  stuff  to  deliver  many 
a  blow,  or  to  carry  over  another  charge  or  two. 

On  the  right  of  the  sector  the  140th  was  in  the  lead,  and 
the  138th  lay  just  behind  it.  At  3  :30  in  the  morning  Col. 
Delaplane  received  an  order  presumably  from  the  brigade 
commander,  to  take  his  regiment  forward  with  all  speed 
to  protect  the  flank  of  the  troops  on  his  left,  who  were 
to  advance.  These  were,  of  course,  the  139th  and  the  137th 
Regiments,  who  were  to  attack  at  6  :30,  and  who  lay  in  ad- 
vance of  the  two  regiments  on  the  right  or  eastern  side  of 
the  sector. 

Delaplane  got  his  regiment  under  way  at  5  :30,  an  hour 
before  the  advance  on  the  left,  and  had  made  but  little 
progress  up  to  8  a.  m.,  when  the  withering  concentration 
of  artillery  and  machine  gun  fire  stopped  him.  The  regi- 
ment dug  in. 

Behind  the  140th,  the  138th  was  formed  to  support  the 


180  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

attack,  with  orders  to  follow  at  1000  meters.  Maj.  Cocke 
of  divisional  headquarters  took  the  orders  to  regimental 
headquarters  and  saw  the  battalion  commanders  also. 

Lieut.  Leahy  moved  forward  with  the  second  battalion 
(138th)  just  before  daylight,  and  through  heavy  opposing 
fire  advanced  about  a  kilometer,  which  placed  him  to  the 
right  and  fairly  well  up  with  the  position  at  which  the 
140th  had  dug  in. 

At  6  a.  m.  Lieut.  Brightfield  took  his  battalion,  the  first, 
ahead,  also  meeting  heavy  fire.  He  gained  and  dug  in  on 
the  right  of  the  second  battalion. 

The  third  battalion,  under  Capt.  Bottger,  was  on  the  right 
and  echeloned  to  the  rear.  Capt.  Thompson,  with  company 
M,  and  another  platoon  or  two,  was  maintaining  combat 
liaison  with  the  Ninety-first  Division  on  the  right. 

The  territory  over  which  this  liaison  had  to  be  main- 
tained was  constantly  being  widened  by  the  nature  of  the 
action.  The  divisional  line  of  advance  was  swinging  to 
the  westward,  which  caused  each  advancing  unit  to  guide 
more  and  more  to  the  left. 

This  brought  about  a  greater  concentration  of  troops  on 
the  left  and  a  consequent  thinning  out  of  the  lines  on  the 
right.  The  opposition  was  heavier  on  the  left  half  of  the 
sector,  both  because  of  the  stronger  positions  held  by  the 
Germans,  in  front  of  us,  and  because,  owing  to  the  Twenty- 
eighth  Division  being  unable  to  keep  up,  our  left  flank 
was  constantly  exposed  to  enfilading  fire  from  across  the 
River  Aire  and  out  of  the  Argonne  Wood. 

Concerning  the  Twenty-eighth  Division,  it  would  seem 
that  this  excellent  fighting  organization  was  not  held  up 
so  much  by  opposition  on  its  front,  but  it,  in  turn,  suffered 
by  the  division  on  its  left.  That  was  the  Seventy-seventh, 
which  was  tangled  in  the  Argonne  Forest,   where  Maj. 


ARTILLERY   RIDDLES    THE    140tH  181 

Whittlesly  was  to  achieve  fame  with  his  lost  battalion,  and 
many  other  daring  things  were  to  be  done.  But  the  divi- 
sion was  not  even  in  signaling  distance  of  the  divisions 
fighting  in  the  open.  It  is  to  me  one  of  the  mysteries  of  the 
■war — ^why  was  a  division  from  the  paved  streets  of  New 
York  City  sent  to  fight  in  the  thick  woods  of  the  Argonne 
Forest? 

At  9 :45  the  tanks  came  up  again.  With  them  was  what 
was  left  of  the  gallant  fleet  which  had  lain  before  the 
Cheppy  defenses  on  the  first  day  of  the  fight,  like  naval 
war  craft  cannonading  the  forts  before  a  hostile  harbor. 
The  enemy  fire  which  met  the  tanks  and  the  140th  Eegi- 
ment  which  advanced  with  the  tanks,  was  far  more  deadly 
than  it  had  been  before.  The  advance  was  very  slow.  The 
men  were  occasionally  able  to  use  their  rifles  against  out- 
posts of  machine  gunners,  and  our  automatic  riflemen  and 
machine  gunners  kept  constant  fire  going,  but  the  officers 
and  men  felt  that  they  received  little  assistance  from  our 
artillery.  The  enemy  dominated  the  air  and  his  planes  in 
formation,  sometimes  as  many  as  15  at  a  time,  flew  over 
the  regiment  and  machine-gunned  it. 

It  was  the  bloodiest  hour  the  140th  Regiment  had  seen. 
The  regiment  advanced,  but  paid  a  heavier  price  than  it 
ever  had  before.  The  tanks  were  not  as  effective  as  they 
had  been.  The  enemy  had  supplied  his  front  line  with 
anti-tank  guns,  long,  armor-piercing  squirrel  rifles.  Light 
artillery  pushed  forward  fired  pointblank  at  the  slow  mov- 
ing tanks,  and  a  hit  with  a  high  explosive  shell  would  de- 
stroy a  tank.  Artillery  usually  fires  by  the  map,  with  a 
compass  for  direction,  a  scale  on  the  gun  to  give  elevation, 
and  a  book  of  tables  to  compute  the  necessary  elevation 
for  the  given  range.  Against  these  tanks,  the  gunner 
could  disregard  his  scales  and  compasses.    He  would  sight 


182  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 

through  the  bore  of  the  gun  at  the  clearly  visible  tank, 
slam  in  a  shell,  close  the  breech  and  pull  the  lanyard. 
The  following  message  went  back  at  noon: 

From :    C.  0.  3rd  Bn.,  140th  Inf.    At  Hostile  2nd  posi- 
tion CHAUDRON  FARM.     Sept.  28th,   12  noon. 
Via  Capt.  Compton,  Tanks. 
To:  C.  G.,  35th  Division: 

140th  Infantry  being  cut  all  to  pieces  by  German 
artillery,  half  or  more  of  first  and  third  battalions 
casualties ;  no  contact  with  second  battalion  or  on  our 
right  or  left;  we  are  in  severe  straits  and  Boche  are 
attacking,  artillery  from  two  sides;  our  line  runs 
through  the  woods  of  MONTREBEAU  along  North 
side  thereof,  and  for  four  or  five  hundred  yards  along 
thin  strip  of  woods  due  East  of  MONTREBEAU. 
Disaster  will  result  unless  we  have  assistance  barrage 
and  counter  barrage. 

Davy. 

In  spite  of  all  resistance,  the  140th  finally  crossed  the 
Chaudron  road,  and  pushed  500  yards  ahead  to  the  crest 
of  the  ridge  to  the  north,  where  they  dug  in.  On  the  way 
up  they  were  brought  to  a  stop  on  the  ridge  above  Char- 
pentry  and  driven  back  into  the  ravine.  They  reformed, 
advanced  over  the  hill  again,  faced  the  fire  and  went  ahead. 
The  regiment's  left  was  just  about  due  north  of  the  Chau- 
dron farm,  and  east  of  the  Montrebeau  Wood, 

The  Commanding  General  sent  this  message  to  Corps 
Headquarters  just  before  noon: 
Sept.  28—11 :30  A.  M. 
For  Buster  3. 

Our  line  is  now  approximately  in  through  EXER- 
MONT ahead  of  American  army  objective.  Front  is 
wide  and  both  flanks  badly  exposed.  Reenforcements 
urgently  needed  to  insure  advance  being  continued. 


ARTILLERY   RIDDLES    THE    140tH  183 

and  flank  protected.     Artillery  and  machine  gun  fire 
from  left  front  in  sector  of  Road  Runner. 

Traub. 

Col.  Nuttman  reported  as  follows  to  the  Chief  of  Staff 
late  in  the  afternoon : 

28  September,  4:45  p.  m. 

From  Commanding  Officer,  69th  Brigade,  at  north  of 

12  :45. 

To  Chief  of  Staff. 

One  hundred  fortieth  regiment  apparently  much 
scattered.  It  started  to  advance  from  east  of  BAULNY 
at  9 :30  on  eastern  side  of  EXERMONT.  It  has  suf- 
fered heavily  from  shell  fire.  I  have  been  unable  to 
maintain  liaison  as  runners  are  not  trained.  Wireless 
has  not  kept  up.  Artillery  fire  from  our  left  flank  has 
caused  the  casualties.  I  had  difficulty  this  morning  in 
collecting  and  organizing  units,  getting  them  forward. 
There  are  many  wounded  to  be  collected.  Supports 
and  small  parties  coming  up  in  rear  are  often  held 
up  by  machine  gun  nests  found  by  the  first  lines. 
Colonel  Hamilton  gave  up  command  at  5 :30  p.  m. 
yesterday  to  Major  Connor.  He  said  he  was  exhausted. 
Have  not  seen  nor  heard  from  138th  Inf.  as  I  have  con- 
fined my  attention  to  western  half  of  Division  sector. 
Liaison  patrol  to  35th  Division  has  furnished  no  in- 
formation. Troops  seem  to  need  training  especially 
officers.  Some  of  my  brigade  staff  are  casualties. 
Have  sent  you  three  reports  before  this  one. 


CHAPTER  XXVII 


THE  FRONT  LINE  IN  STRAITS 

Messages  which  pass  in  a  battle  always  are  full  of  in- 
terest and  significance.  They  tell  parts  of  the  story  bet- 
ter than  any  story  can.  The  following  are  some  of  the 
messages  which  came  back  from  Montrebeau  Wood  on  the 
afternoon  of  Sept.  28 : 

From  1st  Lt.  Verne  Breese,  Co.  D.,  137th  at  North 
edge  of  Montrebeau  Woods.  Sept.  28,  12  :30  p.  m. 
To  Oklahoma: 

Are  being  shelled  from  both  flanks  and  front.  Will 
be  impossible  to  hold  without  artillery  support.  Al- 
most out  of  ammunition.    Must  have  at  cnce. 

1st  Lt.  Breese,  Comdg. 
12  Noon— 

Our  lines  are  in  North  edge  of  woods  Montrebeau 
(15-95)  along  a  strip  running  East  from  those  woods. 
Our  second  line  on  the  line  shown  on  map  as  second 
hostile  line.  Receiving  artillery  fire  from  Exermont, 
Greaumont,  and  Le  Comple  Farm.  Must  have  artil- 
lery counter  batter-^work  and  barrage  as  Germans  are 
counter-attacking  South. 

12:10  p.  m. 

140th  Inf.  being  cut  to  pieces  by  German  light  artil- 
lery and  Minnewerfers  coming  from  3  sides.  We  must 
have  barrage  and  counterbattery  work  or  disaster  will 
occur.  What  is  left  of  1st  and  3rd  bus.  are  here  with 
some  of  the  138th.  No  communication  with  either 
right  or  left.  Have  dug  in  but  being  slaughtered  by 
artillery. 

184 


THE   FRONT   LINE   IN    STRAITS  185 

From  CO.  Co.  B.  139th  Inf.  at  01.25-79.30    3:05  p.m. 

28  Sept.  to  CO.  70th  Brig. 

Am  located  in  northern  edge  of  Montrebeau  "Woods. 
Am  holding  these  woods  with  a  part  of  the  machine 
gun  company  of  the  137th  and  a  part  of  A  and  B  of 
137th.  D  company  is  with  me.  I  think  we  can  hold 
it  but  we  need  support  badly.  Artilleiy  has  flank- 
ing fire  on  us  and  is  causing  severe  losses.  Have  been 
out  of  touch  with  Kegimental  Headquarters  all  day. 

Sgt.  Smith. 

From  Lt.   Stradel,  Liaison  from  138th  Inf.  to  69th 
Brig.  4:40  p.m.     28  Sept.     At  point  in  valley  400 
yards  N.  W.  of  Very. 
Herewith  messages  from  138th  CO. : 

Can  you  give  me  location  of  691;h  Brig.  Hdq.  I 
have  received  message  from  70th  Brig.  Hrq.  at  1 :15 
stating  138th  and  140th  are  ordered  to  advance  to 
army  objective  and  organize  for  defense.  Also  138th 
and  140th  under  command  of  Walker  70th  Brig.  CO. 
If  possible  notify  69th  Brig,  to  this  effect:  I  have 
sent  out  many  runners  and  at  present  cannot  locate 
69th  Brig.  At  9 :30  a.m.  138th  Inf.  CO.  reports  about 
65  men  per  company.  138th  need  grenades  and  chau- 
chat  ammunition.  I  have  tried  to  locate  138th  Am- 
munition Train,  but  could  not  find  it.  Have  also 
sent  by  runner  via  138th  I.O.  message  of  the  defense 
plan  as  above  mentioned.  If  possible  to  inform  them 
by  phone,  please  do  so. 

When  the  140th  fell  back  from  the  slope  of  the  ridge 
just  north  of  Charpentry,  Lieut.  Leahy  took  his  second 
battalion  of  the  138th  down  the  ravine  in  which  they  were 
lying  and  moved  forward  to  the  support,  thinking 
the  140th  would  be  unable  to  advance  against  the  opposi- 
tion. When  the  140th  was  reformed  and  moved  on,  he 
followed  at  the  ordered  distance  in  their  rear,  and  though 
the  enemy  fire  was  constantlj^  growing  more  effective  be- 
cause of  increase  in  volume  and  accuracv,  the  battalion 


186  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

advanced  and  took  position  in  the  line  with  the  140th. 
This  advance  was  made  through  a  gruelling  fire,  and  the 
casualties  were  very  heavy,  especially  from  high-explosive 
shells  which  the  sharp-shooting  artillerymen  threw  among 
the  lines. 

Brightfield's  first  battalion  of  the  138th  held  its  en- 
trenched position,  to  which  it  advanced  at  6  a.  m.,  until 
noon.  Then  the  Lieutenant  took  them  forward  again  and 
crossed  to  the  hill  south  of  Chaudron  farm. 

He  suffered  heavily  in  this  advance,  and  in  the  positions 
taken  by  both  the  first  and  second  battalions,  they  con- 
tinued to  suffer  from  artillery  fire,  to  which  they  were 
able  only  to  reply  by  rifle  fire  against  the  infantry  posi- 
tions in  their  front.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Parker,  com- 
manding the  regiment,  seeing  the  loss  his  regiment  was 
suffering,  and  knowing  what  a  further  attempt  to  advance 
without  better  artillery  support  would  mean,  ordered  the 
battalions  to  retire  to  the  little  valley  to  the  southeast  of 
Charpentry  and  to  dig  in  for  the  night. 

Brightfield's  battalion  Adjutant,  Lieut.  Leslie  Campbell, 
was  killed,  and  Lieuts.  Anderson  and  Bluhm  were  wounded. 
Campbell  had  been  very  active,  and  had  spent  nearly  all 
the  preceding  night  in  directing  the  evacuation  of  the 
wounded.  He  was  leading  his  men  steadily  forward  when 
he  was  killed  by  a  shell. 

The  advances  and  retirements  that  day  were  not  always 
performed  as  well  as  they  would  have  been  under  more 
favorable  circumstances,  and  the  movements  were  not  as 
satisfactorily  synchronized.  A  company  of  the  138th  ad- 
vanced at  10 :30  a.m.  to  the  hollow  one  kilometer  southeast 
of  Chaudron  farm.  There  they  rested  a  while,  the  lee  of 
the  hillside  giving  them  a  little  respite  from  the  direct  fire. 
At  noon  Lieut.  Sweeney,  who  commanded  the  company, 


THE  FRONT  LINE  IN  STRAITS  187 

took  them  forward  again,  over  the  desolate  hill,  across  the 
road,  past  the  Montrebeau  Wood,  which  was  on  their  left, 
and  into  the  strip  of  timber  and  brush  which  lies  to  the 
northeast.  They  had  plenty  of  fighting  with  stray  ma- 
chine gunners,  but  their  rifles  and  automatic  rifles  were 
effective  and  they  gained  and  took  and  held  the  strip  of 
woods,  where  they  dug  in. 

In  this  position  they  felt  the  full  tide  of  war.  Artillery 
played  on  them  both  by  direct  and  indirect  fire,  machine 
guns  from  three  sides  poured  lead  into  the  woods,  and 
enemy  airplanes  in  formation  flew  above  them  and  bom- 
barded them  v/ith  air  bombs  and  machine-gunned  them 
from  the  sky. 

At  6  p.m.  a  cold  rain  began  to  fall.  At  7  p.  m.  they 
retired,  on  orders  from  the  regimental  commander,  to  a 
little  valley  lying  betAveen  Chaudron  farm  and  the  Ser- 
ieux  farm  and  south  of  the  road.  They  carried  with  them 
Lieut,  Sweeney  and  15  other  men  who  had  been  wounded. 
They  buried  their  dead  in  the  wood.  Sergt.  Clyde  E. 
Heath  commanded  the  company  that  night. 

The  following  messages  transmitted  that  day  throw  a 
grim  light  on  conditions. 

28  September,  5 :00  p.  m. 

From  Cavalry  Patrol  at  MONTREBEAU,  4 :30  p.m. 

to  CO  35th  (Brigade) 

MONTREBEAU  Wood  held  by  our  forces.  A  mix- 
ture of  137,  139  and  140.  Cannot  find  any  headquar- 
ters. Infantry  held  up  on  north  edge  of  wood  by 
heavy  machine  gun  and  artillery  fire. 

Signed:  J.  D.  Taylor 
Captain  2nd — 
28  September,  6:45  p.m. 
From  Delaplane 
To  Division  Headquarters. 

Have  been  separated  from  my  Regiment,  140th  Inf. 


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Have  collected  1  company,  129  Machine  Gun  battalion, 
3  guns  from  91st  Brigade,  60  riflemen  from  various 
organizations.  Have  entrenched  at  CHAUDRON 
Road.  Have  been  shelled  from  east  and  west  by  high 
explosives  and  gas.  Filtration  of  enemy  observed 
from  directions  ECLIS  FONTAINE.  Shall  endeavor 
to  hold  situation  until  receipt  of  instructions.  No 
information.  140  A.  sent  message  you  have,  signed, 
David.    No  friendly  artillery  action  that  I  can  observe. 

Signed :     Delaplane. 

From  Major  Loy,  at  Baulny,  Sept.  28,  1 :30  p.m. 
To  Lt.  Col.  Hay. 

I  am  unable  to  get  any  information  from  our  bri- 
gade headquarters,  can 't  find  them,  still  pushing  ahead 
but  am  getting  heavy  artillery  fire  from  hills  on  our 
left  causing  heavy  losses  trying  to  get  you  by  phone 
but  cannot. 

Major  Loy, 

Most  of  the  men  had  eaten  their  two  days'  supply  of 
iron  rations,  and  in  spite  of  the  tireless  work  of  supply 
companies,  wagon  trains,  truck  trains  and  every  unit  en- 
gaged in  providing  and  transporting  rations,  many  men 
went  hungry. 

It  seems  grewsome  now  to  turn  over  a  dead  comrade  to 
search  his  pack  and  take  out  his  emergency  rations,  but 
this  was  done  many  a  time,  and  some  men  lived  the  last 
three  days  of  the  fight  on  dead  men's  rations.  At  that 
time  it  seemed  the  most  natural  thing  to  do.  And  it  was. 
It  gave  more  power  to  the  living  to  complete  the  work  the 
other  man  had  died  trying  to  do.  It  was  the  dead  man's 
last  contribution  to  the  cause. 

Rations  always  were  taken  from  dead  Germans  also, 
and  eaten  with  impunity. 

The  rolling  kitchens  were  sent  forward  as  fast  as  possi- 
ble, and  put  into  commission  as  near  the  line  as  was  con- 


THE  FRONT  LINE  IN  STRAITS  189 

sidered  wise.  They  were  slow  in  getting  up,  as  everything 
else  was,  due  to  congestion  in  traffic  and  shortage  of  horse 
and  motor  transport,  but  they  squeezed  through  wherever 
they  could  and  followed  the  doughboys. 

When  a  kitchen  had  been  established,  the  mess  Sergeant 
or  whoever  was  in  charge  would  try  to  get  into  communi- 
cation with  his  company  in  front,  and  when  this  was  done, 
which  was  all  too  seldom,  a  detail  would  be  sent  after  ra- 
tions, but  it  was  physically  impossible  to  get  hot  food  to 
troops  who  were  fighting  nearly  all  the  time. 

Details  could  get  renewals  of  the  "iron"  rations  from 
ration  dumps,  such  as  the  one  established  in  Cheppy,  but 
the  detail,  returning  to  the  line,  would  be  likely  to  have 
great  difficulty  in  finding  its  outfit  again. 

It  is  not  likely  that  any  two  units  had  the  same  experi- 
ence in  the  matter  of  rations.  Everybody  went  short,  and 
some  men  had  nothing  but  their  two  days'  iron  rations 
during  the  five  days.  They  supplemented  this  ration  with 
what  they  could  get  from  the  packs  of  dead  men. 

In  Cheppy  on  Sept.  28  I  came  across  Henry  J.  Allen,  who 
was  soon  to  be  elected  governor  of  far-away  Kansas.  Chep- 
py was  being  shelled  pretty  lively,  and  we  walked  away 
from  the  cross  road  to  talk  a  moment.  Cross  roads  are  a 
bad  place  in  a  bombardment.  I  remembered  this  meeting 
afterwards  when  Gen,  Traub  said  Allen  did  not  know  any- 
thing: about  the  battle. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII 


NIGHT  IN  MONTREBEAU  WOOD 

That  enemy  planes  had  domination  of  the  air  on  Sept. 
28,  as  they  had  predominance  of  artillery,  was  plain  on 
all  sides.  The  129th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  advanced  in 
the  morning  and  took  position  along  a  hedge  which  is  some 
200  yards  to  the  north  of  Chaudron  Farm.  There  they 
were  admirably  placed  to  repel  a  counterattack,  and  their 
fire  tended  to  keep  beaten  down  enemy  activity  along  to 
the  east  of  Exermont.  At  2  p.m.,  10  enemy  planes  swept 
over  their  line,  every  one  firing  on  the  Missourians  with 
machine  guns.  The  machine  gunners  stayed  in  front  with 
the  140th  when  the  138th  was  drawn  back  after  dark. 

The  object  of  this  withdrawal,  which  applied  to  all 
units  of  the  138th  with  which  communication  could  be 
had,  was  to  bring  that  regiment  back  and  endeavor  to 
put  it  in  such  shape  as  to  enable  it  to  lead  the  attack  on 
the  following  day.  The  140th  Avas  to  hold  the  advanced 
line  that  night. 

Meantime,  the  137th  and  elements  of  the  139th  had  been 
fighting  all  day  long  in  Montrebeau  AVood  with  the  de- 
termined snipers  and  machine  gunners  the  enemy  had 
planted  there.  Col.  Hamilton  of  the  137th  was  about  worn 
out,  physically,  and  Maj.  O'Connor,  who  had  not  been 
able  to  get  in  touch  with  his  colonel  for  two  days,  dis- 
posed what  he  had  of  the  regiment  as  well  as  he  could 
and  ordered  them  to  dig  in  for  the  night.  O'Connor  was 
exhausted  and  went  back  to  Baulny,  where  a  semblance 
of  regimental  headquarters  was  supposed  to  be,  to  rest. 

190 


NIGHT   IN    MONTREBEAU    WOOD  191 

Maj.  P.  C.  Kalloch,  a  young  officer  of  the  general  staff, 
had  been  acting  as  Divisional  Intelligence  Officer,  When 
reports  of  the  shortage  of  officers  in  the  front  line  reached 
divisional  headquarters,  the  forvs^ard  echelon  of  which 
had  been  moved  to  Cheppy,  all  available  officers  were 
rounded  up  and  sent  forward,  Maj.  Bruce  MacGruder, 
who  had  come  up  to  help  if  he  could,  was  put  in  the  in- 
telligence job,  and  Kalloch  was  instructed  to  report  to 
Col.  Hamilton.  At  8  p.m.  he  found  Col.  Hamilton  in  the 
rain  and  darkness  of  Montrebeau  Wood,  The  colonel  in- 
structed Kalloch  to  act  as  his  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Kal- 
loch set  about  trying  to  find  whatever  parts  of  the  regi- 
ment were  available,  with  the  idea  of  learning  what 
strength  there  might  be  in  the  tangle  of  the  wood.  But 
at  4:50  a.m.  (Sept.  29)  he  was  shown  an  order  which 
gave  him  another  piece  of  work  to  do.  It  was  for  an 
attack  by  the  division  at  5:30  a.m.  on  the  29th. 

The  order  assured  the  infantry  that  there  would  be  a 
satisfactory  artillery  barrage  to  precede  the  advance,  the 
object  of  which  was  to  take  the  town  of  Exermont  and 
the  crests  of  the  ridge  running  to  the  east  and  west  of 
it. 

Col,  Hamilton  instructed  Maj,  Kalloch  to  prepare  the 
first  wave  and  lead  it  in  the  attack.  Col,  Hamilton  was 
to  lead  the  second  one  himself, 

Montrebeau  Wood  was  black  dark,  except  for  the  oc- 
casional brief  flash  of  a  German  shell  sent  into  it.  The 
rain  was  falling  heavily,  and  the  business  of  collecting 
and  organizing  the  attacking  wave  was  a  hard  one,  so 
many  of  the  sleeping  men  he  tried  to  rouse  were  dead. 
By  the  appointed  time,  which  was  40  minutes  after  the 
order  was  received,  he  had  marshalled  his  line.  Their 
work  is  a  part  of  the  next  day's  story. 


192  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

Another  officer  who  went  forward  that  afternoon  was 
a  grim  old  man,  as  age  is  reckoned  in  the  army,  Maj. 
Clay  C.  MacDonald,  who  had  been  a  national  guardsman 
for  25  years.  He  was  divisional  mail  officer,  and  it  seemed 
to  be  the  general  impression  about  headquarters  that, 
despite  his  long  experience,  he  was  a  little  too  old  for 
the  front  line.  At  noon  that  day  in  Cheppy,  a  lieutenant 
had  approached  Maj.  MacDonald,  saluted  respectfully, 
and  in  a  brief  and  soldierly  manner,  told  him  that  his 
son,  Lieut.  MacDonald,  had  been  killed  while  leading  his 
company  in  the  attack.  This  was  the  Lieut.  MacDonald 
killed  on  the  slopes  of  Vauquois.  Maj.  MacDonald  did 
not  wince.  I  noted  as  I  watched  him,  this  self-control. 
His  training  did  not  permit  that  while  under  the  gaze 
of  so  many  sympathetic  people.  His  eyes  seemed  to  be 
looking  wistfully  to  the  north,  where  the  guns  were 
pounding  on  the  battle  line  three  miles  away.  He  sa- 
luted, turned  and  entered  headquarters,  explained  the 
ease  briefly  and  demanded  of  the  chief  of  staff  that 
he  be  given  a  command  in  the  front  line.  He  was  at 
once  sent  forward. 

Maj.  MacDonald  was  working  through  the  rain  in 
Montrebeau  Wood  at  the  same  time  Kalloch  was  as- 
sembling and  organizing  scattered  elements  of  the  137th. 

Maj.  Eieger,  who  also  had  entered  Montrebeau  Wood 
on  the  night  of  the  27th,  had  pushed  a  persistent  path 
through  the  tangle,  fighting  carefully,  adroitly  and  ef- 
fectively, and  always  going  ahead.  Before  dark  he  had 
gained  the  northern  edge  of  the  wood  and  looked  out 
upon  the  enemy  strongholds  ahead — Exennont,  the  line 
of  the  ridge  to  the  east  and  west,  and  behind  the  town, 
the  hill  known  as  240,  w^hich  looked  over  all  the  territory 
for  four  kilometers  to  the  south.    There  were  the  enemy 


NIGHT  IN   MONTREBEAU   WOOD  l9S 

observation  posts  from  which  artillery  ranges  were  cor- 
rected, the  cannon  which  had  worked  such  havoc  among 
our  troops,  and  the  hill  itself  held  much  artillery  and 
very  many  machine  guns. 

Rieger  had  organized  and  held  a  line  in  the  north  edge 
of  the  woods,  and  in  the  darkness  had  gone  back  into 
the  woods  to  get  more  men,  if  possible,  and  what  he 
needed  worse,  some  officers  to  help  him  handle  his  line. 
He  ran  across  Maj.  MacDonald,  and  soon  MacDonald  was 
in  command  of  a  part  of  the  line. 

Another  arrival  was  Col.  Americus  Mitchell.  He  was 
one  of  the  regular  army  officers  assigned  to  the  division 
just  before  the  battle,  and  was  now  arriving  a  little  late. 
Bearing  orders  dated  Sept.  24,  he  reported  at  division 
headquarters  in  the  afternoon  of  Sept.  28,  and  was  in- 
structed to  report  to  the  commander  of  the  70th  brigade. 

It  had  been  the  intention  to  put  Col.  Mitchell  in  com- 
mand of  the  139th  Regiment,  but  because  of  his  failure 
to  arrive  in  time,  Col.  Ristine  had  continued  in  command. 
From  divisional  headquarters  he  went  forward  at  6 
p.m.  to  the  Seventieth  Brigade,  to  find  his  regiment.  The 
division  had  been  rebrigaded,  in  order  to  give  each 
brigade  one-half  of  the  divisional  front  constantly,  in- 
stead of  all  of  it  on  alternate  days,  as  had  been  the  orig- 
inal plan.  Col.  Mitchell  learned  that  his  regiment 
was  on  the  other  side  of  the  sector,  in  Col.  Nuttman's 
brigade.  He  went  ahead  with  his  search.  A  stiff  regu- 
lar army  colonel  plodding  along  over  unknown  territory 
through  a  black  night  and  a  heavy  rain,  looking  for  his 
regiment  which  he  has  never  seen  and  whose  location 
he  does  not  know  is  a  situation  which  has  many  attractive 
possibilities. 

He  finally  found  two  companies,  and  was  told  that  the 


194  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO  EXERMONT 

rest  of  the  regiment  was  in  line  on  the  left  near  Baulny. 
Mitchell  went  to  Baulny,  reported  to  Col.  Nuttman,  told 
him  he  had  found  parts  of  A  and  C  companies  of  his 
regiment,  and  asked  where  the  rest  of  his  regiment 
was.  Nuttman  said  the  troops  were  badly  mixed.  He 
himself  had  been  out  to  the  front  that  afternoon,  he  said, 
and  had  found  250  men  of  the  139th,  and  had  posted 
them  as  outposts  in  front  of  the  137th  Regiment. 

Mitchell  also  learned  that  Eistine,  commanding  the 
139th,  had  not  been  seen  for  24  hours  and  was  supposed 
to  be  dead,  that  the  officer  casualties  in  the  regiment  were 
very  heavy,  but  no  one  at  brigade  headquarters  seemed 
to  know  anything  about  the  headquarters  of  the  regi- 
ment. 

Mitchell  fared  forth  again,  and  proceeded  toward  the 
front.  It  was  very  dark  and  raining  hard,  and  the  run- 
ners who  were  guiding  him  were  not  always  sure  of  the 
way.  He  found  two  dressing  stations,  with  many 
wounded  men  in  and  about  them,  waiting  in  the  rain 
their  turns  with  the  doctors  or  waiting  for  some  way  to 
be  taken  to  the  rear.  Finally  he  reached  the  front  line 
of  the  137th,  and  was  taken  to  Col.  Hamilton.  The  com- 
mander of  the  137th  was  sure  that  there  was  none  of  the 
139th  in  front  of  him,  where  Col.  Nuttman  thought  he 
had  posted  them. 

Considering  the  rain  and  darkness.  Col.  Mitchell  was 
convinced  that  there  was  little  chance  of  finding  his  com- 
mand in  the  night,  so  he  returned  to  Baulny.  The  scout 
officer  of  the  139th  and  a  few  scouts  he  had  found,  ac- 
companied him. 

He  was  awakened  at  3  a.m.  by  an  order  from  the  com- 
mander of  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  to  attack  at  5:30  a.m. 
He  went  to  Col.  Nuttman  and  explained  that  he  could  not 


NIGHT   IN    MONTREBEAU   WOOD  195 

obey  that  order  because  he  could  not  find  his  regiment. 
Col.  Nuttman  told  him  to  take  what  he  had  and  form  a 
reserve  for  the  137th.  Mitchell  instructed  Capt.  W.  C. 
Williamson  to  form  what  troops  he  could  get  for  this  pur- 
pose. 

The  feeling  at  division  headquarters  was  that  the  field 
was  not  going  well.  The  iron  resistance  of  the  reinforced 
enemy,  fighting  on  ground  he  knew  well,  and  ground 
which  he  must  hold  at  all  cost,  seemed  firm  enough  to  halt 
the  division,  as  the  battle  was  viewed  from  headquarters. 
The  morale  of  a  division  is  nearly  always  higher  in  the 
front  lines  than  back  at  headquarters.  The  spirit  of 
fighting  pervades  the  front,  the  actual  conflict  is  in  the 
blood  of  the  men,  and  their  sergeants  and  lieutenants  are 
convinced  that  they  can  whip  the  Boche,  and  the  feeling 
finds  its  way  to  the  men  and  upholds  them. 

To  headquarters  come  most  depressing  reports  from 
men  drifting  back,  the  slightly  wounded,  the  slightly 
gassed  and  the  physically  exhausted.  Each  one  who  hap- 
pens to  pass  through  headquarters  is  eagerly  questioned, 
and  the  returning  man  is  very  prone  to  believe  that  his 
personal  experience  and  emotions  are  those  of  his  whole 
company  or  regiment.  He  believes  that  the  ills  he  has 
suffered,  mental  and  physical,  are  common  to  the  whole 
command. 

Bad  as  conditions  were  on  the  front  of  the  35th  Divi- 
sion, they  were  not  as  bad  as  headquarters  seemed  to 
think,  for  the  weakness  and  exhaustion  from  which  the 
men  suffered  had  not  yet  affected  their  minds  and  hearts. 
They  were  very  tired  in  body,  but  that  intangible  part 
called  ''morale,"  which  is  the  soul  of  the  troops  as  a 
whole,  the  soldier  spirit  and  the  Avill  to  victory,  was 


196  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

stanch  and  firm,  despite  all  the  grim  fighting.  To  para- 
phrase, ''their  heads  were  bloody  but  unbowed." 

Col.  Hawkins,  the  efficient  and  conscientious  Chief  of 
Staff,  felt  that  he  could  do  more  good  at  the  front  than 
at  headquarters.  Liaison  was  so  poor  that  the  functions  of 
headquarters  seemed  to  him  of  much  less  importance. 
It  was  a  matter  of  fighting  now.  Division  headquarters 
did  not  know  what  officers  were  out  and  what  were  in, 
it  so  seldom  heard  from  any  of  them.  All  reports  said 
that  the  137th  was  badly  tangled,  and  some  reports  had 
it  that  Col.  Hamilton  was  wounded,  or  gassed,  or  ex- 
hausted. 

Col.  Jens  Bugge  came  from  Corps  Headquarters  to  re- 
lieve Hawkins  as  Chief  of  Staff,  and  Hawkins  went  for- 
ward. He  found  that  Col.  Hamilton  had  brought  some 
sort  of  reorganization  out  of  the  remains  of  his  regiment, 
that  he  had  a  line  in  the  forward  edge  of  Montrebeau 
Wood,  and  that  he  was  confident  he  could  hold  it.  Haw- 
kins started  back  to  rejoin  the  Brigade  Commander,  Col. 
Nuttman,  but  got  lost  in  the  darkness  and  failed  to  find 
him  again  that  night. 

The  division  had  been  rebrigaded  and  Col.  Walker  now 
had  command  of  the  right  half  of  the  divisional  front, 
with  the  138th  and  the  140th.  Col.  Nuttman  with  the 
137th  and  the  139th,  commanded  the  left  half. 

The  Infantry  of  the  35th  Division  on  the  morn- 
ing of  September  26  was  brigaded  in  the  manner  shown 
in  the  first  diagram.  That  was  the  arrangement  used 
with  such  success  in  the  St.  Mihiel  operation,  but  it  will 
be  remembered  that  the  enemy  offered  little  opposition 
there. 

After  Col.  Ristine  had  effected  his  passage  of  lines, 


NIGHT   IN    MONTREBEAU   WOOD 


197 


the  formation  on  the  morning  of  September  27  was  as 
shown  in  the  second  diagram. 

This  increased  the  difficulty  of  communication,  but  it 
did  not  bring  about  the  confusion  the  diagram  might  in- 
dicate at  first  glance.  It  was  immediately  seen  that  the 
arrangement  under  which  the  division  had  started  out 
was  not  the  best  one,  and  two  days  later  the  plan  was 


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two  regiments  on  the  right,  that  is,  the  138th  and  the 
140th,  in  one  brigade,  and  the  other  two  regiments,  which 
were  on  the  left,  in  the  other  brigade.  Thus  the  138th- 
changed  brigades  in  the  middle  of  the  battle,  but  the 
change  was  without  much  effect,  either  good  or  bad.  Af- 
ter the  change  on  Sept.  28  the  arrangement  was  as  shown 
in  the  third  diagram. 


CHAPTER  XXIX 


PERMISSION  TO  RELIEVE  GENERAL  BERRY 

The  third  day's  fighting  had  brought  to  the  35th  Division 
a  profit  of  about  two  kilometers  gained.  The  cost  had  be- 
come heavier  for  each  forward  step,  and  only  the  welfare 
of  the  whole  field  justified  the  expense.  The  line  ran 
straight  westward  from  the  right  limit  of  the  sector  to 
the  Montrebeau  Wood,  went  through  the  front  of  the  wood, 
and  coming  out  of  it,  dipped  sharply  to  the  south,  where  it 
turned  to  present  a  front  to  the  enemy  across  the  River 
Aire  in  the  sector  of  the  28th  Division,  which  was  being 
held  to  a  much  slov/er  rate  of  advance  than  the  Thirty-fifth. 

The  Thirty-fifth  had  gained  in  the  day  nearly,  but  not 
quite,  as  much  ground  as  it  had  on  the  second  day.  The 
first  day 's  advance  had  been  more  than  both  the  second  and 
third  days '  advances,  but  the  first  day  had  had  magnificent 
artillery  support. 

The  casualties  continued  heavy  but  not  out  of  propor- 
tion to  the  nature  of  the  fighting,  the  dogged  resistance, 
and  the  masses  of  machine  guns  and  cannon  which  the 
enemy  had  brought  to  hold  his  line. 

The  Americans  fought  with  consistent  bravery,  but  not 
with  the  superlative  boldness  which  invites  disaster.  They 
had  grown  wary,  adroit  and  capable,  and  they  had  ad- 
vanced. 

The  men  were  hungry  and  very  tired.  The  cold  rain 
which  kept  up  all  night  soaked  them,  of  course,  as  there 
was  no  cover,  but  it  was  hardest  on  the  wounded.  The 
doctors  worked  without  ceasing,  and  the  stretcher  bearers 

1118 


PERMISSION    TO   RELIEVE   GEN.    BERRY  199 

toiled  until  they  dropped  in  their  tracks,  but  many- 
wounded  men  lay  all  night  in  the  rain.  I  saw  that  night 
a  stretcher  bearer  who  had  wires  looped  around  his  wrists 
and  fastened  around  the  stretcher  handles,  to  help  his  tired 
hands.    Both  wrists  were  bleeding. 

During  the  day  of  the  28th  the  artillery  was  still  trying 
to  get  into  position  to  give  more  assistance  to  the  infantry, 
and  to  counteract,  as  far  as  it  could,  the  tremendousi  ef- 
fectiveness of  the  German  artillery. 

At  8  a.  m..  Gen  Berry  had  ordered  the  128th  Field  Ar- 
tillery to  move  its  Second  Battalion  into  position  at  Very, 
and  the  First  Battalion  to  Charpentry.  The  Second  Bat- 
talion was  in  position  soon  after  11  in  the  morning,  and 
the  First  was  firing  from  its  new  place  at  4  p.m. 

In  all  the  day  of  the  28th  the  artillery  brigade  fired 
only  3200  shells. 

At  1:30  on  the  morning  of  Sept  29,  Ristine's  message 
from  the  28th  division  brigade  headquarters  reached  Gen. 
Traub.    It  read  as  follows: 

29  September,  1918,  1 :30  a.m. 

Telephoned  from  Road  Runner  3. 

To:     Oklahoma  3,   (Letter  from  Colonel  Ristine.) 

Scouting  from  Boche  lines  to  here,  south  of  Apre- 
mont.  Been  as  far  north  as  CO.  6-79.3.  Boche  in  re- 
treat everywhere,  leaving  nothing  behind  but  ma- 
chine guns,  77s  and  other  artillery.  Last  night  3  large 
dumps  burned  at  Fleville.  Stayed  today  in  Boche 
lines  at  01.5-77.3,  on  road  north  of  river.  Boche  has 
many  machine  guns  and  77s.  He  uses  77s  in  front 
lines.  At  7  o'clock  he  had  three  77s  at  .01.5-77.3,  be- 
tween main  road  and  river.  Had  one  77  at  01.1-77.2. 
His  machine  guns  are  in  field  in  most  cases.  Has  em- 
placements in  hedge  corners,  but  does  not  use  them 
often.  Our  artillery  today  was  not  very  effective. 
Machine  guns  fire  from  flank  in  most  all  cases  and  in- 


200  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

fantry  should  approach  guns  from  the  front.  I  am 
weak,  tired  and  hungry,  soaked  to  the  skin,  otherwise 
all  right.  More  particulars  later.  Will  join  you  to- 
morrow. 

Gen.  Traub  forwarded  it  to  Gen.  Berry  with  the  follow- 
ing endorsement: 

Headquarters  35th  Division,  American  Expeditionary 
Forces,  29th   September,   1918. 

The  Commanding  General  desires  to  call  your  espe- 
cial attention  to  the  above  letter  which  shows  the  dis- 
position of  enemy  77s  and  machine  guns.  It  will  be 
noted  that  his  method  must  be  met  with  similar 
methods,  and  it  is  directed  imperatively,  that  you  get 
as  many  75s  as  you  can  furnish  with  ammunition  for- 
ward to  support  the  Infantry.  Colonel  Ristine  has 
been  in  the  Boche  line  near  territory  where  our  artil- 
lery fire  fell,  and  claims  it  was  not  effective.  The  Com- 
manding General  directs  that  you  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  make  your  fire  more  effective  and  that  the 
closer  it  is  to  the  infantry  the  more  effective  it  will  be. 

It  seems  rather  too  much  to  have  expected  Gen.  Berry 
to  allow  himself  to  be  influenced  by  the  report  of  a  mere 
National  Guard  officer.  He  replied  to  Gen.  Traub  with 
the  following  message : 

Headquarters  60th  Field  Artillery  Brigade,  29  Sep- 
tember, 1918,  3  :30  a.m. 
Returned : 

1.  Direct  hits  on  one  hostile  battery  were  observed, 
caisson  was  seen  to  blow  up.  It  is  believed  that  in  all 
cases  the  artillery  fire  was  as  accurate  as  could  be  ex- 
pected. Constant  effort  is  made  to  improve  the  accu- 
racy of  the  artillery  and  assist  the  infantry.  The 
present  condition  of  Col.  Ristine 's  command  makes 
me  unwilling  to  accept  him  as  a  military  critic. 

2.  The  orders  of  the  Division  commander  will  be 
carefully  studied  by  me  and  thoroughly  complied  with. 


PERMISSION    TO   RELIEVE   GEN.    BERRY  201 

Following  this  exchange  of  courtesies,  it  would  appear 
that  Gen.  Traub  made  certain  representations  to  his  next 
higher  commander,  who  was  General  Liggett,  command- 
ing the  corps  in  which  the  35th  Division  was  fighting. 

In  the  early  morning  messages  had  passed  indicating 
that  the  Artillery  was  not  cooperating  with  the  air  planes. 
The  planes  would  go  forward  and  observe  the  front  line 
and  then  fly  back  and  tell  the  artillery  where  our  line  was, 
so  that  the  artillery  would  be  certain  to  plant  its  shells 
beyond  our  own  troops. 

The  air  observers  reported  to  division  headquarters  that 
they  could  not  get  answers  from  the  artillery. 

Then  came  messages  saying  that  our  shells  were  falling 
on  our  own  men.    One  of  these  was : 

"Artillery  on  left  flank  falling  short.     Traub." 

Another,  addressed  to  Gen.  Traub,  at  7 :25  that  morning, 
was :  ' '  Our  own  artillery  is  hitting  our  own  men  at  %  mile 
north  of  Chaudron  Farm." 

Another,  later  in  the  day,  apparently  from  a  brigade 
headquarters,  said : 

"Our  artillery  fire  falling  on  our  troops  in  Montrebeau 
Wood.     Sent  similar  message  earlier." 

Finally  the  following  messages  were  received  by  Gen. 
Traub  from  the  corps  headquarters.  "Oklahoma"  was 
code  for  35th  Division  headquarters,  and  "Buster"  was 
code  for  the  Corps. 

From  Buster  1  to  Okla.  1,  at  8 :40  a.m.  29  Sept. 

If  your  artillery  Brigade  Commander  is  not  giving 
full  support  and  is  not  to  you  a  satisfactory  and  loyal 
commander  you  are  authorized  to  relieve  him. 

From  Buster  3  to  Okla.  3 

The  Corps  Commander  wants  to  know  if  our  artil- 
lery is  all  up  and  supporting  the  infantry.  If  not, 
why  not  ? 


CHAPTER  XXX 


RIEGER  CHARGES  INTO  EXERMONT 

It  was  a  dreary  Sunday  morning  which  Sept.  29  pre- 
sented to  the  soldiers  of  the  35th  Division.  The 
chilled  and  rain-soaked  men  from  Missouri  and  Kansas 
looked  from  the  line  which  ran  to  the  right  and  left  from 
the  edge  of  Montrebeau  Wood,  upon  a  wet,  gloomy,  un- 
tended  field,  and  they  cursed  the  Germans  and  all  their 
works. 

They  had  thought  the  two  preceding  days  had  been  of 
some  value  because  those  days  must  have  displayed  the 
worst  the  enemy  could  do  in  cannonading  and  machine 
gun  fire.  Now  they  saw  they  were  wrong.  The  sky  snarled 
with  passing  shells  from  batteries  which  must  have  been 
much  increased  during  the  night.  The  ground  over  which 
the  men  were  to  advance,  and  the  points  they  were  to  take, 
hissed  with  the  constant  whirr  of  machine  guns. 

The  line  where  the  divisional  front  had  dug  in  the  night 
before  had  been  shelled  all  night  long,  and  there  were 
many  dead  men  between  the  Aire  River  and  Exorieux 
farm.    The  enemy  had  control  of  the  air. 

The  attack  was  to  be  at  5 :30  a.  ra.  according  to  the  orders 
which  sifted  down  from  corps  headquarters.  It  was  worded 
thus: 

28  September,  1918 

From  Buster  3 

To  Oklahoma  3,  Received  10:31  p.m. 

Plans  for  tomorrow  exactly  same  as  for  today,  ex- 
cept no  definite  objective.    Division  will  push  forward 

202 


RIEGER    CHARGES   INTO   EXERMONT  203 

at  5  :30  a.m.  without  regard  to  Division  on  right  or  left. 
Maintain  liaison  with  detachments  between  flanks. 

Signed :    Liggett,  by  Craig. 

I  have  heard  the  plan  and  the  order  criticized  by  officers 
who  contended  that  the  division  should  never  have  been 
sent  forward  on  that  day,  since  it  was  already  so  far  in 
advance  of  the  division  on  its  left  that  the  Thirty-fifth 
left  flank  had  been  for  two  days  exposed  to  an  enfilading 
fire.  A  line  had  to  be  held  fronting  the  river,  from  a  point 
about  even  with  Apremont  to  whatever  point  to  the  north- 
ward the  division  advanced.  These  critics  contend  that  the 
divisions  on  either  side  should  have  done  the  advancing,  and 
that  the  Thirty-fifth  should  have  not  been  compelled  to 
push  a  salient  into  the  German  line  on  its  own  front. 

Divisions  on  both  sides  of  the  Thirty-fifth  were  to  at- 
tack at  the  same  hour  on  the  morning  of  the  29th,  and 
there  was  assurance,  corps  headquarters  said,  that  the 
flanks  of  the  Thirty-fifth  would  be  protected. 

In  the  brigade  handled  by  Col.  Nuttman,  there  was  dif- 
ficulty in  transmitting  the  orders  for  the  attack  which 
reached  him  from  the  division.  The  rain  and  darkness, 
the  shortage  of  runners  and  the  exhaustion  of  those  who 
were  left,  the  constant  shelling  of  the  ground  over  which 
the  runners  must  pass,  all  made  it  a  question  of  grave 
doubt  whether  the  orders  were  delivered.    But  they  were. 

Nuttman  was  able  to  find  but  one  battalion  of  the  lo9th, 
and  he  did  not  know  how  much  there  was  of  the  137th, 
but  he  knew  that  it  was  in  Montrebeau  Wood. 

Gen.  Traub  went  forward  to  look  things  over  and  re- 
ported to  his  Chief  of  Staff : 

From  C.  G.  at  Baulny,  Sept.  29,  6  :25  a.m.  to  C.  of  S. 

I  find  that  Brigade  commanders  know  little  about 
their  brigades  and  the  actual  location  of  the  units  of 
their  regiments.     Am  in  command  of  reserves.     We 


204  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

will  do  our  level  best.  Are  being  heavily  shelled. 
Kecommend  reinforcements  be  sent  at  once  to  back  up 
this  Division.  It  has  lost  its  punch  account  of  so  many 
officer  casualties  resulting  in  disorganization  of  units 
which  the  remaining  officers  appear  unable  to  have  re- 
assembled. Gas,  shrapnel  and  high  explosives  being 
received  from  hill  across  river  and  our  left  meeting 
with  machine  gun  resistance.  The  line  is  out  between 
Charpentry  and  Cheppy  but  party  out  to  repair  it. 
Col.  Walker's  P.  C.  at  Chaudron  Farm  and  being 
heavily  shelled.  Col.  Nuttman  has  gone  forward  to 
Montrebeau  Woods  to  be  in  closer  touch  with  his  com- 
mand.   It  is  now  6  :42  and  we  have  received  no  reports 

^'5^"*-  Sgd:     Traub. 

P.  S.    You  can  reach  me  at  phone  central  at  Baulny, 

The  British  say  that  the  battle  of  Waterloo  was  won 
on  the  cricket  lawns  of  Eton  and  Harrow.  The  35th  Di- 
vision had  lost  its  punch  on  the  dancing  floors  of  West 
Point,  in  the  Efficiency  Board  rooms  at  Camp  Doniphan, 
and  in  the  United  States  Army  system  which  replaces 
National  Guard  officers,  however  competent,  with  Regu- 
lar Army  officers,  however  incompetent. 

Col.  Walker,  commanding  the  other  brigade,  received 
the  order  from  division  headquarters  at  45  minutes  past 
midnight  on  the  morning  of  the  attack.  He  sent  his 
brigade  orders,  which  required  some  work  and  tran- 
scription, to  the  regiments  at  2:55  a.m.  He  ordered  the 
138th,  which  was  lying  behind  the  140th,  to  pass  through 
the  140th 's  lines,  and  lead  the  attack  on  the  right  half 
of  the  sector,  and  the  140th,  to  follow  behind  and  support 
the  138th.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Parker,  commanding  the 
138th,  said  that  he  did  not  receive  his  orders  until  7  a.m. 
Where  the  delay  was  I  do  not  know.  Col.  Delaplane  re- 
ceived his  orders  at  5  :25  to  attack  five  minutes  later. 

Exermont,   a  village  of  no   particular  importance   or 


RIEGER   CHARGES  INTO   EXERMONT  205 

value  even  in  its  palmy  days,  was  a  well  shelled  place 
that  morning.  Tolerably  well  placed  for  defense,  and 
on  that  rainy  dawn,  it  was  ringed  three-quarters  of  the 
way  round  with  cannon  and  machine  guns.  Through  the 
fourth  quarter  the  35th  Division  had  to  attack. 

The  first  to  make  the  brave  attempt  was  Maj.  Kalloch 
with  his  thin  line.  In  the  40  minutes  he  had  to  prepare, 
he  had  got  together  about  125  men,  mostly  of  the  137th 
regiment.  He  had  two  automatic  riflemen  with  Chauchat 
rifles,  but  they  were  very  short  of  ammunition,  having 
but  a  few  clips  apiece.  He  fonned  a  skirmish  line,  with 
100  men  in  the  front  line,  and  a  patrol  of  six  men  on 
each  flank.  The  rest  of  the  men  were  in  the  rear  in  re- 
serve, to  fill  the  places  of  casualties.  So  scant  was  his 
force  that  he  had  to  put  ten  paces  between  each  two 
men  to  cover  the  brigade  front.  He  gave  Lieut.  Allen 
command  of  the  right  half  of  the  line,  and  Lieut.  Hodg- 
son the  left. 

The  line  was  ready,  kneeling  at  the  edge  of  the  wood 
at  5:30,  waiting  for  the  barrage,  but  the  barrage  did  not 
come.    The  only  artillery ing  was  done  by  the  enemy. 

At  5:34  he  started  without  a  barrage,  and  had  advanced 
300  yards  when  a  stiff  machine  gun  nest  opened  just 
in  front  and  killed  a  iew  of  his  men.  The  gunners  doubt- 
less had  crept  to  the  position  in  the  night.  In  a  10-min- 
ute  fight,  the  nest  was  destroyed.  Three  hundred  meters 
further  on,  more  machine  guns  were  found  and  destroyed, 
after  another  fight  and  more  losses.  When  the  second  nest 
had  been  cleaned,  it  was  observed  that  many  more  machine 
guns  were  filtering  in  on  both  flanks  of  the  advancing 
skirmish  line,  but  it  went  ahead  against  very  heavy  artil- 
lery and  machine  gun  fire,  and  finally  reached  the  ravine 
running  west  from  Exermont. 


206  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

There  was  no  sign  anywhere  of  the  supporting  wave 
Col.  Hamilton  was  to  bring  out,  so  Kalloch  sent  two  run- 
ners, one  a  few  minutes  behind  the  other,  to  say  that 
he  could  go  no  farther  without  support.  His  losses  had 
been  very  heavy. 

At  6 :15,  Kalloch  saw  the  support  line  of  about  100  men 
come  out  of  the  Montrebeau  Wood  and  begin  advancing 
toward  him.  He  saw  them  start  up  the  rise,  then  he  turned 
and  looked  toward  the  front  for  a  time.  When  he  looked 
back  again  the  line  had  disappeared.  No  further  supports 
appeared,  and  Kalloch  held  on  until  8  o'clock.  By  that 
time,  enemy  machine  guns  had  become  more  numerous  and 
deadly,  and  he  retired  with  what  was  left  of  his  men.  He 
had  to  leave  his  dead  and  wounded  on  the  field,  and  when 
he  reached  the  edge  of  the  wood  again  his  command  was 
practically  dissipated.  It  simply  had  melted  under  ma- 
chine gun  fire. 

While  Kalloch  was  forward  with  his  forlorn  hope  Maj, 
O'Connor,  who  had  become  exhausted  the  night  before,  re- 
tunied  to  the  front.  He  found  the  1st  battalion  staff 
functioning  asi  137th  regimental  staff,  and  learned  that  Col, 
Hamilton  was  on  duty.  After  a  brief  search,  he  found  Col. 
Hamilton  a  hundred  yards  in  front  of  the  woods,  in  the 
open  field,  sitting  alone  in  an  old  artillery  emplacement, 
0  'Connor  learned  that  Kalloch  had  joined  and  was  at  that 
moment  leading  a  wave  against  Exermont.  Hamilton  told 
O'Connor  to  organize  and  lead  forward  a  supporting  line, 

O'Connor  hurriedly  got  together  what  men  he  could  of 
the  137th,  and  marshaled  them  to  the  front  of  the  woods 
and  out  into  the  open.  It  was  now  full  daylight,  and  there 
was  terrible  fire  of  machine  guns  from  the  front  and  both 
flanks.  From  the  front  and  left  flank,  artillery  fired  on 
them  with  flat  trajectory. 


RIEGER    CHARGES   INTO   EXERMONT  207 

The  men  were  willing  and  brave,  but  much  disorganized, 
largely,  I  suspect,  through  their  great  physical  weariness. 
The  officers  were  unable  to  maneuver  them.  When  they 
reached  the  top  of  the  rise  and  got  the  full  force  of  the  fire, 
they  seemed  just  to  fade  back  into  the  woods.  Without 
panic,  but  beyond  the  power  of  their  officers  to  stop  them, 
they  retreated  into  the  woods.  That  was  the  line  which 
Kalloch  saw  once  and  saw  no  more. 

While  Kalloch  was  moving  up,  and  while  0  'Connor  was 
seeking  his  Colonel  in  Montrebeau  Wood,  every  infantry 
officer  of  the  division  who  was  still  effective  was  preparing 
his  command  for  the  attack  on  Exermont.  Among  others 
was  Maj.  Rieger,  grooming  his  battalion  of  the  139th  for 
the  grim  advance.  To  the  left  and  rear  of  Montrebeau 
Wood,  where  he  had  made  a  line  fronting  the  Argonne  For- 
est, he  marshaled  them  in  the  rain  and  took  them  around 
behind  the  wood  with  the  intention  of  marching  through  it, 
hoping  to  pick  up  some  more  men.  It  was  a  ghastly  dawn, 
and  doubtless  Maj,  Rieger  made  a  prayer  to  Jehovah  of 
The  Thunders  as  he  moved  his  devoted  band  eastward 
through  the  cannonade.  For  Maj.  Rieger  is  a  religious 
man  and  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist  church  back  home  in 
Kirksville,  Mo.  It  was  he  who  formed  the  Sunday  school 
class  of  300  members  at  Camp  Doniphan.  His  employment 
on  Sept.  29  was  far  from  being  the  way  in  which  he  usually 
spent  Sunday  morning. 

His  battalion  was  well  battered,  but  game.  It  had  been 
at  the  mopping  up  of  Vauquois  Hill  and  the  Bois  de  Ros- 
signol,  it  had  spent  the  first  night  before  Charpentry,  the 
second  night  in  Montrebeau  Wood,  the  third  night  in  the 
open  facing  the  Argonne  Forest,  and  now  it  was  going  to 
essay  the  dread  assault  of  Exermont. 

As  Maj.  Rieger  was  starting  into  the  wood,  he  met  Col. 


208  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

Nuttman,  who  pointed  eastward  and  told  him  to  go  on  and 
attack.  Rieger  explained  that  his  way  lay  through  the 
wood,  that  he  was  going  to  take  its  protection  as  far  as  he 
could  and  pick  up  any  available  men  to  help  out  his  scanty 
force. 

Nuttman  said  Exermont  was  in  the  direction  in  which 
he  was  pointing,  eastward.  Rieger  said  he  was  sure  the 
brigade  commander  was  wrong,  and  that  unless  he  had  posi- 
tive orders  otherwise,  he  would  attack  through  the  wood. 

"I  order  you  to  move  that  way  around  the  wood  and  at- 
tack Exermont,"  Col.  Nuttman  said.  "You  can  see  the 
town  very  soon." 

Rieger  obeyed  and  moved  ahead.  He  had  to  take  his 
battalion  between  Montrebeau  Wood  and  the  strip  of  woods 
to  the  east,  and  attack  through  the  open. 

His  orders  had  been  for  5  :30  a.m.,  with  the  regiments 
on  the  right  to  come  up  and  attack  on  his  right.  They  had 
not  come  and  he  had  delayed  an  hour  waiting  for  them. 
He  picked  up  a  party  of  the  140th  in  the  meantime.  There 
was  good  daylight  when  he  reached  the  open  field  before, 
and  to  the  right  of  Montrebeau  Wood. 

The  full  fury  of  the  enemy  fire  reached  them  when  they 
went  over  the  rise,  like  the  full  current  of  a  poisonous  wind. 
They  pressed  ahead.  Never  before  had  these  men  faced 
such  a  concentration  of  artillery  and  machine  gun  fire,  and 
it  took  its  toll.  German  machine  gunners,  brought  with  all 
speed  from  reserve  and  from  points  on  the  French  and 
British  fronts,  hundreds  of  kilometers  away,  were  lying 
ahead  grinding  out  their  deadly  hail.  The  opposing  front 
was  thick  with  them,  behind  defenses,  in  foxholes,  or  lying 
out  in  the  grass. 

Rieger 's  men,  benumbed  with  the  cold  ram,  the  lack  of 
warm  food  and  the  days  of  ceaseless  work,  did  a  peculiar 


RIEGER   CHARGES   INTO   EXERMONT  209 

thing,  and  the  officer  who  saw  and  told  me  of  it  said  it 
swept  him  with  a  great  gust  of  sorrow  and  pity;  sorrow 
that  such  things  had  to  be  and  pity  for  the  brave  men  going 
to  their  deaths. 

In  the  stunning,  dumbing  gust  of  war  the  men  sensed 
with  their  physical  bodies  rather  than  their  minds,  that 
death  was  pouring  past  them  in  a  flood.  As  if  they  were 
walking  forward  through  a  driving  hailstorm  they  turned 
their  faces  to  leeward  and,  leaning  forward  against  the 
blast,  pushed  ahead  with  the  point  of  shoulder  offered  to 
the  gale. 

Across  the  open  they  went.  The  barrage  had  failed  to 
come,  and  if  our  guns  were  helping  the  attack,  there  was 
no  assistance  appreciable  to  the  infantry. 

Across  the  little  valley  and  the  creek  they  went,  through 
a  fiendish  fire,  and  without  barrage  or  artillery  support, 
they  charged  and  took  the  town  of  Exermont.  This  was  the 
Rieger  whom  Gen.  Berry  had  declared  was  "absolutely 
hopeless. ' ' 

The  enemy  machine  gunners  were  killed  at  their  guns, 
and  the  grim  column  moved  on  through  the  town  out  to 
the  heights  beyond.  There  they  dug  in  on  a  line  ex- 
tending to  the  northeast  and  lay  down  to  hold  and  wait 
for  supports.  An  incident  of  this  attack  is  told  in  the 
first  chapter  of  this  book. 


CHAPTER  XXXI 


THE  140TH  ADVANCES 

In  the  meantime,  on  the  right  of  our  line  of  the  night 
before  were  the  140th  and  the  138th  Regiments.  They 
also  were  to  attack  at  5:30,  but  the  orders  reached  them 
late.  What  was  left  of  the  140th  was  in  position  at 
6  a.m.,  waiting  for  the  138th  to  pass  through  it  and  lead 
the  attack,  as  the  orders  provided,  but  the  138th  did  not 
come  forward. 

Soon  after  6  a.m.  Col.  Delaplane  received  orders  from 
Col.  Nuttman,  commanding  the  other  brigade,  and  Col. 
Hawkins,  to  proceed  with  the  140th  and  lead  the  attack. 
Delaplane  asked  his  own  brigade  commander,  Col.  Wal- 
ker, if  he  should  advance  or  wait  for  the  138th,  as  his 
former  orders  read.  Walker  said  for  him  to  lead  the 
attack  and  he  would  have  the  138th  follow,  and  at  the 
same  time,  before  his  deployment  was  complete,  Nutt- 
man or  Hawkins  ordered  him  to  move  without  further 
preparation.  This  caused  the  regiment  to  move  with  less 
order  and  formation  than  it  would  have  had  otherwise, 
and  resulted  later  in  Col.  Walker  gaining  the  erroneous 
impression  that  the  whole  regiment  had  stopped. 

The  same  terrific  machine  gun  fire  from  every  availa- 
ble position  caught  Delaplane 's  men  and  artillery  from 
three  sides  pounded  him,  but  adroitly  taking  advantage 
of  the  terrain  and  handling  his  very  brave  men  with  ad- 
dress, he  took  them  into  Exermont  despite  heavy  losses. 
Lieut.  "Duke"  Sheahan,  commanding  the  140th  Scouts, 
led  the  way  into  the  town.    Delaplane  had  with  him  parts 

210 


THE  140th  advances  211 

of  his  second  and  third  battalions,  and  with  these  he 
manned  the  town  and  connected  with  Rieger's  line  to  the 
east. 

Captain  Milligan  was  in  charge  of  the  advance,  and 
he  took  and  held  the  most  advanced  part  of  the  line 
gained  by  the  140th. 

The  second  wave  of  the  140th  was  stopped  within  300 
yards,  and  it  was  ordered  back  to  its  original  line  to 
reform.  Col.  Walker  thought  that  this  was  the  entire 
regiment.  He  did  not  know  that  a  part  of  his  command 
had  won  through  to  Exermont.    He  sent  this  report: 

29  September,  9:4.0  a.m. 

From  CO  at  CHAUDRON  FARM,  Sept.  29,  9 :35  a.m. 

To  C.  O.  35th  Div. 

140th  Infantry  began  advancing  at  6:25  a.m.  138th 
Infantry  evidently  did  not  receive  orders  because  I 
could  not  find  them.  Two  companies  of  139th  Infantry 
are  mixed  in  with  the  140th  Infantry.  No  tanks  ap- 
peared. Advance  was  stopped  within  I/2  kilometers  of 
starting  by  artillery  and  machine  gun  fire.  Have  or- 
dered another  attack  to  begin  8  :15  a.m.  Elements  of 
91st  Division  on  our  right  but  they  did  not  advance  at 
5  :30  and  are  not  advancing  now.  Apparently  they  have 
no  orders  to  advance.  No  evidence  of  advance  on  our 
immediate  left  of  any  column.  138th  Infantry  just 
now  appeared  and  will  put  2  battalions  in  the  attack 
which  I  have  ordered.     Holding  3rd  battalion  in  re- 

^^^^^-  Signed:  Colonel  Walker. 

This  attack  faced  conditions  as  desperate  as  any  of 
the  preceding  ones.  Better  light  helped  the  German 
gunners  and  the  tired  troops  were  mown  down.  At  10:30 
a.m.,  it  looked  to  Col.  Walker  that  this  attack  also  had 
failed.  Enemy  machine  guns  were  filtering  far  down 
on  the  flank,  so  he  ordered  the  troops  back  to  their  old 
positions. 


212  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

But  many  of  these  troops  also  had  gone  ahead.  At 
6  a.m.  Lieut.  Leahy,  commanding  the  Second  Battalion, 
received  orders  from  Col.  Parker  to  advance  to  the  woods 
north  of  Chaudron  Farm  (these  are  the  woods  to  the 
northeast  of  Montrebeau  Wood)  and  there  to  wait  for 
the  third  battalion  which  would  take  position  on  his 
right.  It  was  Parker's  plan  to  attack  out  of  these 
woods. 

As  Leahy  moved  forward,  Col.  Nuttman,  commanding 
the  other  brigade,  ordered  him  to  move  through  Montre- 
beau Wood,  which  was  on  his  left.  Leahy  explained  that 
he  was  acting  under  orders  from  his  regimental  com- 
mander, and  on  a  plan  which  involved  the  regimental  at- 
tack. Nuttman  made  his  own  orders  positive  and  pointed 
the  way.  Leahy  took  his  battalion  forward  through  Mon- 
trebeau Wood,  as  ordered.  He  had  no  opposition  in  the 
wood,  but  as  he  passed  out  of  it  he  caught  the  full  sweep 
of  the  machine  guns  lying  in  the  territory  to  the  west  of 
Exermont. 

His  losses  were  extremely  heavy,  but  he  pressed  for- 
ward to  the  west  of  Exermont,  passing  over  the  ground 
Kalloch  had  been  driven  from  with  almost  total  loss,  and 
crossed  the  ravine  of  Exermont.  His  men  drove  the 
enemy  before  them  or  destroyed  them  when  they  stood 
and  fought.  They  stubbornly  plunged  ahead,  even  after 
they  came  under  the  fire  on  their  right  flank  from  Hill 
240.  From  the  time  they  left  Montrebeau  wood,  Leahy 
had  no  protection  on  his  left  flank.  His  runners  did 
magnificent  work  in  that  destructive  advance.  Among 
them  were  Corp.  Brady,  Supply  Sergt.  John  Muese  and 
Mechanic  William  Hand,  who  had  served  him  so  well  in 
the  big  raid  in  the  Vosges. 

Leahy  gained  a  point  well  to  the  north  of  Exermont, 


THE  140th  advances  213 

but  westward,  almost  on  a  line  between  Exermont  and 
Fleville.  There,  about  noon,  Leahy  was  wounded  and 
put  out  of  action.  His  only  remaining  runner  took 
back  the  battalion  commander,  leading  him,  half  carrying 
him,  and  later  trundling  him  on  a  wheelbarrow. 

Leahy  turned  the  command  over  to  Lieut.  John  E.  Mitch- 
ell, who  was  wounded  10  minutes  later. 

The  battalion  fell  back  slowly,  fighting  steadily,  but 
there  were  not  enough  men  left  to  fight  and  care  for  the 
wounded  also.  Most  of  the  wounded  and  all  the  dead 
were  left  on  the  field. 

In  the  meantime,  Lieut.  Brightfield  took  the  First  Bat- 
talion of  the  138th  forward  to  the  woods  Leahy  had 
aimed  for  until  deflected,  there  to  await  the  regimental 
organization  for  the  attack.  He  came  under  heavy  shell 
and  machine  gun  fire,  and  dug  in  to  hold  the  position 
until  the  other  battalions  came  up. 

The  third  battalion  under  command  of  Capt.  Bottger 
was  to  attack  on  the  right  of  the  three  battalions  of  the 
138th.  This  battalion  had  been  from  the  first  charged 
with  the  duty  of  keeping  in  combat  liaison  with  the  di- 
vision on  our  right.  The  battalion  caught  a  very  heavy 
fire  as  it  advanced,  but  passed  through  the  strip  of  woods, 
and  when  a  short  distance  in  front  of  them,  slowed  up 
and  stopped.  Then  the  men  began  to  filter  back  into  the 
woods. 

Sergt.  Ross  M.  Koen  was  commanding  L  Company  in 
which  command  he  had  succeeded  another  sergeant,  Rob- 
inson, who  had  been  gassed  the  night  before.  Koen  en- 
deavored to  hold  his  men  out  in  front,  but  he  could  keep 
but  six  of  them.  With  these  he  dug  in  and  lay  an  hour 
firing  with  rifles  against  the  plentiful  machine  gun  nests 
opposing   like    a   lone    outpost    attacking    an    entrenched 


214  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 

army.  Then  he  fell  back  into  the  woods.  There  he  could 
find  none  of  his  company  or  battalion,  so  he  marshalled 
his  six  men  again,  advanced  again  into  the  fire-swept 
open  and  dug  in  on  the  crest  of  the  ridge. 

When  Major  Constable  was  ordered  to  move  his  post 
back  he  replied: 

29  Sept.  9  a.m. 

From  Constable  at  P.C.,  3.20  a.m. 

To  Hay 

All  my  companies  are  in  line  firing,  one  with  140th 
one  with  139th  two  with  137th.  Brigade  C.  0.  di- 
rected me  to  remain  here  last  night  as  my  P.  C.  was  es- 
tablished, and  all  my  companies  were  familiar  with 
its  location.  Have  an  officer  forward  to  Brigade  C.  0. 
at  this  time  to  find  out  what  he  desires.  "With  one  com- 
pany of  my  battalion  in  my  own  brigade  sector  and  the 
other  three  companies  in  the  other  brigade  sector,  it 
it  a  serious  question  as  to  where  I  can  best  direct  my 
battalion.  You  can  surely  see  my  position.  Am  en- 
deavoring in  every  way  to  use  my  best  judgment. 
Will  wait  until  I  hear  from  Brigade  C.  O. 

If  I  move  back  of  70th  Brigade  will  lose  contact 
with  my  three  companies  on  the  left. 

Later  he  sent  this  message  : 

29  September,  10  :45  a.m. 

From  Constable  at  P.C,  10:10  a.m. 

Message  from  Nesbitt  with  137th  Inf.  says  he  has 
only  three  squads  left.  All  other  knocked  out.  Would 
like  to  have  relief,  but  I  have  no  companies  left.  Com- 
pany B  reports  very  heavy  casualties  with  140th  Inf. 
Can  you  do  anything  for  us  1    All  my  companies  are  in. 

Signed :     Constable. 

The  medical  men  also  were  near  the  end  of  their  rows : 


THE  140th  advances  215 

29  September,  10:40  a.m. 
D.S.  Charpentry,  9  a.m. 

Have  100  bearers  of  mule  Amb.  and  2  wagons  and 
1  Ford  out  collecting  in  wounded,  and  there  seems  to 
be  no  end  to  them.  There  must  be  500  yet  to  come. 
They  are  in  all  directions  from  me.  Collecting  is  diffi- 
cult as  snipers  and  machine  gunners  are  sweeping  the 
field,  also  aeroplanes.    Our  artilleiy  fire  is  feeble. 

Signed :     Gist. 

Send  up  blankets  and  litters.  I  am  covering  entire 
field  or  sector  in  front  of  me. 


CHAPTER  XXXII 


GENERAL  TRAUB  ASKS  TO  BE  WITHDRAWN 

Capt.  Bottger,  commanding  the  3rd  battalion  of  the 
138th,  had  got  into  the  heavy  fire,  as  he  advanced,  and 
had  been  knocked  over  by  the  concussion  of  a  shell.  He 
got  into  a  shell  hole  to  avoid  the  machine  gun  fire,  and 
with  two  privates,  sick  and  slightly  gassed,  lay  there 
many  hours,  because  the  infiltration  of  enemy  machine 
gunners  cut  him  off  from  his  command.  He  finally  es- 
caped and  made  his  way  into  the  sector  of  the  Ninety- 
first  Division, 

Unable  to  find  his  battalion  commander,  Capt.  Thomp- 
son of  M  Company  took  command  of  the  battalion.  He 
put  Second  Lieut.  Harry  B.  Steele  in  command  of  I 
Company;  Sergt.  Richter,  K  Company;  Sergt  Koen,  L 
Company,  and  Second  Lieut.  Hickam,  M  Company.  Then 
he  prepared  for  a  new  advance.  As  he  was  forming,  a 
runner  brought  a  verbal  message  from  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel Parker  instructing  him  to  organize  a  position,  but  the 
position  assigned  could  not  be  understood,  being  too  in- 
definite.    Thereupon  he  started  out  to  find  the  colonel. 

He  arrived  at  the  bare  place  by  the  roadside,  which 
was  regimental  headquarters,  only  to  learn  that  Col. 
Parker  had  been  killed  a  few  minutes  before,  and  that 
the  regimental  adjutant,  Capt.  Clarence  Schnelle,  had  been 
badly  wounded.  Col.  Parker  was  a  regular  army  officer 
who  had  orders  to  return  to  the  states  before  the  be- 
ginning of  the  battle,  but  he  had  stayed  to  help,  if  he 
could,  the  regiment  to  which  he  was  greatly  attached. 

216 


GEN.    TRAUB    RECOMMENDS   WITHDRAWAL.  217 

Schnelle  was  hit  in  the  groin  by  a  splinter  of  shell,  prob- 
ably from  the  same  shell  which  killed  his  colonel.  He 
walked  to  brigade  headquarters,  and  after  reporting  on 
conditions,  and  that  the  colonel  had  been  killed,  said  that 
he  had  a  wound  himself,  but  he  did  not  know  how  bad 
it  was.  He  was  hurried  to  a  dressing  station,  then  back 
to  the  triage  and  on  to  the  rear,  but  too  late.  He  died 
soon  afterward. 

Since  Maj.  Comfort  was  detached,  Capt.  Thompson,  who 
was  25  years  old,  was  at  that  time,  I  presume,  the  rank- 
ing officer  of  the  regiment.  He  assumed  that  he  was,  as 
he  could  not  find  a  superior,  and  hurried  back  to  the 
firing  line.  Before  he  had  reached  his  battalion,  he  saw 
troops  retiring  all  along  the  line,  which  greatly  astonished 
him,  and  asking  an  officer,  was  informed  that  they  had 
been  ordered  to  fall  back  to  their  original  positions. 

About  this  time,  probably  11  a.m.,  Gen.  Traub  came  to 
the  front  to  see  for  himself  how  conditions  were.  Mix- 
ture of  elements  and  shortage  of  officers  was  everywhere 
apparent,  and  he  ordered  the  troops  withdrawn  from 
Exermont  and  reorganized  behind  a  line  of  resistance 
to  be  established  by  the  division  reserve.  He  reported  to 
Corps  Headquarters: 

Reed.  11:15  a.m.,  29th  Sept.  1918. 

From  North  slope  of  Montrebeau  Woods  to  Oklahoma 

3  for  Buster  1,  at  11 :00  a.m. 

Regret  to  report  that  this  Division  cannot  advance 
beyond  crest  south  of  EXERMONT.  It  is  thoroughly 
disorganized  through  loss  of  officers  and  many  casual- 
ties, for  which  cannot  give  estimate,  owing  to  inter- 
mingling of  units.  Recommend  it  be  withdrawn  for 
reorganization  and  be  replaced  promptly  by  other 
troops  in  order  that  the  advance  may  be  continued. 

Traub. 


218  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO  EXERMONT 

Soon  after  Col.  "Walker  had  sent  the  Sixty-ninth  Bri- 
gade forward  the  second  time,  he  became  convinced  that 
the  second  attack,  too,  must  fail,  and  he  gave  orders  that 
the  138th  and  the  140th  fall  back  to  the  positions  they 
held  the  night  before.    He  sent  this  message : 

29  September  12  M. 
From  CO  70th  Brigade,  11 :05  a.m. 
To  Commanding  General,  35th  Division. 
The  troops  in  front   of  the   70th  Brigade  P.   C.  at 
CHAUDKON  Farm  are  falling  back  and  we  are  going 
to  try  to  take  up  a  position  just  south  of  this  point. 

Signed :     Walker, 
At  CHAUDRON  Farm. 

Headquarters  was  growing  a  little  twittery.  There  was 
a  fear  that  a  determined  attack  by  the  Germans  might 
result  in  the  capture  of  General  Traub.  This  excited  mes- 
sage went  back: 

70th  Brigade  is  falling  back  almost  to  BAULNY. 
The  Germans  are  rushing  them  back.  General  orders 
are  to  get  Divisions  on  our  right  and  left  to  help  im- 
mediately. General  now  leaving  BAULNY.  Germans 
are  coming  right  on  us. 

From  officer  at  Baulny,  telephoning 

bj^  orders  of  General. 

The  first  feeling  of  relief  comes  with  these  messages: 
From  CO  1st  Bn.,  110th  Eng.,  at  Foret  Argonne 
03.3-77.64.,  29  Sept.,  9 :35  a.m.  I  am  moving  this  bn. 
forward  to  draw  one  kilometer  north  of  this  post. 
B.C.  will  be  at  030-780. 

E.  M.  Stayton. 

The  engineers  are  now  digging  in  just  North  of 
CHAUDRON  Farm.  We  need  help  badly.  Are  falling 
back  to  ravine  between  CHARPENTRY  and  BAUL- 
NY. 

Signed :    Walker, 


CHAPTER  XXXIII 


THE  137TH'S  FIRM,  THIN  LINE 

In  Montrebeau  Wood  Col.  Mitchell,  who  had  joined  up 
the  night  before  under  such  disadvantageous  circum- 
stances, was  technically  in  command  of  the  139th.  Af- 
ter Rieger  and  Delaplane  had  advanced  in  the  woods,  he 
organized  a  regimental  headquarters,  made  Lieut.  Marcus 
J.  Morgan  Adjutant,  turned  his  scouts  into  runners  and 
tried  to  establish  liaison  with  elements  on  both  sides.  He 
did  get  in  touch  with  the  138th  on  his  right,  but  never 
could  find  anybody  on  the  left. 

At  about  9:30  a.m.  he  sent  a  message  to  Col.  Nuttman 
saying  that  the  situation  was  unchanged,  and  suggesting 
that  the  brigade  commander  come  out  and  look  things 
over  for  himself. 

Sometime  after  noon  Lieut.  Ridlon  brought  Mitchell 
a  verbal  message  from  the  commander  of  the  Seventieth 
Brigade,  directing  that  the  troops  be  withdrawn  from 
Montrebeau  Wood  to  a  line  near  the  Chaudron  Farm. 
As  his  command  was  not  in  that  brigade,  he  thought 
there  must  be  some  mistake,  so  he  sent  his  regimental 
adjutant  back  to  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade  headquarters  to 
find  out  about  it.  The  adjutant  returned  and  informed 
the  Colonel  that  the  troops  were  to  be  withdrawn  from 
Montrebeau  Woods  under  cover  of  darkness,  but  that  there 
were  troops  in  Exermont,  and  that  the  troops  in  Montre- 
beau Wood  were  to  cover  their  retirement.  The  Colonel 
sent  Ridlon,  with  runners,  as  an  officer  patrol  to  give  the 
order  for  retirement  to  the  troops  in  Exermont. 

219 


220  FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

At  2:40  Lieut.  Heiny,  the  139th  intelligence  officer,  re- 
turned from  the  138th  and  said  the  Seventieth  Brigade  had 
sent  orders  to  the  138th  that  the  right  of  the  line  should 
withdraw.  Soon  his  messengers  told  him  that  the  Ger- 
mans were  moving  forward  on  his  right  flank,  apparently- 
attempting  an  enveloping  movement,  so  he  sent  a  hurried 
request  to  the  Seventieth  Brigade  to  advance  again  and  pro- 
tect his  flank.  I  think  that  Ristine,  who  had  made  his  way 
out  of  the  German  lines  and  had  just  rejoined  the  regiment 
took  this  message.  Very  soon  afterward  the  Germans  ap- 
peared on  his  right  flank  and  Col.  Mitchell  ordered  a  with- 
drawal from  Montrebeau  Wood  to  keep  from  being  cut  off 
from  the  Chaudron  Farm  line. 

Maj.  O'Connor,  who  had  fallen  back  early  in  the  day 
when  he  tried  to  advance  to  Kalloch's  support,  found  it 
impossible  to  reform  his  men  in  the  woods.  They  were  so 
tired  that  they  would  fall  into  shell  holes  or  foxholes  and 
sleep  despite  their  own  endeavors.  The  rain  made  every 
movement  difficult,  and  the  constant  shelling  kept  the  men 
down. 

He  formed  a  thin  line  on  the  left  front  of  Montrebeau 
Wood  to  protect  against  a  counter  attack,  as  the  enemy  was 
filtering  in  on  that  side  also.  Two  light  attacks  were  re- 
pulsed and  when  the  third,  a  more  serious  one,  threatened, 
he  called  upon  the  artillery  for  a  barrage  and  got  an  excel- 
lent one,  which  scattered  the  threatening  German  skirmish 
line.  All  day  he  kept  up  an  action  on  that  side  of  the  wood, 
but  the  disorganization  in  the  woods  was  too  great  to  allow 
of  his  attacking,  and  late  in  the  afternoon  he  received  or- 
ders to  withdraw  to  the  Chaudron  Farm  line  prepared  by 
the  reserve. 

In  all  of  Montrebeau  Wood  that  day,  there  had  been  a 
constant  and  searching  fire  from  enemy  guns,  shrapnel, 


THE   137th 'S   FIRM,   THIN   LINE  221 

high-explosive  and  gas  shells  were  pouring  in  upon  the  men 
there,  and  the  losses  were  heavy. 

The  confusion  of  orders  in  the  138th  meanwhile  was  as 
bad  as  the  confusion  of  units.  Sergt.  Clyde  E.  Heath  was 
commanding  A  Company.  He  advanced  at  8  a.m.  to  the 
position  held  the  day  before,  and  at  noon  received  orders  to 
advance  two  kilometers  to  the  northeast  and  entrench  be- 
fore Exermont.  While  he  was  forming  his  sadly  wasted 
company  for  this  movement,  an  orderly  gave  him  a  message 
signed  Walker,  ordering  the  138th  and  the  140th  to  drop 
back  to  the  positions  held  the  night  before. 

He  started  to  obey  this  order  when  Col.  Ristine  appeared 
and  said  he  had  orders  countermanding  all  previous  orders, 
and  that  the  brigade  was  to  move  on  Exermont  as  at  first 
ordered.  Thirty  minutes  later  the  Adjutant  of  the  Sixty- 
ninth  Brigade  showed  Heath  orders  from  brigade  head- 
quarters to  hold  the  battalion  and  wait  further  orders.  Up 
to  2 :30  p.  m.  the  new  orders  had  not  been  received  and 
Heath,  when  he  saw  the  140th  dropping  back,  took  his  com- 
pany back  to  a  position  75  yards  in  front  of  the  one  they 
had  held  two  nights  before. 

Col.  Walker's  message  ordering  a  withdrawal  reached 
Col.  Delaplane  in  Exermont  before  Col.  Mitchell's  officer 
patrol  had  got  there,  and  Lieut.  Ridlon,  who  later  became  a 
casualty,  found  preparations  for  the  retirement  under  way. 
The  order  to  the  troops  in  Exermont  came  none  too  soon. 
Rieger's  line  to  the  northeast  was  fighting  continuously  to 
hold  the  place  it  had  dug  in.  Constant  pressure  was 
brought  on  him  by  infantry  and  machine  gunners,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  shelling,  but  he  was  able  to  hold  his  line  with- 
out exceptional  losses.  Not  long  after  noon  Rieger  ob- 
served the  enemy  massing  on  his  front  in  force  which  he 
knew  he  could  not  withstand  without  disaster.    He  hurried 


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messages  to  brigade  headquarters  telling  of  conditions  and 
asking  for  reinforcements.  Instead,  he  received  the  order 
to  withdraw. 

He  ordered  the  retirement  and  pulled  his  men  back  past 
Exermont,  fighting  steadily  all  the  way.    Enemy  infantry 
and  automatic  riflemen  were  pressing  in  on  him  constantly, 
but  he  kept  them  back  by  a 
skillful   rear   guard   action, 
and  marched  without  much 
damage  past  the  eastern  end 
of    Exermont    from    which 
town  Col.  Delaplane  and  his 
portion    of    the    140th    had 
just  departed. 

From  there  Rieger  fell 
back,  still  fighting  sullenly, 
and  inflicting  all  possible 
damage  on  the  enemy,  and 
so  took  back  to  the  line  of 
the  divisional  reserve  the 
remnant  of  his  fine  com- 
mand. By  death,  wounds 
or  gas  he  had  lost  all  his 
officers  but  one,  and  65  per 
cent  of  his  men,  but  what 
was  left  fought  steadily  all    the  way  back. 

The  35th  Division  had  made  its  last  advance.  With  the 
exception  of  Capt.  Harry  Thompson  and  his  battalion  of 
the  138th,  all  infantry  elements  were  at  dusk  falling  back 
to  the  line  of  resistance  prepared  by  the  divisional  reserve. 
Most  of  them  already  had  reached  it.  The  retirement  was 
not  as  orderly  as  it  might  have  been,  but  it  was  not  in  much 
worse  confusion  than  the  division  had  fought  in  for  four 


BOOREUlLLtS 


the;   DAY'S  ADVANCES 


THE   137th 'S  FIRM,   THIN   LINE  223 

days.  Behind  them,  step  for  step,  came  the  Germans,  and 
the  rear  guards,  like  Eieger's  and  O'Connor's  and  Bright- 
field's,  stubbornly  kept  them  back,  with  their  faces  toward 
the  gathering  gloom  in  the  north. 

Col.  Mitchell,  as  he  retired,  posted  Capt.  D.  H.  Wilson 
with  75  men  at  a  hedge  between  Chaudron  Farm  and  the 
Montrebeau  Wood  to  cover  the  evacuation  of  the  wounded. 

Soon  after  noon  of  that  day,  Capt.  Thompson,  command- 
ing the  Third  Battalion  of  the  138th,  after  Bottger's  mis- 
hap, had  observed  the  beginning  of  the  retirement,  and  he 
did  not  understand  it.  Orders  were  to  advance,  he  had  no 
contrary  orders,  and  he  thought  the  officer  who  told  him  of 
orders  to  retire  was  mixed  up.  Thompson  became  con- 
cerned, fearing  the  troops  were  retreating,  and  an  unor- 
dered retreat  of  such  a  number  of  men  would  have  meant 
disaster.  To  offset  this  as  much  as  possible  and  to  restore 
morale,  he  ordered  his  battalion  forward  with  all  speed. 
He  passed  through  the  line  of  the  retiring  140th,  working 
his  way  through  a  heavy  barrage  the  Germans  had  laid  to 
catch  the  retreating  troops,  and  at  7  p.  m.  had  intrenched 
a  line  before  the  right  of  Montrebeau  Wood. 

He  received  a  verbal  order  from  Maj.  Norman  J.  Com- 
fort, who  had  been  sent  from  division  headquarters  to  take 
command  of  the  138th,  to  withdraw  to  Charpentry  for  the 
reorganization  of  the  regiment.  Thompson  was  sure  Com- 
fort did  not  understand  the  conditions,  nor  the  situation 
the  battalion  was  in,  so  he  held  his  position  out  in  front  of 
the  prepared  line  of  resistance.  His  position  might  have 
been  considered  as  the  right  of  the  prepared  line,  and 
Thompson  considered  that,  as  he  had  good  contact  with  the 
enemy,  it  might  be  better  than  a  position  farther  back  of 
which  he  was  not  sure,  so  he  held  his  place. 

On  the  night  of  September  29  Col.  Turck,  divisional  sur- 


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geon,  was  making  his  rounds  in  Cheppy,  when  in  a  dug-out 
near  the  triage  he  found  Col.  Rumbold  of  the  128th  Field 
Artillery.  The  Colonel  had  stayed  in  the  hospital  two 
days,  could  stand  it  no  longer,  and  had  dressed  and  pushed 
to  the  front  in  an  endeavor  to  get  to  his  old  command.  He 
never  quite  reached  it  because  the  doctors  got  him  again, 
saw  that  his  physical  condition  was  such  that  he  could  not 
possibly  stand  the  work,  and  sent  him  again  to  the  rear. 
At  this  time  his  left  leg  was  virtually  paralyzed.  He  had 
fought  in  the  war  with  Spain,  in  the  Philippines,  had 
served  on  the  border  and  had  been  with  the  Militia  Bureau 
in  Washington,  where  he  had  formed  the  idea  which  re- 
sulted in  the  Rainbow  division.  He  had  been  a  National 
Guardsman  for  forty  years,  but  he  could  not  lead  his  old 
command  in  battle.     His  fifty-eight  years  held  him. 


CHAPTER  XXXIV 


THE  ENGINEERS  HOLD  THE  FRONT 

The  line  of  resistance  to  which  the  infantry  fell  back 
from  Exermont  and  Montrebeau  Wood  was  prepared  by  the 
110th  Regiment  of  Engineers  which  that  day  came  into  its 
own. 

It  was  under  command  of  Lieut.-Col.  Edward  M.  Stay- 
ton,  a  Missourian,  and  Capt.  Edward  P.  Rankin,  Jr.,  of  El 
Paso  was  acting  adjutant.  The  Colonel,  Thomas  C.  Clarke, 
a  plump  and  pleasant  gentleman  from  New  York,  had  been 
taken  to  Division  headquarters  as  divisional  engineer. 

At  the  opening  of  the  offensive  Sept.  26,  besides  the  com- 
panies assigned  to  accompany  the  tanks  and  cut  wire,  the 
main  force  of  engineers  was  to  follow  closely  behind  the 
infantry  and  prepare  the  roads  for  the  horse-drawn  ve- 
hicles, in  order  that  supplies,  rations  and  munitions  might 
be  brought  up.  Their  place  was,  then,  between  the  in- 
fantry fighting  its  way  forward  and  the  transport.  Build- 
ing roads  for  heavier  traffic,  such  as  motor  trucks,  was  not 
part  of  their  work,  according  to  the  battle  order.  That  was 
for  corps  or  army  engineers. 

The  engineers  had  very  clear  ideas  of  many  things  in  the 
game  of  war.  One  of  these  was  a  most  lively  appreciation 
of  the  value  of  liaison,  of  keeping  the  commander  of  the 
outfit  in  constant  communication  with  every  unit  under 
his  command.  Because  of  this,  the  runners  of  the  engineers 
were  chosen  from  among  the  best  and  most  reliable  men  of 
the  regiment.  Colonels  and  majors  and  captains  worked 
them  into  exhaustion  without  scruple,  put  in  new  relays, 

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226  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

rested  the  tired  men  and  again  worked  them  into  exhaus- 
tion, but  they  kept  communication,  and  all  through  the  en- 
gagement. Col.  Stayton  knew  where  his  various  outfits 
were  and  what  they  were  doing  as  well  as  how  it  was  going 
with  the  infantry  ahead. 

The  rear  P.  C,  followed  the  advance  as  closely  as  its 
functions  would  permit.  It  was  the  ganglion  to  and  from 
which  the  runner-nerves  radiated.  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Stayton  occupied  the  forward  P.  C,  handled  things  there 
and  kept  in  touch  with  Col.  Clarke. 

On  the  night  of  Sept.  28,  the  110th  Engineers  became, 
by  order,  division  reserve,  and  at  noon  Sept.  29  they  were 
ordered  to  prepare  a  position  for  defense  extending  two 
kilometers  across  Chaudron  Farm.  This  line,  which  was 
chosen  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Stayton,  was  about  one  kilo- 
meter north  of  Baulny,  and  ran  along  behind  the  Chaudron 
Farm  road.  Gen.  Traub  told  Col.  Clarke  to  take  command 
of  the  divisional  front. 

By  the  time  the  infantry  had  begun  the  general  retire- 
ment, the  line  was  prepared  and  the  engineers,  now  become 
combatants,  had  equipped  themselves  with  rifles  and  gre- 
nades, laid  out  ammunition,  and  were  ready  to  hold  the 
line  themselves. 

Back  across  the  road  came  the  wornout  infantry  and  up 
the  slope  of  the  hill.  By  the  time  each  bunch  reached  the 
engineers'  line,  the  confusion  and  disorganization  was 
about  as  bad  as  it  could  be.  In  the  absence  of  officers,  or- 
ders and  rumors  of  orders  drifted  about  from  man  to  man, 
and  many  of  them  thought  the  place  they  were  to  stop  was 
much  further  back.  In  no  case  that  I  have  heard  of 
did  the  men  fail  to  stop  and  take  position  when  they  had  a 
recognizable  order  to  do  so.  Most  of  the  infantry  was 
well  back  of  the  line  at  night. 


THE  ENGINEERS   HOLD   THE  FRONT  227 

Col.  Stayton  and  his  officers  and  non-commissioned  of- 
ficers rounded  up  and  faced  about  tired,  leaderless  groups, 
put  them  in  place  and  encouraged  them  in  every  way  possi- 
ble. Before  the  covering  troops  were  out  of  Montrebeau 
"Wood  the  newly-taken  position  on  the  slope  of  the  hill  was 
heavily  shelled. 

Sergt.  Sam  W.  Cobb  of  the  engineers  headquarters  de- 
tachment, a  St.  Louisan,  had  a  good  idea  just  about  this 
time.  To  inspirit  the  infantry  and  to  show  the  high  heart 
of  his  own  outfit,  he  led  his  detachment  forward.  This  ac- 
tion, which  he  did  on  his  own  initiative  and  without  orders, 
had  an  excellent  moral  effect.  It  was  Cobb  who,  at  Cheppy, 
worked  all  night  on  a  heavy  machine  gun  the  enemy  had 
left,  after  disabling  it,  and  who  used  it  next  day  against 
airplanes. 

Thus,  with  two  battalions  of  engineers  on  the  left  and  a 
remnant  of  a  battalion  of  infantry  (Capt.  Thompson's)  on 
the  right,  and  various  pieces  of  other  outfits  strung  along, 
the  line  was  organized  and  held.  The  entire  division  front 
was  in  this  way  put  in  command  of  a  Colonel  of  Engineers 
to  hold,  and  it  was  held.  It  never  went  back  a  foot.  Two 
machine  gun  companies  took  position  with  them  and 
fought  with  accustomed  bravery  in  repelling  a  counter  at- 
tack and  in  harassing  the  enemy. 

When  the  engineers '  line  was  beating  off  its  counter-at- 
tack, Maj.  Horace  Rumsey  of  the  Artillery  was  informed 
that  their  greatest  need  was  for  machine  guns.  He  took 
the  anti-aircraft  machine  gun  from  in  front  of  a  battery 
position  and  hurried  it  forward  to  the  line,  along  with 
abundance  of  ammunition,  and  it  was  used  against  the  Ger- 
man infantry. 

The  work  of  the  artillery  never  gets  sufficient  credit,  it 
seems  to  me.    Without  the  artillery,  the  infantry  might 


228  FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXEBMONT 

have  advanced,  but  it  would  have  been  destroyed  utterly. 
The  preliminary  bombardment  of  the  enemy's  position  on 
the  night  of  Sept.  25  was  as  fine  a  piece  of  work  in  crafts- 
manship and  effectiveness  as  the  war  has  seen.  In  the  fol- 
lowing days  and  nights,  the  artillery  toiled  ceaselessly  to 
keep  the  guns  going  and  to  move  them  forward  to  positions 
of  effectiveness.  There  is  a  high  courage  and  stamina  in 
the  ceaseless  toil  through  the  mud,  over  shell  holes  and  al- 
ways under  fire,  and  no  one  is  more  keenly  aware  than  the 
writer  that  he  has  failed  to  tell  sufficiently  well  that  part 
of  the  story. 

The  tremendously  important  part  the  artillery  plays  of- 
ten is  not  a  conspicuous  one.  The  plant  is  established  back 
of  the  line,  the  goods  are  delivered  far  up  ahead.  You  do 
not  see  the  artillery  often,  and  only  after  an  advance  do 
you  see  what  its  work  has  been. 

The  difficulty  of  moving  the  guns,  with  the  chronic  short- 
age of  horses,  was  almost  insurmountable,  but  our  artillery 
pressed  ahead  as  fast  as  it  could,  and  when  the  infantry 
was  relieved,  the  artillery  stayed  in  position  and  helped  the 
First  Division. 

The  total  number  of  shells  sent  across  by  the  Sixtieth 
Artillery  Brigade  in  the  Argonne  was  nearly  80,000.  These 
are  the  exact  figures: 

Size  of  shells. 

Date  75s.  155s. 

Sept.  26 37,033  4,486 

Sept.  27 1,090  .... 

Sept.  28 2,624  581 

Sept.  29 10,418  2,313 

Oct.  30  12,227  1,115 

Oct.  1 4,189  249 

Oct.  2 348  1,380 


THE   ENGINEERS   HOLD    THE   FRONT  229 

On  Sept.  28  Gen.  Pershing  came  to  the  divisional  head- 
quarters of  the  35th  Division,  Gen.  Traub  explained  the 
situation  to  the  army  commander,  told  him  of  the  flanking 
artillery  fire  which  his  troops  got  out  of  Apremont  and 
the  Argonne  Forest,  and  spoke  of  the  order  which  forbade 
divisional  artillery  firing  on  points  outside  of  its  own  divi- 
sional area. 

"But  surely  you  do  not  obey  that  order?"  Gen.  Persh- 
ing asked. 

"It  is  the  order,"  Gen.  Traub  replied,  but  after  that  our 
artillery  pounded  Apremont. 

In  the  night  renewed  attempts  were  made  by  all  effec- 
tive officers  to  organize  and  reassemble  the  mixed  units, 
but  with  little  success.  Men  sound  asleep  in  the  rain  on  a 
dark  night  do  not  answer  readilj^  when  the  command  is 
given. 

Food  and  ammunition  were  brought  up  during  the  night, 
and  in  spite  of  the  continuous  bombardment,  the  men  slept. 

Thompson's  was  the  only  outfit  ahead  of  this  line,  except 
the  camp  in  the  lee  of  the  hedge  from  which  the  wounded 
were  being  carried  to  the  rear  after  they  were  collected 
from  the  field. 

The  tired  stretcher  bearers  were  so  weakened  that  it  took 
six  of  them  to  carry  a  man,  instead  of  four,  and  they  plod- 
ded very  slowly  that  night. 

The  wounded  were  thick  about  there,  lying  on  the  ground 
or  on  the  very  scarce  stretchers.  Its  quota  of  stretchers 
never  was  given  to  the  division.  The  long  days  of  fighting 
and  cold  and  rain  had  benumbed  the  men,  and  softened 
their  suffering.  Among  them  lay  old  John  Wingate,  chief 
of  scouts,  dying  of  a  wound  in  his  stomach,  and  smoking  a 
cigarette. 

They  buried  liim  near  the  hospital  between  Lieutenant- 


230  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

Colonel  Dickey,  Adjutant  of  Col.  Walker's  brigade,  and 
Lieut.  Ralph  Oldham,  the  gallant  lad  who  was  hit  by  a 
shell  on  the  Charpentry  road,  while  taking  ammunition  to 
the  front. 

The  spirit  of  the  wounded  was  always  good,  and  there 
are  incidents  without  end  to  show  that  gallant  deeds  did 
not  end  on  the  battle  fields. 

Corp.  D.  C.  Satterfield  was  wounded  in  the  leg,  refused 
to  go  to  a  dressing  station,  bound  his  wound  himself  and 
fought  on  until  he  was  hit  through  the  body. 

Capt.  Wilson,  in  charge  of  the  evacuation  of  wounded 
on  the  night  of  Sept.  29,  had  himself  been  wounded  two 
days  before. 

This  fourth  day  also  saw  more  brave  work  by  the  ambu- 
lance drivers,  orderlies  and  stretcher  bearers.  While  the 
infantry  was  advancing  and  paying  for  each  rod  gained  by 
the  wounded  it  left  behind,  out  onto  the  field  came  the 
mule-drawn  ambulances.  Into  the  fire  and  across  the  open 
they  went.  The  infantry  advanced  in  dashes,  lying  down 
to  fire  at  times,  but  the  ambulances  had  to  get  their  loads 
and  hurry  back  without  these  pauses. 

Many  men  of  the  infantry  regiments,  the  110th  Sanitary 
Train  and  the  sanitary  detachments  of  the  machine  gun 
battalions  were  cited  in  orders  for  gallantry  shown  that 
day. 

One  of  the  showings  of  the  fine  spirit  which  animated 
the  men  of  the  division  was  witnessed  by  Capt.  F.  Hurwitt, 
who  commanded  Ambulance  Company  No.  137.  This  com- 
pany was  stationed  in  Charpentry  and  because  of  the  short- 
age of  transport,  on  Sept.  29,  Capt.  Hurwitt  had  been  sort- 
ing out  the  "slightly  gassed"  cases  as  they  came  into  the 
station  and  was  putting  them  in  a  large  barn  where  they 
could  lie  down  and  rest,  this  being  the  treatment  most  de- 


THE  ENGINEERS   HOLD   THE  FRONT  231 

sired.  The  more  serious  cases  and  the  wounded  were  sent 
back.  A  Lieutenant-Colonel  came  to  Capt.  Hurwitt  and 
asked  if  there  were  many  slightly  gassed  cases  in  the  sta- 
tion. 

"About  200,  sir.  They  are  in  that  barn,"  the  Captain 
replied. 

The  Lieutenant-Colonel  went  into  the  barn  and  standing 
at  one  end,  looked  over  the  prostrate  men  and  said : 

"Men,  I  want  you  to  listen  to  me  for  a  minute.  I  have 
just  come  from  the  first  line  and  they  are  in  a  bad  way  up 
there.  It  looks  very  bad  to  me.  Now  you  men  have  been 
gassed,  I  have  been  gassed,  too.  But  they  need  us  up  there, 
and  I  am  going  back.  And  I  want  every  one  of  you  that 
thinks  he  can  stand  it,  to  go  back  with  me.  There  are 
plenty  of  rifles  and  ammunition  on  this  salvage  dump. 
How  many  of  you  gassed  men  will  take  another  try  to  help 
out  those  fellows  up  there  on  the  line?" 

The  men  had  already  begun  to  get  up  from  the  floor, 
some  were  sitting,  some  kneeling  and  some  standing,  and 
when  the  Colonel  went  out  of  the  barn  every  man  followed 
him.  Capt.  Hurwitt  stopped  three  of  them  and  made  them 
return  to  the  barn.  These  were  men  to  whom  the  exertion 
would  mean  certain  death,  but  all  the  rest,  every  man  of 
them,  armed  himself  with  the  rifle  of  a  wounded  man,  and 
went  back  northward  and  again  into  the  fight. 


CHAPTER  XXXV 


THE  LAST  DAY  OF  BATTLE 

When  the  35th  Division  established  itself  on  the  line  pre- 
pared by  the  engineers,  and  organized  for  defense,  it  had 
been  stopped  temporarily  by  the  opposition,  and  in  that  re- 
gard its  position  was  very  similar  to  that  of  every  other 
division  on  the  American  front. 

The  first  phase  of  the  battle  was  over.  The  defense  sys- 
tem against  which  the  division  had  thrown  itself  was  called 
the  Kriemhilde-Stellung  line,  and  the  Grermans  had  been 
able  to  join  up  along  this  line,  which  was  a  part,  one  layer, 
it  might  be  called,  of  the  Hindenburg  line. 

In  the  area  of  the  35th  Division,  we  knew  only  of  the 
situation  and  condition  in  our  own  sector  and  on  our  own 
front.  Back  in  corps  and  army  headquarters,  it  was  pos- 
sible to  consider  the  front  as  a  whole,  with  the  condition 
of  each  of  the  nine  divisions  having  its  proper  weight  in  the 
decision  of  the  high  command. 

Reports  from  the  vital  fronts,  including  the  Thirty- 
fifth's,  showed  that  prisoners  recently  captured  proved 
that  new,  rested  divisions  of  Germans  were  being  put  in 
against  the  Americans. 

Gen.  Pershing  had  the  option  of  sending  his  forces 
again  to  the  attack,  or  of  holding  the  ground  already 
gained  while  he  prepared  for  another  general  advance. 
This  preparation  would  include  getting  up  artillery,  the 
replacing  of  those  divisions  which  had  suffered  most  and 
rehabilitating  the  others  with  replacements,  hot  food, 
equipment  and  clothing. 

§3§ 


THE  LAST  DAY  OF  BATTLE  233 

The  General  decided  that  it  would  be  unwise  to  send  his 
tired  divisions  against  the  new  German  divisions,  and 
adopted  the  latter  course. 

The  insertion  in  the  German  line  of  the  new  troops 
showed  not  only  tlie  enemy's  determination  to  hold  the 
line  at  whatever  cost,  but  also  how  severely  he  was  suffer- 
ing under  the  attack.  Heavily  as  we  suffered  his  losses 
were  severe  enough  to  compel  him  to  bring  fresh  troops  to 
our  front,  which  showed  that  the  American  strokes  were 
going  home.  The  German  was  feeling  the  steel  as  keenly 
as  was  the  attacker. 

When  the  Thirty-fifth  lay  on  the  engineers'  line,  three 
of  the  original  divisions  had  been  taken  out  of  the  line. 
First  was  the  Eightieth,  which  had  been  pulled  back  for 
reorganizing  and  reforming,  and  then  was  sent  in  again. 
On  Sept.  30,  the  Thirty-seventh,  which  was  the  second  di- 
vision on  our  right,  was  relieved  by  the  Thirty-second,  and 
on  the  same  date  the  Seventy-ninth,  which  v/as  the  third 
division  on  our  right,  was  relieved  by  the  3rd  Division. 

While  the  situation  was  developing  in  headquarters  of 
the  army  staff,  the  Thirty-fifth,  among  others,  must  hold 
the  line.  Our  artillery  was  now  up  and  in  position.  The 
engineers'  line  was  manned,  but  nowhere  quite  as  strongly 
as  it  might  have  been,  and  there  was  great  comfort  in  the 
fact  that  scattered  all  along  were  our  machine-gun  battal- 
ions and  companies,  whose  courage,  wakefulness  and 
strength  never  seemed  to  fail. 

The  "line  of  resistance"  was  organized  on  the  line 
I'Esperance-Chaudron  Farm — Hill  231.  Outposts  were 
placed  and  a  second  line  of  resistance  was  established  a 
short  distance  behind  the  first,  beginning  on  the  ridge  north 
of  Bauhiy.  The  majority  of  the  troops  had  sifted  back  of 
the  line,  and  lay  in  foxholes,  dugouts,  ditches,  ti"enches 


234  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

and  hollows  over  all  the  territory  almost  back  to  Cheppy. 
They  were  anywhere  that  they  could  sleep  and  get  a  little 
rest.  Officers  were  very  few,  and  many  non-coms  com- 
manded platoons  and  companies. 

Col.  Clarke  took  over  for  his  forward  headquarters  a 
massive  Grerman  pillbox  which  had  been  an  enemy  head- 
quarters.   Stayton  was  in  the  front  line. 

The  greatest  mass  of  troops,  of  course,  was  on  the  line. 
Officers  there  had  spent  the  night  of  Sept.  29  preparing 
the  position,  disposing  the  troops  for  resistance  and  in  the 
very  earnest  endeavor  to  get  up  rations  and  ammunition. 

Neither  officers  nor  men  knew  whether  the  next  day 
would  see  them  put  again  to  the  attack,  or  withdrawn,  but 
there  were  continual  rumors,  which  would  spread  rapidly 
along  the  trench,  that  the  division  was  to  be  relieved. 

A  second  line  of  resistance  was  formed  soon  after  mid- 
night. Col.  Mitchell  gathered  what  men  he  could  from  the 
territory  about  him  and  took  them  to  the  line.  Some  ma- 
chine gunners  came  up  also,  and  he  had  300  or  400  men 
behind  the  engineers  with  eight  or  ten  machine  guns. 

The  tangle  of  units  was  worse  than  ever.  Col.  Hamilton 
had  gone  to  hospital,  a  casualty,  and  Maj.  O'Connor,  com- 
manding the  remnants  of  the  137th  Regiment,  brought 
it  back  to  the  engineers'  line.  He  inserted  parties  of  his 
men  in  the  line  wherever  they  were  needed,  thus  mixing  his 
own  outfit  worse  than  ever,  but  strengthening  the  line. 

The  engineers  had  dug  the  line,  and  during  the  day 
(the  30th),  the  greater  number  of  men  in  it  were  engineers. 
Elements  of  infantry  were  scattered  through,  without 
much  order,  but  if  order  there  were,  one  might  say  that  the 
137th  was  on  the  left  and  the  138th  on  the  right.  Machine 
guns  were  in  position  and  the  line  was  ready.  The  men 
who  saw  to  that  were  the  engineers.    In  some  places  ma- 


THE  LAST  DAY  OF  BATTLE  235 

chine  gunners  alone  held  the  front.     It  was  a  desperate 
day. 
This  message  went  to  the  Divisional  Machine  Gun  officer : 

30  September,  10  a.  m. 

From  Commanding  Officer,  Co.  A,  128th  M.  G.  Bn.,  at 

Baulny. 

To  D.  M.  G.  0. 

Machine  guns  unassisted  by  infantry  are  being  left 
to  hold  enemy.  Our  best  men  have  already  been  killed. 
If  the  sacrifice  is  necessary  we  do  not  complain,  but  is 
it  necessary?  Signed:     Schrantz,  Capt. 

Only  the  most  immediate  action  can  save  the  re- 
maining machine  guns  of  the  Division. 

Here  are  other  messages  of  the  day : 

From  Major  Mabrey,  140th  Inf.,  At  03.1-77.9  Foret 

d '  Argonne. 

9  :50  a.  m.,  30th  Sept. 

There  are  no  patrols  or  companies  in  the  woods  that 
we  know  of.  Artillery  is  firing  in  own  lines  again. 
Boche  are  advancing  on  our  front. 

Signed:  Mabray. 
30  September,  1918,  11 :10  a.  m. 

From:      R.  T.  Gibson,  Captain,  C.  A.  C,  Aerial  Ob- 
server. 
To  G-2,  35th  Division. 

1.  Tried  to  call  1st  Battalion  128th  F.  A.  Enemy 
shells  falling  at  B5  JO.  Phone  No.  22. 

Thompson  and  his  Third  Battalion  of  the  138th  were 
still  outside  the  works.  He  had  skillfully  taken  a  position 
which  the  enemy  would  find  difficulty  in  driving  him  out 
of  and  froni  which  he  could  constantly  harass  the  Ger- 
mans. He  was  exactly  where  the  enemy  did  not  want  him 
to  be,  and  from  3  to  6  a.  m.  his  position  was  heavily  and 
accurately  shelled.  Thompson's  line  was  unmoved  by  the 
cannonading,  in  spite  of  casualties.    This  fire  came  mostly 


236  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO    EXERMONT 

from  Thompson 's  left  flank  and  his  left  rear,  doubtless  out 
of  the  Argonne  Forest. 

After  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  30th  the  Germans 
tried  to  drive  him  from  his  position  by  a  counter  attack 
out  of  Montrebeau  Wood,  which  the  enemy  had  re-entered 
immediately  after  the  American  withdrawal.  At  9  a.  m. 
one  German  ran  out  with  a  tripod  for  a  machine  gun  and 
dropped  in  a  shell  hole.  Then  came  another  man  with  the 
gun.  Then  another  with  ammunition.  Three  guns  were 
advanced  in  this  way,  and  Thompson,  knowing  an  attack 
was  imminent,  called  on  our  artillery  for  a  barrage.  The 
Germans  came  out  of  the  woods  in  a  charging  wave,  and 
our  artillery  came  across  with  a  perfect  barrage  at  the 
same  time. 

The  co-ordinates  given  were  perfect,  and  the  aim  of  the 
guns  was  no  less  perfect.  The  infantry  with  Chauchats 
and  rifles  kept  up  a  killing  fire  on  the  wave,  and  it  hesitated, 
stopped  and  retreated  into  the  woods  with  heavy  loss. 

During  the  day  three  such  attacks  were  repulsed,  and 
the  enemy  machine  guns  which  were  constantly  being 
pushed  forward  were  fought  all  day  long  and  many  put 
out  of  commission. 

Major  Loy  gave  Thompson  aid,  as  this  message  shows: 

30  September,  12:55  p.  m. 

From  C.  0.  129th  M.  G.  Bn.,  300  meters  north  of  Char- 

pentry  Evacuation  Sta.,  12  M. 

To  Division  M.  G.  Officer. 

With  remnants  of  Company  A,  C,  and  D  about  150 
men  and  17  guns  have  taken  up  position  covering 
points  of  hill  210  along  same  ridge  to  extreme  right 
flank  of  Division  sector.  128th  M.  G.  Bn.  I  have 
turned  over  to  C.  0.  138th  Inf.,  who  is  occupying  the 
ridge  immediately  in  our  front.  Co.  B,  129th  M.  G. 
Bn.,  has  left  about  75  men,  has  lost  all  its  guns,  need 
about  12  guns  complete.    Please  answer  by  phone. 


THE   LAST   DAY    OE^    BATTLE  237 

Sergt.  Koen,  who  had  been  in  command  of  L  Company 
had  rejoined,  and,  in  addition  to  his  other  work,  he  made 
four  trips  back  through  the  engineers'  line  and  into  Char- 
pentry  for  Capt.  Thompson,  carrying  messages  and  getting 
rations  for  the  men  in  the  line.  Nightfall  again  found 
Thompson's  men  in  the  line  before  Montrebeau  Wood,  grim- 
ly holding  on. 

Col.  Nuttman,  commanding  the  Sixty-ninth  Brigade,  had 
become  ill,  and  Col.  H.  S.  Hawkins,  chief  of  staff,  had  tak- 
en over  command  of  the  brigade.  Col.  Nuttman  was  evac- 
uated to  a  hospital  in  the  rear. 

The  engineers'  line  was  shelled  all  day  long,  and  en- 
deavors were  made  by  the  enemy  to  filter  machine  gunners 
back,  but  these  were  prevented.  Two  light  counter  at- 
tacks against  the  line  were  easily  repulsed. 

Some  officer,  probably  Col.  Bugge,  conceived  the  idea 
of  attacking  again  to  clear  the  Germans  off  the  immediate 
front.    This  message  replied  to  the  suggestion : 

30  September,  12 :55  p.  m. 

From  Captain  Vallee,  12  :50  p.  m. 

To  Oklahoma  3. 

Unable  to  locate  the  General  to  secure  his  O.K.  or 
disapproval  of  plan  to  advance  at  2  o'clock.  Have, 
however,  seen  Colonel  Hawkins  who  states  advance  to 
be  a  physical  impossibility  as  men  are  in  the  last  stages 
of  exhaustion  and  can  do  nothing  more  than  hold  on 
until  relief  comes,  which  should  come  soon. 

At  nightfall,  the  position  was  where  it  had  been  the  night 
before,  and  it  was  better  organized  and  stronger  than  it  had 
been  the  preceding  evening. 

Soon  after  dark  on  the  night  of  Sept.  30,  orders  were 
received  that  the  35th  Division  would  be  relieved  by  the 
First  Division  at  3  a.  m.,  Oct.  1. 

Most  everybody  was  willing  but  Thompson.     He  was 


238  FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXEBMONT 

still  out  in  front  with  his  battalion,  fighting  the  enemy  in 
the  edge  of  Montrebeau  Wood,  keeping  perfect  touch  with 
the  Ninety-first  on  our  right,  and  connecting  with  the  en- 
gineers'  line  by  his  patrols. 

At  nightfall  he  again  received  orders  to  withdraw,  hav- 
ing failed  to  do  so  when  first  ordered,  but  he  felt  that  his 
position  was  too  vital  to  permit  of  his  abandoning  it  until 
a  relief  had  come,  so  he  stuck  to  the  line.  He  had  received 
some  rations  and  ammunition,  and  was  ''sitting  pretty." 

At  3  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Oct.  1,  the  First  Division 
came  in  for  the  relief,  which  it  accomplished  smoothly  and 
with  speed.  The  men  came  in  standing  in  the  shell  fire, 
and  they  took  many  casualties.  Our  men,  taught  the  hard 
lesson,  presented  as  little  of  their  bodies  to  the  enemy  fire 
as  possible.  As  fast  as  one  of  our  sections  was  released  it 
was  marched  to  the  rear. 

The  company  of  the  Twenty-eighth  Regulars  sent  to 
relieve  Thompson  came  in  echeloned  in  depth,  with  but  50 
men  in  the  front  line  to  take  the  place  of  the  probably  200 
Thompson  had  left.  Thompson  sent  his  men  back  under 
other  officers  and  Sergeants,  and  stayed  six  hours  longer 
with  the  relief,  showing  them  the  lay  of  the  land.  When  he 
rejoined  his  outfit  near  Cheppy,  Capt.  Bottger  had  again 
taken  command  of  the  battalion. 


CHAPTER  XXXVI 


THE  RELIEF— THE  WORK  DONE 

Elements  of  the  Thirty-fifth  were  grouped  just  south  of 
Charpentry  before  dawn  of  Oct.  1  and  from  there  marched 
south  to  Cheppy  and  into  the  area  between  Cheppy  and 
the  Forge  Moulin,  to  be  sorted,  grouped  and  reassembled. 

The  division  looked  more  like  a  band  of  refugees  than  a 
military  organization.  The  men  were  unshaven,  dirty  and 
haggard.  Their  clothing  was  soiled  and  torn,  their  shoes 
muddy  and  worn  out.  Many  had  minor  wounds  and  the 
white  bandages  were  plentiful.  A  great  deal  of  equipment 
had  been  lost  or  abandoned.  The  men  lay  about  their  vari- 
ous grouping  spaces,  two  or  three  together  sleeping  under 
one  or  two  raincoats.  Many  had  grown  hoarse  from  cold  or 
gas,  and  nearly  every  one 's  eyes  were  red  from  gas  and  loss 
of  sleep. 

A  serious  dysenteric  condition  had  broken  out.  Its  cause 
was  variously  ascribed  to  the  water,  to  eating  canned  food 
continuously,  to  the  lack  of  hot  food  for  five  days.  The  epi- 
demic greatly  weakened  the  men  and  made  the  reas- 
sembling of  units  still  more  difficult. 

It  was  a  sorry  band  as  for  looks,  but  it  had  played  a 
great  part  in  a  great  battle.  The  guns  were  pounding 
heavily  just  ahead.  Airplanes,  our  own  and  the  enemy's, 
flew  above,  and  the  air  was  full  of  fighting,  shells  snarled 
above,  but  the  men  slept. 

For  this  weary,  dirty,  lousy  band  of  men  had  in  the  last 
five  days  fought  with  and  taken  prisoners  from  six  German 
divisions,  the  First  and  Fifth  Prussian  Guard,  the  First 

239 


240  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

and  Second  Landwehr,  and  the  Thirty-seventh  and  Fifty- 
second  Divisions  of  the  line. 

They  had  advanced  12^^  kilometers  into  enemy  terri- 
tory and  through  the  defenses  of  the  Hindenburg  line. 
The}^  had  organized  and  held  a  line  10  kilometers  forward 
of  the  original  front. 

They  had  captured  and  turned  in  through  their  own 
cage  as  prisoners  751  men  and  13  officers.  Besides  these, 
some  250  prisoners  had  been  cleared  through  the  Ninety- 
first  Division's  cage. 

Included  in  the  great  mass  of  material  captured  were 
the  following: 

Eighty-five  machine  guns. 

One  hundred  and  sixty  autorifles. 

One  hundred  anti-tank  guns. 

Four  telephone  systems. 

One  engineer  dump. 

Two  ammunition  dumps. 

Five  six-inch  howitzers. 

Two  machine-gun  belt  fillers. 

Three  77mm.  field  pieces. 

One  60  cm.  gauge  gas  engine. 

Four  whiz-bangs. 

One  anti-aircraft  battery. 

Three  trench  mortars. 

Eleven  pieces  artillery. 

One  one-pound  gun. 

The  35th  Division  had  in  the  meantime  suffered  8023 
casualties  in  four  days  of  desperate  fighting.  The  War 
Department  records  show  960  killed,  6894  wounded  and 
169  captured.  Those  who  died  of  wounds  almost  im- 
mediately after  being  taken  to  the  rear  made  the  num- 
ber of  dead  exceed  1000. 


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MIDDLE— CHEPPY 

BOTTOM— GERMAN  PRISONERS 


THE  RELIEF — THE  WOUK  DONE  241 

The  35th  Division  had  lost  in  the  Argonne  approximate- 
ly 7000  men.  These  were  not  killed,  but  any  eventuality 
which  removes  a  man  from  the  line  takes  one  effective  sol- 
dier from  the  division.  The  man  taken  prisoner  or  slightly 
gassed  and  sent  to  a  hospital  in  the  rear,  is  just  as  certain- 
ly lost  to  the  effective  strength  of  the  organization  as  the 
man  who  is  killed  on  the  field. 

These  7000  casualties  of  the  Thirty-fifth  would  look  at 
first  something  like  25  per  cent  of  the  division,  count- 
ing it  at  27,000,  but  it  was  much  more  serious  than  that. 
Any  good  division  ought  to  be  able  to  stand  25  per  cent  cas- 
ualties and  keep  on  fighting.  In  the  first  place,  the  division 
was  under  strength  when  it  went  into  the  fight.  But  much 
more  important  than  that,  when  one  endeavors  to  calculate 
the  force  remaining,  was  the  fact  that  nearly  all  these  cas- 
ualties were  among  the  foot  soldiers  of  the  advanced  ele- 
ments. The  Infantry  and  machine  gunners  had  suffered 
the  heavy  losses. 

I  am  sure  that  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  26  the  four 
infantry  regiments  did  not  average  more  than  2500  men 
each,  and  that  machine  gunners,  engineers  (ordinarily  not 
counted  with  the  combatants)  signal  corps,  intelligence, 
and  every  other  element  which  had  men  forward,  did  not 
total  more  than  15,000  men.  Counting  out  the  men  who 
did  not  bear  arms,  the  division  probably  sent  14,000  rifles 
on  the  field.  Seven  thousand  casualties  meant  virtually  a 
50-per-cent  loss  and  weakening  of  the  division. 

The  Division  went  into  the  battle  woefully  short  of  of- 
ficers of  all  ranks.  Full  officer  strength  would  have  given 
the  division  two  brigadier  generals  of  infantry,  but  there 
was  none.  Both  brigades  were  commanded  by  Colonels. 
Two  of  the  infantry  regiments  were  commanded  by  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonels. The  regiments  greatly  needed  battalion 
and  company  officers.     The  average  was  about  three  to  a 


242  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO  EXERMONT 

company,  when  it  should  have  been  six,  one  Captain  and 
five  Lieutenants.  If  a  company  was  fortunate  enough  to 
have  four  officers,  one  of  them  was  requisitioned  by  some 
other  company  which  had  but  two  officers.  There  was  one 
Major  in  the  138th,  Sauerwein.  Comfort  had  been  at- 
tached to  headquarters.  After  the  second  day  two  of  the 
battalions  were  commanded  by  Lieutenants,  Leahy  and 
Brightfield. 

The  brilliant  action  on  the  Eiver  Aire,  the  Thirty-fifth 
on  the  right  and  the  Twenty-eighth  on  the  left,  brought 
from  the  American  command  the  signal  honor  of  mention 
in  the  communique.  We  had  been  at  war  for  more  than 
a  year,  but  the  communique  had  not  yet  identified  the  units 
when  telling  of  their  work.  The  communique  issued  after 
the  first  day 's  fight  said : 

''Pennsylvania  and  Missouri  and  Kansas  troops,  serving 
in  Major-General  Liggett 's  corps,  stormed  Varennes,  Mont- 
blainville,  Vauquois  and  Cheppy  after  stubborn  resist- 
ance. ' ' 

The  captures  of  other  towns  along  the  line  were  men- 
tioned, but  no  other  troops  specified.  The  Pennsylvanians 
were  in  the  Twenty-eighth  Division,  and  the  Missouri  and 
Kansas  troops  made  up  the  Thirty-fifth. 

The  distinguished  Generals  who  saw  the  troops  in  the 
British  area  in  May  all  predicted  they  would  make  magnifi- 
cent soldiers  and  said  that  they  would  watch  with  great 
interest  to  see  whether  the  predictions  were  verified. 

I  took  Capt.  Bruce  Bairnsfather,  the  English  artist,  and 
some  British  writers  down  to  look  at  the  division  once,  and 
they  all  said  they  never  had  seen  better  looking  soldiers. 

The  good  predictions  came  true.  At  no  time  in  the  fight 
was  any  unit  called  upon  for  any  action  that  it  did  not  im- 
mediately try  to  perform.    They  advanced  just  as  gallantly 


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to  the  last  attack  as  they  did  in  the  first,  and  they  under- 
went the  exhausting  trial,  privations  and  continuous  work 
with  rare  stamina. 

The  physical  weariness  of  the  men;  the  losses,  which  in 
the  infantry  were  nearly  50  per  cent  among  the  men  more 
than  that  among  the  officers;  the  intermingling  of  units 
which  began  in  the  fog  of  the  first  day  and  continued 
through  the  action ;  all  these  tended  to  reduce  the  efficiency 
of  the  division.  Behind  the  lines  and  ready  to  enter  the 
fight  was  the  fresh  First  Division.  The  army  command  put 
the  strong,  rested  unit  into  the  line  in  the  place  of  the 
weary  one  which  had  carried  the  fight  to  the  enemy  during 
the  desperate  first  phase  of  the  battle. 

The  First  Division  held  the  line  the  Thirty-fifth  turned 
over  to  it  for  four  days,  waiting  for  the  artillery  to  get 
ready,  then  it  attacked  in  the  second  phase  of  the  battle. 
When  it  advanced,  750  cannon  were  firing  behind  it.  It 
fought  for  eight  days,  bitterly,  and  lost  9000  men.  It  ad- 
vanced beyond  Fleville  but  the  whole  month  of  October 
did  not  show  a  gain  in  that  area  greater  in  depth  than  that 
the  Thirty-fifth  had  made  in  the  last  five  days  of  Septem- 
ber. 

The  35th  Division  played  its  glorious  part  in  the  Ar- 
gonne-Meuse  battle,  the  decisive  battle  of  the  great  war. 
It  captured  strongholds  which  the  enemy  had  held  firmly 
for  three  years.  It  went  over  open  lands  and  sought  out 
and  whipped  the  best  soldiers  of  the  German  Empire.  Un- 
der the  dull,  autumn  sky,  and  through  the  steady,  cold 
rain  it  pushed  ahead,  and  it  reddened  that  gray  field  of 
France  with  the  blood  of  a  thousand  dead.  When  it  had 
spent  its  force,  it  stepped  aside  to  let  another  refreshed 
division  take  its  place  and  carry  on  the  work. 


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SOMMEDIEUE,   COMMERCY  AND  HOME 

From  Clieppy,  the  Division  marched  south  into  the  area 
lying  generally  north  of  Bar-le-Duc,  where  after  a  few 
days'  rest,  they  pushed  on  eastward  across  the  Meuse,  and 
took  over  the  yery  quiet  sector  south  of  Verdun,  called 
Sommedieue  sector. 

It  appeared  at  this  time  that  they  would  go  back  in  the 
heavy  fighting  again  almost  immediately,  and  the  ordnance 
department  was  ordered  to  re-equip  the  men  with  all  speed. 
This  was  done  on  the  march  and  at  each  nightly  stopping 
place.  The  wear  and  waste  of  battle  had  been  such  that 
150  loads  from  three-ton  trucks  were  necessary  to  do  this. 
Among  other  things  needed  were  6000  steel  helmets,  which 
had  been  lost  in  the  fight,  a  striking  commentary  on  the 
fierceness  of  the  conflict.  Ordnance  includes  almost  every- 
thing the  soldier  carries  about  him  and  the  machinery  by 
which  he  attaches  it  to  himself. 

The  march  into  Sommedieue  was  a  trying  one  on  the  ex- 
hausted men.  They  seemed  to  march  in  a  sort  of  daze.  A 
cold  rain  fell  most  of  the  time  through  which  the  soldiers 
plodded  dumbly.  The  kitchens  came  along  and  the  hot 
food  and  coffee,  consumed  in  great  quantities,  slowly  re- 
vived the  men. 

A  stiff,  neat,  energetic  colonel  from  Corps  Headquarters 
bounded  into  the  Division  on  the  march,  to  inspect  it.  His 
report  showed  how  appalled  he  was  by  these  ragged  men. 
They  did  not  salute  him  in  the  manner  he  desired,  and  he 

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observed  on  several  occasions  officers  and  men  talking  to- 
gether on  conditions  of  apparent  equality  and  friendship. 
It  was  most  deplorable.  In  his  report  to  his  superiors,  he 
said  the  most  cutting  thing  in  his  vocabulary,  which  was: 
"This  Division  has  all  the  earmarks  of  a  National  Guard 
outfit,  which  it  is." 

These  men  had  descended  into  hell  and  had  remained 
there  five  days  in  dreadful  battle.  They  had  now  come  out 
again,  but  they  still  reeked  with  the  fumes  of  the  brimstone. 
After  the  manner  of  National  Guardsmen  and  other  hu- 
mans the  world  around,  they  had  to  talk  it  over.  They 
were  sick,  tired  and  hungry,  and  their  military  courtesy 
had  lost  its  snap,  but  it  is  difficult  to  believe  that  they  were 
not  just  as  good,  soldiers  as  they  were  two  weeks  before, 
when  the  sight  of  a  Sam  Browne  belt  would  have  brought 
every  man  to  attention. 

There  were  issues  of  new  clothing  in  the  Sommedieue 
Sector,  but  not  enough,  and  shoes,  socks  and  underwear 
were  provided,  but  still  not  enough  to  go  around ;  but  best 
of  all  there  was  plenty  of  grub,  and  with  it  the  return  of 
the  men  to  physical  fitness.  The  dysenteric  condition  dis- 
appeared. Occasionally  a  man  got  a  bath,  everybody 
shaved,  and  veiy  soon  the  talk  was  of  ''When  will  we  get 
back  into  it  again  ? ' " 

On  October  10,  Brigadier  General  Dugan  joined  the  Di- 
vision and  took  command  of  the  brigade.  When  he  started 
on  his  first  tour  of  inspection,  his  keen  sense  of  military 
neatness  was  violated  by  the  first  soldier  he  saw.  Turning 
to  the  Colonel  who  accompanied  him,  he  demanded  fiercely, 
"Why  do  you  allow  these  men  to  wear  these  German 
souvenirs?"    The  Colonel  did  not  understand. 

"Don't  you  see  those  knives  they  are  wearing?" 

"But,  General,  that  is  the  American  trench  knife  of  the 


246  FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 

regular  issue. ' '  The  General  passed  on  in  silence.  He  had 
never  seen  the  weapon  before. 

Although  General  Dugan  did  not  join  the  Division  un- 
til ten  days  after  it  came  out  of  the  battle,  the  Distin-. 
guished  Service  Medal  was  awarded  to  him  for  his  good 
work  in  handling  the  70th  Brigade  in  the  Argonne-Meuse 
offensive,  according  to  the  citation. 

In  the  Sommedieue  sector,  there  was  little  doing,  al- 
though it  was,  generally  speaking,  much  livelier  than  the 
old  days  in  the  Vosges.  All  four  regiments  were  in  the 
line,  each  having  two  battalions  in  the  line  and  one  in  sup- 
port. Strong  patrols  went  out  nightly,  seeking  prisoners, 
and  one  of  these  patrols  under  Captain  Truman,  pene- 
trated nearly  to  Etain. 

The  sector  will  be  remembered  by  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth 
particularly  as  the  place  where  the  enemy  one  night  put 
over  7000  gas  shells,  for  no  particular  reason  that  we  could 
learn.  AVe  had  about  200  casualties,  but  nearly  all  of  them 
slight. 

On  Nov.  1,  the  Division  passed  under  the  17  French 
army  corps  and  on  Nov,  5,  was  relieved  by  the  8ist  Divi- 
sion. The  artillery  and  ammunition  train  stayed  in  the 
Sommedieue  sector  to  support  the  81st. 

As  the  Thirty-fifth  was  being  relieved  by  the  "Wild  Cat" 
Division,  as  the  Eighty-first  called  itself,  the  telescope  used 
by  Lt.  Heiny  disappeared.  This  riled  the  Intelligence  Officer 
of  the  139th.  He  detailed  two  sergeants  to  the  search  and 
instructed  them  to  stay  in  the  sector  until  after  the  peace 
was  signed  if  they  did  not  get  the  telescope  before  that  time. 
He  sought  the  "Wild  Cat"  Colonel  and  explained  the  mat- 
ter to  him.  Later  in  the  day  Heiny  discovered  where  his 
telescope  had  been  concealed,  took  it  and  packed  it  with  his 
materials.     Then  he  called  upon  the  "Wild  Cat"  Colonel 


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again,  saluted  very  formally,  reported  that  he  had  discov- 
ered his  telescope  and  bade  him  ' '  Good-bye. ' ' 

"I  hope  you  did  not  think  any  of  our  men  were  trying 
to  steal  your  telescope,"  said  the  Colonel. 

"Oh,  that  didn't  annoy  me,"  Heiny  replied,  "stealing 
is  all  right.  I  have  no  objection  to  that,  but  the  thing  that 
makes  me  sore  is  that  anybody  in  this  outfit  thought  he 
could  put  anything  like  that  over  on  us." 

Our  men  knew  a  lot  of  the  tricks  of  soldiering  by  the 
time  they  were  relieved  in  the  Sommedieue  Sector,  They 
looked  upon  the  "Wild  Cats"  as  children  who  had  just 
come  into  the  game,  and  the  men  of  the  Thirty-fifth  took  a 
kind  and  fatherly  interest  in  the  newcomers. 

The  veterans  sold  the  "Wild  Cats"  all  their  rubber  boots 
at  stiff  prices,  sold  them,  and  collected  cash  on  the  spot,  all 
the  trench  stores  and  surplus  ammunition  lying  about, 
(which  of  course  would  remain  in  the  trenches  anyway) 
and  also  disposed  at  a  good  figure  of  a  small  French  mule 
which  was  used  to  haul  a  car  along  the  little  narrow  gauge 
railway.  Then  the  35th  Division  marched  happily  away 
with  the  virtuous  consciousness  that  it  was  spreading  light 
in  dark  places. 

On  Nov.  6  and  7,  the  division  marched  out  of  the  sector, 
and  proceeded,  first  west  and  then  south,  into  the  area 
about  Commercy.  There  a  miserable  winter  was  spent  in 
the  rain  and  snow,  training,  drilling,  and  being  instructed 
in  military  courtesy. 

Leaves  were  granted,  and  ojfficers  and  men  took  trips 
through  Paris  to  the  South  of  France,  and  wandered  about 
Nice  and  Monte  Carlo,  and  through  the  Riviera,  buying' 
post  cards  and  eating  restaurant  food.  Back  in  Commercy 
old  faces  began  to  return.  Officers  and  men  who  had  been 
wounded  in  the  Argonne  came  back  from  hospitals,  some 


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limping,  some  with  scars,  but  all  of  them  glad  to  join  up 
again  with  the  old  bunch.  Others  came  back  too;  the  of- 
ficers who  had  been  detached  and  sent  to  other  divisions. 
By  the  time  the  outfit  started  for  the  coast  it  looked  like  an 
Old  Home  Week.  Bennett  Clark  was  a  full  colonel.  He 
and  many  others  had  won  their  promotions  with  other  di- 
visions. Our  officers  from  the  regulars  were  detached  one 
by  one  and  sent  to  other  tasks,  and  the  original  35th  Divi- 
sion officers  took  again  their  old  jobs.  Everybody  was  much 
happier. 

Back  in  their  states,  the  home  folks  of  Missouri  and  Kan- 
sas gave  them  royal  welcome.  Not  since  the  Civil  War,  if 
ever  before,  had  the  towns  known  such  pageantry  with  the 
rataplan  of  drums  and  the  march  of  columned  men. 

Ristine,  a  full  colonel  now,  marched  with  the  139th  in 
its  parades.  Rieger  raised  to  lieutenant-colonel  and  wear- 
ing his  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  commanded  the  138th. 
Clay  MacDonald  wore  on  his  arm  a  mourning  brassard  for 
the  son  he  had  lost  on  Vauquois  Hill,  and  on  his  shoulder 
the  silver  maple  leaves  of  the  lieutenant  colonelcy  he  had 
won  in  Montrebeau  Wood. 

Both  states  rose  to  welcome  their  soldiers  home  from 
the  wars.  In  Southwest  Missouri  the  Houn'  Dog  again 
bayed  gloriously. 

The  three  machine  gun  battalions  once  more  became  the 
2nd  Missouri,  and  Colonel  Raupp  again  watched  the 
march-past  and  took  the  salute. 

They  were  mighty  men  of  Avar,  these  long  boys  from 
the  Ozarks,  and  they  will  not  be  soon  forgot.  The  windy 
heights  of  the  Vosges  and  the  sodden  valley  of  the  Aire 
long  will  remember  those  tall  men  and  their  clattering 
guns. 

Nor  will  the  world  soon  forget  all  the  men  of  the  35th 
Division  and  the  brave  part  they  played  on  the  fields  of 
France. 


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APPENDIX 


APPENDIX    A 

CONCLUSIONS  OF  GEN.  DRUM  ON  THIRTY-FIFTH 
IN  ARGONNE  BATTLE 


CONCLUSIONS   OF  GEN.   H.   A.    DRUM,   CHIEF   OF  STAFF   OF  THE 
FIRST  ARMY,  A.   E.  F. 

HEADQUARTERS,    FIRST    ARMY 
AMERICAN   EXPEDITIONARY   FORCES,   FRANCE 
Office    of    the    Chief    of    Staff 

October  26,    1918. 
From:   Chief  of  Staff,  1st  Army. 
To,:  Commanding  General,  3Sth    Division. 

Subject:    Conclusion    of    an    inspection    of    the    conduct    of    the    35th    Division 
during  attack   in   recent   operations. 

1.  The  Army  Commander  directs  me  to  transmit  to  you  the  following  con- 
clusions of  an  inspection  of  the  conduct  of  the  35th  Division  during  its  attack 
in  our  recent  operations.  He  desires  that  these  conclusions  be  given  the 
greatest   weight   in  the  organization   and   training  of  your   Division. 

2.  These  conclusions  have  been  deduced  from  the  testimony  of  several 
eye-witnesses  and  are  transmitted  to  you  with  the  desire  not  only  to  point 
out  the  causes  for  undesirable  conditions  but  also  to  give  you  a  basis  for 
the  future  training  of  the  35th  Division. 

Conclusions: 

1st.  That  the  3Sth  Division  at  the  commencement  of  operations,  Sep- 
tember 26th,  was  not  a  well  disciplined  combat  unit,  and  the  many  officers 
with   the  Division  were  not  well-trained  leaders. 

2nd.   That  the  Division  Staff  was  not  efficient  or  well  organized. 

3rd.  That  the  changes  in  the  Staff  and  Brigade  and  Regimental  Com- 
manders greatly  handicapped  the  Division  Commander  in  the  proper  func- 
tioning  of  his   Division. 

4th.  That  after  the  attack  started  there  was  no  system  of  liaison.  Even 
the   runners   failed   to   follow   the-  axis   of   liaison   prescribed. 

Sth.  That  brigade  and  regimental  commanders  failed  to  make  use  of  the 
means  of  liaison  at  their  disposal  and  failed  to  keep  in  touch  with  their 
higher  commanders. 

6th.  That  the  failure  of  all  commanders  to  keep  a  headquarters  estab- 
lished where  communications   could   be   received   was  inexcusable. 

7th.  That  the  action  of  brigade  and  regimental  commanders  in  going  far 
to  the  front  and  out  of  all  communication  resulted  in  their  having  no  more 
effect  on  the  action  than  so  many  company  or  platoon  commanders,  and  pre- 
vented  the   headquarters   in   rear   from   sending   orders   to   units    in    front. 

8th.  That  if  commanders  had  remained  in  their  headquarters  or  made  pro- 
visions   for    messages    reaching    them    immediately,    they    would    have    been 

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able   to   have  had   a   fair   knowledge   of  conditions,   and   perhaps   have   straight- 
ened out  the  many  difficulties  that  arose. 

9th.  That  the  intermingling,  confusion  and  straggling  which  commenced 
shortly  after  H  hour  showed  poor  discipline,  lack  of  leadership,  and  prob- 
ably  poor  preparation. 

10th.  That  it  was  a  serious  error  for  both  the  Division  Commander  and 
the  Chief  of  Staff  to  leave  their  Headquarters  at  the  same  time. 

11th.  That  the  five  attacks  which  the  Division  made  followed  each  other 
so  closely  that  there  was  no  opportunity  after  the  evening  of  September  26th 
to  reorganize,  and  get  the  various  units   in   hand. 

12th.  That  after  September  27th  the  Division  was  really  one  in  name  only 
as  maneuvering  power  with  intact  units,  except  the  Engineers  ceased  to 
exist. 

13th.  That  the  casualties  among  the  officers  was  undoubtedly  responsible 
for  a   great  deal   of  the   disorganization. 

14th.  That  most  of  the  straggling  and  confusion  was  caused  by  men 
getting  lost  and  not  having  leaders,  and  not  from  any  deliberate  design  to  go 
to  the  rear  in  order  to  avoid   further  fighting. 

15th.  That  the  fighting  spirit  and  bravery  of  officers  and  men  was  ex- 
cellent. 

16th.  That  the  failure  to  have  telephone  and  wireless  communication 
forward  to  include  Regiments,  and  the  failure  to  use  the  proper  code  call  to 
Corps  Headquarters,  was  due  to  the  inefficiency  of  Lt.  Colonel  George  A. 
Wieczorek,  Signal  Corps,  then  Division   Signal   Officer. 

17th.  That  the  Artillery  Commander,  Brig.  Gen.  L.  G.  Berry,  failed  to 
co-operate  with  and  make   full   use  of   the   Air   Service  until   ordered  to   do   so. 

H.  A.  DRUM, 
Chief  of   Staff. 


APPENDIX  B 

GEN.  TRAUB'S  LETTER  OF  TRANSMISSION 

HEADQUARTERS    35TH    DIVISION 
Office   of    the    Division    Commander 

October  30th,   1918. 
SECRET 

From  :     The   Division  Commander. 
To:     The  Commanding  General  60th   Field   Artillery    Brigade. 

The  Commanding  General  69th   Infantry   Brigade. 

The  Commanding  General  70th   Infantry   Brigade. 

East  Division  Staff  Officer. 

Subject :      Orders : 

1.  There  is  furnished  herewith  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
First  Army,  A.  E.  F.,  dated  October  26,  1918,  transmitting  to  the  Division 
Commander,  the  conclusions  of  an  inspection  of  the  conduct  of  the  3Sth 
Division  during  its  attack  in  our  recent  operations. 

2.  I  direct  that  Regimental  and  Battalion  Commanders  be  assembled  and 
have  this  paper  read  to  them,  with  a  view  to  assuring  their  knowledge  of 
the  defects  in  this  Division  when  it  went  into  battle,  and  during  the  battle 
of  September  26-October  1st,  and  with  a  view  to  their  making  the  most 
strenuous    efforts    not    to    have   the    errors    repeated.      These    errors    in    Haison, 


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establishment  of  fixed  P.  C.'s,  control  and  self-control,  intermingling  of  units, 
confusion  and  straggling  must  be  eradicated — they  had  been  pointed  out 
strongly  by  the  Division  Commander  before  the  battle — and  the  loss  of 
leaders  was  not  sufficient  excuse  for  their  being  almost  universal  in  the  battle. 
When  a  Commander  falls  his  place  must  be  taken  by  the  next  in  command. 
This  is  assured  by  proper  designation  in  advance  and  by  the  proper  func- 
tioning  of   liaison. 

The  excuse  for  a  commander  to  leave  his  battle  station  is  when  he  finds 
it  necessary  to  exert  his  own  personality  with  the  forward  troops.  He  must 
not  only  return  when  this  mission  is  performed,  but  he  must  secure  proper 
functioning  at  this  P.  C.  during  his  absence,  and  keep  informed  as  to  his 
movements. 

Strict  iron  discipline  is  the  remedy  for  disorganization  and  straggling, 
as  well  as  instruction  and  training  in  what  to  do  when  separation  from  or- 
ganizations  and   loss   of    leaders   have    taken    place. 

That  this  Division  was  not  well  trained  and  fit  for  battle,  was  not  a 
well-disciplined  combat  unit,  and  that  many  officers  were  not  well-trained  lead- 
ers are  very  true  statements.  This  Division  had  had  no  opportunity  to  really 
train  for  battle  as  its  life  for  months  preceding  had  been  a  life  in  Sector, 
occupying  at  the  end  a  35  kilometer  front  and  when  relieved  from  Sector, 
spending  its  time  in  marching  at  night,  camping  and  bivouacking  under 
a  strict  injunction  against  enemy  observations.  The  Division  is  once  again 
occupying  an  extensive  Sector,  has  been  replenished  with,  in  considerable 
part,  green  replacements,  and  it  is  therefore  incvtmbent  on  every  officer  and 
non-commissioned  officer  to  make  the  most  conscientious  efTorts,  the  efforts 
of  his  life  that  the  Country  expects  of  each  and  every  one  of  us,  in  order 
that  we  may  overcome  our  defects  and  be  able  to  make  full  use  of  the  wonder- 
ful personnel  in  our  ranks  to  the  complete  discomfiture  of  the  enemy  and  the 
success  of  our  arms.  I  count  on  each  one  in  the  Division  to  do  his  utmost 
to  help  me  in  meeting  the  expectations  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  Amc- 
ican   Expeditionary   Forces,   France. 

PKTFR  E.  TRAUB, 
Major   General,   U.    S.   Army, 

Commanding. 


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APPENDIX  C 

CONFIDENTIAL  REPORT  ON  VAUQUOIS  HILL 

CONFIDENTIAL.  1ST    ARMY    CORPS,    U.    S., 

Not  to  be  taken  into  SECOND  SECTION,  G.  S., 

front   line   trenches.  September   22,    1918. 

VAUQUOIS 

VAUQUOIS  may  be  taken  as  the  perfect  example  of  German  fortification, 
combining  an  elaborate  trench  system  with  the  use  of  mines. 

(1)  The  trenches,  during  the  day,  are  occupied  by  sentinels,  as  few  as 
are  absolutely  essential.  The  garrison  is  in  deep  dugouts  affording  protec- 
tion from  our  largest  shells.  These  are  very  comfortably  equipped,  having 
electricity,  water  supply  and  kitchens  close  at  hand.  All  necessary  suppUes 
are  brought  in  by  a  railroad.  On  the  shghtest  signal,  everyone  can  be  at 
his  post  of  combat. 

(2)  The  fortress  of  VAUQUOIS,  dominating  the  plain  for  100  miles,  is 
one  of  the  points  on  the  front  where  the  Germans  have  installed  themselves 
with   great  thoroughness. 

In  the  defensive  system  of  VAUQUOIS  mines  figured  very  prominently 
throughout  1916,  and  the  beginning  of  1917.  Since  the  month  of  June,  1917, 
mining  activity  has  steadily  decreased.  At  the  present  date  galleries  are 
known  to  be  in  existence,  but  there  have  been  no  recent  explosions. 

From  captured  documents  dated  December,  1917,  it  appears  that  VAU- 
QUOIS must  be  held  at  any  cost. 

If  the  tactical  situation  eventually  necessitates  a  retirement  the  Com- 
mandant of  VAUQUOIS  is  ordered  to   blow  up  all  mined  galleries. 

The  garrison  of  VAUQUOIS,  consisting  of  18  officers  and  about  1370 
men,   is   composed   as   follows: 

1       Bn.     Infantry 6     Off.    Approx.     750    men 

Yt     Co.    Regtl.     Pioneers 1     Off.    Approx.     100    men. 

1-3    Co.    Div.    Engrs 1     Off.    Approx.       70    men 

1   Co.  of  the  30th   Bn.   of  Pioneers,  sector  troops, 

of  which  the  rear  echelon,  about  100  men,  is  at 

VARENNES 1     O^-     Approx.     130    men 

M.   K.    392    (Mining  Co.)    sector  troops,   of   which 

the  rear  echelon,  about  80  men,  is  at  VA- 
RENNES or   CHEPPY 2     Off.    Approx.     100    men 

M.    K.    298,    sector    troops,    of    which    the    rear 

echelon,    about    80    men,    is    at    VARENNES 

or   CHEPPY    2    Off.     Approx.     100    men 

1    Co.   heavy  machine  guns 4    Off.     Approx.     100    men 

1    Detachment   of   M.    W.    from    the    Div.    Co.    of 

j^_    W's    1     Off.    Approx.       20    men 

Total     18    Off.    Approx.    1370    men 

DUGOUTS: 

Most  of  the  dugouts  are  situated  on  the  slopes  N.  of  VAUQUOIS,  be- 
tween Hills  265  and  270. 


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COMMUNICATION   TRENCHES  AND    TRACKS: 

Two  important  communication  trenches  enter  VAUQUOIS  from  the  W. ; 
the  Boyau  de  GRATZ  and  the  Boyau  d'  AGREM.  These  lead  to  a  point 
to  about  100  m.  from  the  entrances  to  the  dugouts.  From  this  point  the 
reliefs  come  across  open  ground  to  the  foot  of  the  ladders  which  lead  to  the 
tunnels  of  the  dugouts. 

The  VARENNES-VAUQUOIS  road  seems  to  be  the  one  most  used.  The 
paths  alongside  the  Boyau  de  GRATZ  are  also  much  frequented. 

RAILWAYS : 

A  narrow  gauge  railway  leads  from  VARENNES  to  VAUQUOIS  over 
the  VARENNES-Pont  des  QUATRE  ENFANTS  road  as  far  as  the  BOURE- 
VILLES  road.  A  branch  line  leads  to  the  Pioneer  depot.  Another  branch 
Hne  leads   to  the   Bois   du   GRAND   BEC   to   supply   the  ammunition  depot. 

ELECTRICITY: 

The  electricity  for  VAUQUOIS  is  furnished  by  a  power  house  installed 
in  the  caves  of  the  Moulin  VARENNES.  The  current  is  transported  to 
VAUQUOIS  by  two  isolated  cables  15  mm.  in  diameter,  fixed  on  posts  1  m. 
high;  these  cables  leaving  the  Moulin  cross  the  fields  to  the  S.  and  follow 
the  river  as  far  as  the  Pont  des  PIONNIERS  1  km.  from  VAUQUOIS. 
From  there  the  cables  pass  to  the  S.  of  Hill  213,  across  the  Boyau  de 
EUNUQUES,  and  through  the  Bois  du  ROSSIGNOL.  From  there  the 
cables  follow   the   line   of   the   Boyau   de   GRATZ   into   VAUQUOIS. 

TUNNELS: 

The  tunnels  opening  on  the  N.  slope  of  VAUQUOIS  come  out  on  the 
perpendicular  line  of  the  second  trench.  Shafts  about  15  m.  deep,  in  which 
ladders  are  placed,  constitute  the  means  of  communication  between  the  tun- 
nels and  the  trench.  These  tunnels  were  constructed  by  an  electric  drill. 
The  tunnels  are  ly^  to  2  m.  wide.  The  walls  are  not  propped  except  in  a 
few  places  where  there  is  risk  of  them  falling  in.  The  exit  of  the  shafts  is 
protected  by  a  roof  consisting  of  a  bed  of  rails  covered  with  a  slab  of 
reinforced  concrete  and  a  layer  of  sand  bags.  There  are  probably  4  tunnels 
in  actual  use  now.  Dugouts  have  been  built  on  the  right  and  on  the  left  by 
simply   enlarging   the   tunnel. 

TRENCHES: 

The  trenches  of  the  front  line,  often  not  well  kept  up,  are  only  occupied 
by  sentinels.  The  trench  of  the  second  line  is  reinforced  with  brick  on  the 
side  towards  the  enemy.  In  the  parapet  steel  plates  are  embedded  about  4 
to  S  mm.  thick,  containing  loopholes.  Empty  sand  bags  conceal  these  steel 
plates  from  view.  The  Germans  use  less  sand  bags  for  reinforcing  their 
parapets  than  the  French.     A  good   number  of  the  trenches  are  covered. 


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APPENDIX   D 

REPORT  OF  CAPT.  HOFFMAN 

REPORT    OF    CAPT.    HOFFMAN,    DIVISION    PSYCHIATRIST 

HEADQUARTERS    35TH    DIVISION 

Office    Division    Psychiatrist 

AMERICAN   EXPEDITIONARY   FORCES 

October  24th,   1918. 
From:      The   Division    Psychiatrist,    35th    Division. 
To:      The   Senior   Consultant   in    Neuro-psychiatry. 
Subject:     Report   of  work  during  September  and   October. 

1.  From  September  1st  to  September  26th,  1918,  the  Division  was  con- 
stantly on  the  move  and  only  routine  work  was  done,  except  sitting  as  a 
member  of  a  Medical  Board  in  the  cases  of  two  Colonels,  referred  by  Com- 
manding General.   These  cases  were  sent  back  for  reclassification. 

2.  From  September  26th  to  October  2d,  1918,  this  division  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  allied  offensive.     My  station  during  this  time  was  at  the  triage. 

3.  Captain  Henschel,  M.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  was  sent  from  Corps  Headquar- 
ters and  did  splendid  work. 

4.  The  first  day  of  the  offensive  the  rest  hospital,  i.e.,  one  of  the  Field 
Hospitals  of  the  division  was  not  yet  established.  This  was  due  to  the 
intense  congestion  of  traffic,  the  roads  being  blocked  for  over  twenty-four 
hours,  hence  our  sanitary  troops  with  tentage  could  not  reach  the  triage. 
So  many  cases  came  through  the  triage  that  it  was  necessary  to  evacuate 
all  psychiatric  cases,  as  the  triage  was  filled  to  more  than  capacity.  It  was 
raining  and  cold,  and  it  would  be  necessary  to  keep  the  men  in  the  mud 
without    litters   or   blankets   if   they   remained   at   the   triage. 

5.  A  total  of  6301  cases  of  all  kinds  passed  through  the  triage  of  the 
35th   Division.      These   came   from   many   divisions   as   follows: 


35th  Division 

4623 

37th  Division 

87 

28th  Division 

443 

91st  Division 

798 

Miscellaneous 

350 

Total, 

6301 

6.  From  the  second  day,  only  cases  which  I  thought  would  not  be  fit 
for  duty  in  a  very  short  time,  were  evacuated,  the  others  being  sent  to  our 
rest  hospital. 

7.  In  the  great  rush  of  cases  during  the  next  few  days  the  rest  hospital 
was  constantly  filled  to  capacity  and  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to 
evacuate  everything,  hence,  many  cases  which  would  have  cleared  up  in  a 
few  days  were  sent  to  the  rear.  At  one  time  there  were  1400  cases  in  the 
triage,  800  in  the  advance  dressing  station  and  all  transportation  at  a  stand- 
still. 

8.  Many  foreign  trucks,  i.e.,  trucks  from  Corps,  Army  and  other  divisions, 
evacuated   cases   from   the    front.      Many   of    these   went    direct   from    the   front 


APPENDIX  257 

to    the    evacuation    hospitals,    the    cases    not    being    tiiagcd.      No    doubt    many 
of  these  cases  were  of  this  division. 

9.  The  Corps  Psychiatrist  reported  daily  and  appeared  favorably  im- 
pressed,  at   least  not  making  suggestions. 

10.  It  has  come  to  my  attention  that  the  Chief  Surgeon  of  the  1st  Army 
rendered  a  complaint  to  the  Division  Surgeon  of  the  3Sth  Division  con- 
cerning the  large  amount  of  psychiatric  cases  evacuated  to  the  rear.  The 
foregoing  is  my  explanation,  i.e.,  the  blocking  of  all  transportation,  the  lack 
of  transportation  on  the  first  day,  the  inclement  weather  and  the  large 
amount  of  casualties.  HARRY  R.  HOFFMAN, 

Captain,   Medical   Corps,   U.   S.   Army, 

Division   Psychiatrist. 


35TH    DIVISION    CODE    NAMES    FROM    BATTLE   ORDER 

Clear  Code 

Division    headquarters Oklahoma 

Commanding    general Oklahoma  1 

Aides Oklahoma  2 

Chief    of    Staff Oklahoma  3 

G-1     Oklahoma  5 

G-2    Oklahoma  6 

G-3     Oklahoma  7 

60th  Artillery     Brigade Octave 

128th  Artillery    Osock 

129th  Artillery    Ogee 

130th  Artillery    Omlet 

69th   Infantry     Eg Oriley 

137th  Infantry    Obispo 

138th   Infantry Ogrady 

70th    Infantry    Bg Okonite 

139th    Infantry    Oakleaf 

140th  Infantry    Oblong 

28th   Division    Roadrunner 

91st  Division     Maroon 

Battalions  had  code  names  of  Head,  Foot  and  Tail,  respectively, 
for  first,  second  and  third  battalions. 


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APPENDIX    % 

GEN.  CLARK'S  LETTER  TO  HIS  MEN 

Copy  of  letter  written  by  Gen.  H.  C.  Clark  to  officers  and  men  of  the 
35th    Division   on  their  departure   from   Camp   Doniphan   for   France. 

TO   THE   OFFICERS   AND   MEN   OF   THE   35TH   DIVISION: 

In  wishing  you  godspeed  on  the  eve  of  your  departure  for  France,  it  is 
not  necessary  for  me  to  tell  you  that  it  is  the  supreme  sorrow  of  my  whole 
life  that  I  cannot  go  with  you.  Your  Division  is  composed  of  members  of  the 
National  Guard  of  Missouri  and  Kansas.  I  have  served  continuously  with 
the  former  from  the  day  I  left  military  school  a  young  boy,  twenty-nine 
years  ago.  I  served  with  many  of  you  during  the  Spanish-American  War,  and 
the  Missouri  National  Guard  was  under  my  command  during  the  six  months 
we  were  on  the  Mexican  Border  in  1916.  I  commanded  the  thirteen  thou- 
sand National  Guard  troops  furnished  by  this  state  from  the  time  they  en- 
tered the  federal  service  on  August  5,  1917,  until  they  moved  to  Camp  Doni- 
phan. I  served  with  you  at  your  present  station  until  my  discharge  be- 
cause of  my  inability  to  meet  the  physical  tests  of  the  examining  board  on 
December  22,  1917,  and  it  would  be  strange  indeed  if  this  long  association 
with  you  had  not  resulted  in  an  affectionate  regard  for  you  and  a  spirit  of 
comradeship  known  only  to  those  who  have  served  together  in  the  field. 
During  the  time  I  was  with  you  at  Camp  Doniphan,  I  had  opportunity  to 
observe  the  Kansas  National  Guard  and  to  know  many  of  its  officers  inti- 
mately and  well,  and  what  I  say  to  my  own  people  applies  to  our  comrades 
from  our  sister  state  who  come  from  the  same  stock,  having  the  same  ideals 
and  characteristics  and  separated  only  by  an  imaginary  line  marking  the 
boundary  between  the  two  states.  It  is  your  good  fortune  to  be  commanded 
by  a  Regular  officer  of  the  highest  standing  in  the  army  and  whose  service 
in  the  field  had  won  him  this  command.  His  military  ability  is  beyond  ques- 
tion. 

You  represent  the  highest  type  of  the  American  Volunteer.  You  are  vol- 
unteers pure  and  simple.  You  entered  the  National  Guard  of  your  own 
accord  and  with  motives  of  unselfish  and  disinterested  devotion  to  the  high- 
est duty  which  an  American  citizen  can  perform.  You  took  an  obligation 
to  serve  your  state  and  to  answer  the  call  of  the  nation  should  the  emergency 
arise.  The  emergency  has  come  and  you  have  not  faltered.  Many  of  you 
have  given  your  very  lives  to  this  service;  no  one  knows  better  than  the 
undersigned  of  your  faithful  and  unswerving  loyalty  under  the  most  dis- 
couraging circumstances  and  surroundings.  You  have  been  ridiculed  and 
made  light  of,  but  you  have  not  faltered.  You  have  kept  the  faith.  You 
have  been  given  the  acid  test  and  the  scoffers'  lips  have  been  forever 
silenced.  The  people  of  Missouri  are  proud  of  you  and  they  pay  homage 
to  you,  knowing  that  you  will  measure  up  to  the  best  traditions  of  the 
American  volunteer.  You  represent  the  first  line  troops  furnished  by  Mis- 
souri and  Kansas  and  you  will  soon  demonstrate  to  the  world  on  the  battle- 
fields of  Europe  that  the  virile  manhood  and  rugged  citizenship  of  your 
state,  as  exemplified  in  the  Mexican  War,  the  Civil  War,  the  expedition  com- 
manded by  a  Missourian  whose  name  your  camp  bears,  and  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War,  is  not  surpassed  in  any  army  in  the  world. 

The  heart  of  every  loyal  Missourian  goes  out  to  you  and   you   will  be  in 


APPENDIX  259 

their  thoughts  constantly  until  you  return.  They  do  not  tell  you  to  do  your 
duty  ;  they  know  you  will  do  that  and  more.  And  be  assured  that  when  you 
return  they  will  welcome  you  with  everlasting  gratitude  and  undying  ap- 
preciation. I  can  only  keep  camp  for  you  while  you  are  gone,  but  I  will 
not  fail  you  and  yours,  and  if  I  am  alive  I  will  be  here  to  welcome  you 
when  you  return.  If  I  could  shake  the  hand  of  each  officer  and  man  in  this 
Division  I  could  not  express  to  him  what  is  in  my  heart;  I  could  only  say, 
"Good-bye,  old  man,  and  God  bless  you."  Harvey  C.  Clark. 


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APPENDIX    F 


ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  DIVISION  ON  THREE 
DATES 

According  to  the  official  records  of  the  division,  which  contain  a  few 
errors,  the  division,  when  it  was  attached  to  the  British  forces,  was  organ- 
ized as  follows : 

The    Commanding    General 

Chief  of   Staff 

The  Asst.   Chief  of   Staff   G-1 

The  Asst.   Chief  of   Staff   G-2 

The  Asst.   Chief  of  Staff  G-3. 

The  Division  Surgeon 

The  Division  Signal   Officer 

The  Division   Engineer 

The  Division  Adjutant 

The  Division  Personnel    Adjutant 

The  Division  Veterinarian 

The  Division  Inspector 

The  Division  Judge  Advocate 

The  Division  Ordnance    Officer 

The  Division   Gas  Officer 

Liaison    Officer   from    British 

128th   Machine    Gun    Battalion 

69th   Infantry    Brigade 
137th  Infantry 

138th  Infantry 

129th  Machine   Gun    Battahon 
70th   Infantry    Brigade 

139th   Infantry 

140th  Infantry 

130th  Machine  Gun   Battalion 

110th   Engineer    Regiment 

110th   Engineer  Train 

110th  Train    Hdq.    &   Mil.    PoHce 
60th  Field    Artillery    Brigade 

128th   Field    Artillery 

129th   Field  Artillery 

130th  Field  Artillery 

110th  Trench    Mortar    Battery 

110th  Ammunition   Train 

110th   Field  Signal   Battalion 

110th  Motor   Supply   Train 

110th   Sanitary    Train 

Field    Hospital    Section 

Field  Ambulance    Section 

110th  Mobile    Ordnance    Repair   Shop 

112th  Mobile    Section    Vet.    Unit 

Sanitary  Squad  No.   1 

Sanitary   Sauad  No.  2 


Major    General    William    Wright 
Colonel    Robert    McCleave 
Major  Dwight  F.   Davis 
Captain  Parker  C.  Kallock,  Jr. 
Major  W.   V.   Gallagher 
Lt.  Colonel  Raymond  Turck 
Major   George   A.    Wieczorek 
Colonel    Sherwood    A.    Cheney 
Major  J.   M.  Hobson 
Captain   William    Moreland 
Captain  Ora  P.  Davis 
Major  John   F.   Clapham 
Major   George    P.   Whitsett 
Major    C.    E.    Delaplane 
1st  Lieut.   William  J.   Knox 
Capt.   B.   Fitz  G.  Wilson 
Major  Wesley  Halliburton 
Brig.    General    Nathaniel    McClure 
Colonel  Clad  Hamilton 
Colonel    Edmund   J.    McMahon 
Major   Thomas   H.    Loy 
Brig.    General    Charles    I.    Martin 
Colonel    John    D.    McNeely 
Colonel   Albert   Linxwiler 
Major   John    F.    Constable 
Colonel    Sherwood    A.    Cheney 
1st   Lieut.    Peake   Vincil 
Colonel    Wilhe    Rowan 
Brig.    General   Lucien   G.    Berry 
Col.    Frank   M.   Rumbold 
Col.    Karl   D.    Klemm 
Col.    Hugh   Means 
Capt.  Fred.   W.   Manchester 
Lt.    Col.    Fred.    R.    Fitzpatrick 
Major   Milton    R.    McLean 
Major    George    M.    Faught 
Major   Herbert  C.   Woolley 
Major   Oliver   C.    Gebhart 
Major  William   L.   Gist 
2nd   Lieut.   Henry  McDonald 
1st     Lieut.   Calvin  F.   Bennett 
1st  Lieut.    Oliver    C.    Wenger 
1st.   Lieut.   Thomas  Wilson 


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261 


On    the    morning    of    the   Aigonne    Battle,    this    was    the   organization; 


Commanding    General 
Chief  of  Staff 
Asst.    Chief   of   Staff   G-1 
Asst.    Chief   of    Staff   G-2 
Asst.  Chief  of  Staff  G-3 
Division  Surgeon 
Division  Signal  Officer 
Division   Engineer 
Division   Gas    Officer 
Division  Machine  Gun  Officer 
Division  Adjutant 
Division  Personnel    Adjutant 
Division  Veterinarian 
Division  Quartermaster 
Division  Inspector 
Division  Judge  Advocate 
Division   Ordnance  Officer 
128th    Mach   Gun   Batn. 

69th  Infantry    Brigade 
129th  Mach.    Gun    Batn. 
137th  Infantry 
138th  Infantry 

70th,  Infantry     Brigade 
130th  Mach.  Gun  Batn. 
139th  Infantry 
140th   Infantry 
110th   Engineers 
110th   Engineer   Train 
110th  Field   Signal   Batn. 
110th  Train   Hdq.    &    Mil.    Police 
110th  Supply  Train 
110th  Sanitary  Train 
Field  Hospital    Section 
Field  Ambulance  Section 

60th  Field  Art.  Brigade 
128th   Field    Art. 
129th  Field   Art. 
130th   Field  Art. 
110th  Trench    Mortar    Battery 
110th  Mobile  Ord.   Rep.    Shop 


Major  General  Peter  E.  Traub 
Col.    Hamilton  S.   Hawkins 
Col.  W.   R.  Gibson 
Major    Parker    C.    Kalloch 
I.t.   Col.   Walter  V.   Gallagher 
lyt.  Col.   Raymond  C.   Turck 
U.    Col.    Hans    O.    Olson 
Col.    Thomas   C.    Clarke 
Capt.    William    W.    Wise 
Lt.   Col.   Donald   D.   Hay 
Major   William    Ellis 
Capt.    William    R.    Thurston 
Capt.    Ora    P.    Davis 
Major   Arthur   Parker 
Capt.    Edward    C.    Sammons 
Major   Victor    E.    Ruehl 
Capt.    Mark    Weatherford 
Major  Westley   Halliburton 
Colonel  Louis   M.   Nuttman 
Major   Thomas    H.    Loy 
Colonel   Clad   Hamilton 
Col.    Harry   S.    Howland 
Col.   Kirby   Walker 
Major  John  T.  Constable 
Lt.    Col.    Carl   L.    Ristine 
Lt.  Col.   Channing  E.   Delaplane 
Col.    Thomas   C.   Clarke 
1st   Lieut.    Peake   Vincil 
Major   Milton   R.    ]\IcLean 
Col.    Willie   Rowan 
Major  George  M.  Faught 
Major  Herbert   C.    Woolley 
Major  Oliver  C.    Gebhart 
Mayor  William  L.   Gist 
Brig.   Gen.   Lucien   G.   Berry 
Col.    Frank    M.    Rumbold 
Col.   Karl   D.    Klemm 
Major  William  W.   Thurston 
Capt.   Fred  W.   Manchester 
1st   Lieut.    Edward   C.   Rose 


On    March   30,   when   ready   to   sail 
thus : 

Commanding  General 
Chief    of   Staff 
Asst.    C/S   G-1 
Asst.   C/S  G-2 
Asst.    C/S    G-3 
Division  Surgeon 
Division  Signal    Officer 
Division   Engineer 
Division  Gas   Officer 
Division  Adjutant 
Division   Personnel    Adjt. 


for   home,    the    division    was   organized 

Major    General   Wm.    M.    Wright. 
Col.   R.  McCleave 
Col.    Bennett  C.   Clark 
Major  Jelks  H.   Cabaniss 
Lt.   Col.   Dwight   F.   Davis 
Lt.    Col.    Carl    R.    Phillips 
Major    Milton    R.    McLean 
Lt.    Col.    Edward    M.    Stayton 
Major  Andrew  LeB.  Russell 
Lt.   Col.    William   EUis 
Capt.    James    A.    Brewer 


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FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Division  Quartermaster 
Division  Inspector 
Division  Judge  Advocate 
Division  Ordnance   Officer 
128th  Mach.   Gun   Batn. 

69th  Infantry    Brigade 
129th  Mach.    Gun    Bin. 
137th  Infantry 
138th  Infantry 

70th  Infantry    Brigade 
130th  Mach.   Gun   Batn. 
139th   Infantry 
140th   Infantry 
110th   Engineers 
110th  Field   Signal   Batn. 
110th  Supply   Train 
110th  Sanitary   Train 
110th  Train   Hdqs. 


Lt.   Col.  Arthur   Parker 
Lt.   Col.   Edward   C.   Samnions 
Major  Victor    Iv.    Ruehl 
Major    Mark    Weatherford 
Major  Westley  Halliburton 
Col.   Willie   McD.    Rowan 
Major  Thomas  H.  Loy 
Lt.    Col.   John    H.    O'Connor 
Major  Warren   L.    Mabrey 
Col.   Albert   Linxwiler 
Major  Ward  L.  Schrantz 
Major   Randall   Wilson 
Lt.   Col.   Smith   A.   Harris 
Lt.  Col.   Edward  M.   Stayton 
Major  Milton   R.   McLean 
Major  Charles  J.  Hall 
Major  Oliver  C.   Gebhart 
Major  James   F.    Going. 


APPENDIX  263 


APPENDIX  G 

RECORD  OF  CHANGES  IN  HIGHER  OFFICERS 

Partial  List  of  Changes  in  Higher  Officers  of  Division — From  Division  Records 

COMMANDING  35TH   DIVISION 

From  To 

Maj.-Gen.    William    M.    Wright Oct    1,    1917  June    16,    1918 

Brig.-Gen.    Nathaniel    F.    McClure June    16,    1918  July    20,    1918 

Maj.-Gen.   Peter  E.   Traub July  20,   1918  Dec.    27,    1918 

Brig.-Gen.  Thomas  Dugan Dec.  29,   1918  March  1,   1919 

Maj.-Gen.  William  M.  Wright March  1,  1919  Muster     out 

COMMANDING    69TH    INFANTRY    BRIGADE 

Brig.-Gen.   Arthur   B.    Donnelly Oct.    1,    1917  May    9,     1918 

Col.    Edmund   J.    McMahon May   9,    1918  May    26,    1918 

Brig.-Gen.   Nathaniel  F.   McClure May  26,  1918  June    16,    1918 

Col.    Edmund   J.    McMahon June    16,    1918  July    20,    1918 

Brig.-Gen.   Nathaniel  F.  McClure July  20,  1918  Sept.   21,   1918 

Brig.-Gen.   Louis  M.   Nuttman Sept.  21,  1918  Nov.   27,    1918 

Brig.-Gen.    Thomas   W.    Darrah Nov.    21,    1918 

137TH    INFANTRY 

Col.   Perry   M.    Hoisington Oct.    1,   1917  Jan.    14,    1918 

Col.    George   H.    McMasters Jan.    18,    1918  April  20,  1918 

Col.   Clad   Hamilton April   20,   1918  Sept.   28,   1918 

Maj.  John  H.    O'Connor Sept.   28,   1918  Oct.     9,     1918 

Maj.    Edward   C.    Sammons Oct.   9,   1918  Oct.    13,    1918 

Col.   J.    M.   Cullison Oct.   13,    1918  Oct.    28,    1918 

Lieut.-Col.    Martyn    H.    Shute Oct.    28,    1918  Nov.   27,   1918 

Col.   Ira  L.   Reeves Nov.   27,   1918 

138TH    INFANTRY 

Col.  Leroy  K.   Robbins Oct.   1,   1917  Nov.    3,    1917 

Col.  Philip  J.   Kealy Nov.   3,   1917  Jan.    21,    1918 

Col.  Julius    T.    Conrad Jan.    21,    1918  April    9,    1918 

Col.  Edmund  J.   McMahon ..April  9,  1918  July     5,     1918 

Col.  George   P.   White July  25,   1918  Sept.   14,   1918 

Lieut.-Col.    Henry  W.   Parker Sept.    14,   1918  Sept.  25,   1918 

Col.   Harry   S.   Howland Sept.   25,    1918  Sept.   26,   1918 

Lieut.-Col.   Henry  W.  Parker Sept.  26,   1918  Sept.   28,   1918 

Maj.  Norman  B.  Comfort Sept.  28,   1918  Oct.     9,     1918 

Col.   Americus  Mitchell Oct.  9,   1918 

129TH    MACHINE    GUN    BATTALION 
Maj.    Thomas    H.    Loy Oct.    1,    1917 

12STH  MACHINE  GUN  BATTALION 
Maj.   Wesley   Halliburton Oct.    1,   1917 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


70TH    INFANTRY   BRIGADE 

Brig.-Gen.    Charles   I.   Martin Oct.    1,  1917 

Col.   Kirby  Walker Sept.   21,  1918 

Brig.-Gen.    Thomas    B.    Dugan Oct.    13,  1918 

Col.  Alonzo  Gray Dec.   27,  1918 

Col.  Carl   L.    Ristine Feb.    14,  1919 

Col.  Albert    Linxweiler Feb.    20,  1919 

130TH    MACHINE    GUN    BATTALION 

Maj.  Elmer  B.   Trowbridge Oct.    1,   1917 

Maj.    John    F.    Constable Dec.    2,1917 

Capt.    William   S.   Moore Sept.   21,   1918 

Maj.    Ray    R.    Powers Nov.    6,1918 

Capt.   Paul  A.   Frey Jan.   5,  1919 

Maj.   Ray   R.    Powers Feb.    3,   1919 

Capt.    Paul   A.   Frey Feb.    21,   1919 

Maj.   C.   H.    Fitzgerald March  24,   1919 

Maj.   Ward  L.   Schrantz March  29,  1919 

139TH    INFANTRY 

Col.  John  D.    McNeeley Oct.    1,  1917 

Col.   Kirby    Walker June    13,  1918 

Lieut-Col.   Carl   L.   Ristine Sept.  21,  1918 

Col.  Kirby  Walker Oct.   13,  1918 

Col.  Carl    L.    Ristine Oct.    15,  1918 

140TH    INFANTRY 

Col.  Albert   Linxwiler Oct.    1,    1917 

Col.  Pierce   A.   Murphy June   18,    1918 

Maj.   Fred  L.   Lemmon Sept.   16,  1918 

Lieut.-Ccl.    Channing    E.    Delaplane Sept.    22,    1918 

Col.  Alonzo    Gray Oct.     16,    1918 

Lt.-Col.   Sidney    D.    Maize Jan.    3,    1919 

Lt. -Col.   Smith    A.     Harris Feb.     18,     1919 

I,t.-Col.    Fred    L.    Lemmon March    29,  1919 

Col.  Albert    Linxweiler April    14,    1919 

60TH   FIELD  ARTILLERY   BRIGADE 
Brig.-Gen.    Lucien    G.    Berry Oct.    1,    1917 

128TH  FIELD  ARTILLERY 

Col.   Frank  M.   Rumbold Oct.    1,   1917 

Lieut.-Col.   Walter  J.   Warner Sept.   24,   1918 

Col.  George  A.   Taylor Nov.   16,   1918 

129TH  FIELD  ARTILLERY 
Col.   Karl   D.   Klemm Oct.    1,   1917 

130TH    FIELD    ARTILLERY 

Col.    Hugh    Means Oct.    1,    1917 

Maj.  Thomas  H.  Jennings May  9,   1918 

Lieut.-Col.    Roy    F.    Waring May    30,    1918 

Maj.   Thomas  H.  Jennings July  5,   1918 

Lieut.-Col.   James   E.   Wilson Aug.   3,    1918 

Lieut-Col.  William   W.    Thurston Sept.   7,    1918 

Col.  Hugh  S.  Brown Nov.  8,  1918 


Sept.  21,  1918 
Oct.  13,  1918 
Dec.  27,  1918 
Feb.  14,  1919 
Feb.  20,  191  <> 
April   14,    1919 


Dec.  1,  1917 

Sept.  27,  1918 

Nov.  6,  1918 

Jan.  4,  1919 

Feb.  2,  1919 

Feb.  20,  1919 

Mar.  23,  1919 

Mar.  28,  1919 

May  7,  1919 


June   12,  1918 

Sept.   21,  1918 

Oct.    13,  1918 

Oct.    15,  1918 


June  18,    1918 

Sept.  16,   1918 

Sept.  22,    1918 

Oct.  16,    1918 

Jan.  3,     1919 

Feb.  18,    1919 

Mar.  29,    1919 
April   14,   1919 

May  14,    1919 


Sept.  24,  1918 
Nov.   16,   1918 


May    9,  1918 

May    30,  1918 

July     5,  1918 

Aug.    3,  1918 

Sept.    7,  1918 

Nov.    8,  1918 


APPENDIX  265 

llOTH   TRENCH    MORTAR   BATTERY 
Capt.  P'red  W.  Manchester Oct.  1,  1917 

UOTH    ENGINEERS 

Col.  Sherwood  A.  Cheney Oct.   1,1917  Aug.     4,    1918 

Col.   Thomas   C.    Clarke Aug.  4,   1918 

UOTH  FIELD  SIGNAL  BATTALION 

Maj.    M'ilton   R.   McLean Oct.    1,    1917 

UOTH   TRAIN    HEADQUARTERS   AND   MILITARY    POLICE 

Maj.   Lute  P.   Stover Oct.   1,   1917  Mar.   30,    1918 

Col.    Willie    McD.    Rowan April   4,    1918 

UOTH  AMMUNITION  TRAIN 
Lieut-Col.   Fred  R.   Fitzpatrick Oct.    1,   1917 

UOTH   MOTOR  SUPPLY  TRAIN 

Maj.  Carl    O.    Houseman Oct.    1,    1917  Feb.    16,    1918 

Maj.  William   A.   Pattison Feb.    16,    1918  Mar.    10,    1918 

Maj.  George    M.    Faught March    10,     1918 

UOTH   SANITARY   TRAIN 

Lieut.-Col.  W.   T.  Davidson Oct.   1,  1917  Feb.    13,    1918 

Lieut.-Col.  Herbert   C.   Woolley Feb.   12,   1918 


266 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


APPENDIX   H 

ASSIGNMENT  OF  MISSOURI  GUARD  UNITS 

HOW  THE  3STH  DIVISION  WAS  MADE  UP 
(Missouri   National   Guard) 


Kormer     State     Designation 
Headquarters    1st    Infantry 

Brigade     , 

1st     Infantry 

2d  Infantry: 

1st     Battalion     and     Maclaini 
Gun  Company 

Supply    Company    and    Head 
quarters     Company,     less 
band     

2d    Battalion 

3d     Battalion 

Band      

3d  Infantry    

4th    Infantry : 

Less    band 

Band    

5th    Infantry : 

Less    band 

Band    

6th   Infantry: 

Less    band 

Band    

Troop    B    Cavalry 

1st    Regiment    Field    Artillery. 
2d    Regiment    Field    Artillery.  . 

Battalion     Engineers 

Battalion    Signal    Corps 

Supply     Train 

1st   and   2d    Field   Hospital 

1st   and   2d    Ambulance 

Companies     


Reorganized    as    or    Assigned    to 


Division 


Headquarters    /'Oth    Infantry 

Brigade     

138th    Infantry 


128th     Machine     Gun     Battalion 


110th  Trench    Mortar   Battery 

129th  Machine   Gun   Battalion 

130th  Machine   Gun   Battalion 

311th    Cavalry 

140th    Infantry 

139th    Infantry... 

Camp    Custer,    Mich 

138th    Infantry 

Camp  Wadsworth,  S.  C 

140th    Infantry 

Camp    Pike,    Ark 

129th    Field    Artillery 

128th    Field    Artillery 

129th    Field    Artillery 

1 1  Oth    Engineers 

117th   Field   Signal   Battalion 

1 1  Oth  Supply  Train 

110th    Sanitary    Train 

do     


3Sth 
35th 


35th 

35th 
35th 
35th 

35th 

3Sth 


3Suh 

P  D  C.  A. 

Troops 

35th 

35th 
35th 
35th 
35th 
42d 
35th 
35th 

35th 


APPENDIX 


267 


APPliNDIX    I 

ASSIGNMENT   OF  KANSAS   GUARD  UNITS 

(Kansas    National    Guard) 


Former    State    Designation 
Headquarters     1st    Kansas 

Infantry    Brigade 

1st   Infantry: 

l,ess    band 

Band    

2d    Infantry 

3d    Infantry 

1st   Squadron   Cavalry: 

Troop  A 

Troops    B,    C,   and   D 

First  Regiment  Field  Artiller 
1st  Separate   Battalion 

Engineers    

1st    Battalion    Signal    Troops.  . 

1st    Ammunition    Train 

Engineer     Train 

Field   Hospital   Companies 

Nos.    1    and   2 

Ambulance    Companies 

Nos.    1    and    2 


Reorganized    as    or    Assigned    t 
Brigade    Headquarters,    70th 
Infantry    Brigade 

137th     Infantry 

1 1 0th    Engineers 

1 37th     Infantry 

139th     Infantry 

Division    Headquarters    Troop. 
110th    Headquarters    and 

Military     Police 

130th    Field    Artillery 

110th     Engineers 

110th  Field   Signal   Battalion.. 

117th    Ammunition    Train 

110th    Engineer    Train    

11 0th    Sanitary    Train 

do  


3Sth 

35th 
3Sth 
35th 
35th 

35th 

3Sth 
35th 

3Sth 
35  th 
42d 
35th 

3Sth 

3Sth 


ROSTER 

OF  THE 

NATIONAL  GUARD  OF  MISSOURI 

Inducted  into  Federal  Service  August  5,  1917. 


The  organization  consisted  of  two  Brigades  of  Infantry,  two  Regi- 
ments of  Field  Artillery,  one  Signal  Corps  Battalion,  one  Battalion  of 
Engineers,  one  Motor  Truck  Supply  Train,  two  Field  Hospital  Com- 
panies, two  Ambulance  Companies  and  one  Troop  of  Cavalry.  The 
entire  National  Guard'  of  Missouri  was  commanded  by  Harvey  C. 
Clark  as  Commanding  General,  with  Headquarters  at  Nevada.  The 
Signal  Corps  Battalion  became  part  of  the  42nd    (Rainbow)  Division. 


FIRST  MISSOURI  INFANTRY  BRIGADE 

(Composed  of  the  2d,  4th  and  6th  Eegiments  of  Infantry) 


rigadier   General, 

Major, 

Harvey  C.  Clark, 

Norman    S. 

Pearman, 

Commanding 

Adjutant 

BRIGADE  HEADQUARTERS 


Brigade    Sergeant   Major, 
Mains,   Charles   E. 

1st    Class    Privates: 
Atkeson,   Ralph   W. 


Cooper,  Joseph  D. 
Madden,    Frank  J. 
Parker,    Dale 
Wolff.    Charles   H. 


Ansell,    Frank 
Weir,   Frank 
Sutton,    Wilbert    I,. 
Miller,   Theodore   li 


1st  Lieut,  and  Bn.  Adjt., 
Bradford   B.    Minor 


SECOND  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 

FIELD  AND  STAFF 
Pierce  City 

Colonel,  Major, 

William    A.     Raupp,  Thomas  H.   L,oy 

Commanding  Major,  1st  Lieut,  and  Bn.  Adjt 

Lieutenant    Colonel,  Elmer    B.    Trowbridge  John    F.    Williams 

M^or'   '^"'^'^'^''  Chaplain    and    1st    Lieut.  1st  Lieut,  and  Bn.  Adjt, 

Wes'ley    Halliburton  Rowland  Q.Mackintosh  James  K.   Saunders 

HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

Pierce  City 


Captain, 

Harold    W.    Brown 
Rgt.    Sgt.    Maj., 

Laridon,    Charles 
Bn.    Sgt.    Maj., 

Le   Sieur,  Joseph   V. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Maj., 

Purdy,    Clifford    H. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Maj., 

Weber,    Walter    W. 
Color  Sergeants : 

Blue,   Carl 

Barris,    Dalzell     D. 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Harbison,    Douglas 
1st   Sergeant, 

Mann,   Harlen   G. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Faulkner,    Richard 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Lowe,   Floyd 
Stable  Sergeant, 

Leavitt,    Alpheus 
Sergeant, 

Allen,   Frank 
Horseshoer, 

Walthall,     Elmer 


Band  Section  Bolivar 

Cooks: 

Moore,    Hollis    A. 

Painter,    William    D. 
Band  Leader, 

Parker,    William     R. 
Asst.    Band    Leader, 

Loy,    Gene    H. 
Band    Sergeants: 

Evans,   Don   C. 

Loy,  Paul  W. 
Band    Corporals: 

Bickers,  Le  Vergne  N. 

McCracken,    Joe    H. 

Shankland,   Harry   Rex 

Vickrey,    Elbert     R. 
1st   Class   Musicians: 

Ellis,  A.   G.   Neil 

Lee,  Homer 
2nd  Class  Musicians: 

Marcell,    Miles    K. 

McCracken,    Barnett 

James,    William   W. 

Jarratt,   Claude 
3rd  Class  Musicians: 

Brown,    Richard    H. 

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Collins,    Loren    E. 

Davis,    Glen    L. 

Morgan,  Walter  D. 

Suttles,  Austin  M. 

Seamans,    Loren    W. 

Shelton,    Jacob    N. 

Sperry,    Alva    J. 

Wiek,    Earl    F. 

Wasson,  Lowell  T. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Bandy,    E.    Ralph 

Hinerman,    Waldo    T. 

James,  Richard  R. 
Privates : 

Boyce,   Alvah   E. 

Browning,    Cecil    E. 

Douglas,    John    A. 

Faulkner,    Homer  L. 

Kemper,    Carlin    H. 

Koon,   James    O. 

Kuklenski,  John  A. 

Lamun,    Bernard    S. 

Lewis,    Walter 

Phelan,    Dennis    B. 

Wicks,    Alan   F. 

Wells,  Herbert  L. 


ROSTER   OF    MISSOURI   NATIONAL   GUARD 


271 


Captain 

Fred    VV.    Manchester 
2d    lyieutenant, 

Clyde    A.    Narramore 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sgt., 

Baldwin,    Thomas    C. 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sgt., 

Higgs,    Noah    F. 
Rgt.     Sup.     Sgt., 

Baker,    Chester    F. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Ballinger,    Homer   J. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

King,   Charles   B. 
Stable  Sergeant, 

Burney,  Thomas  J. 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

JOPLIN 

Corporal, 

Hughes,    Donald    S. 
Cook, 

Hunter,    Ivawrence    O. 
Saddler, 

Hardman,   James   C. 
Horseshoer, 

Martin,    Bernard    B. 
Wagoners: 

Anderson,     L,owell 

Baker,    I,ee 

Balden,   Archie   A. 

Binns,    Archie   Z. 

Binns,   Kddie 

Birchfield,     Moss 

Bledsoe,    Walter 

Boyce,  Elva  V. 

Conner,   Harry   M. 


Cooper,    Vincil 
Day,\  Melvin 
Dent,  Lee  W. 
Derkoski,    John 
Privates: 
Hogue,  Samuel  V. 
Hood,     William     D. 
Hopkins,   Albert    L. 
Horn,    Buford   J. 
Houchin,  Wm.   T. 
McCoy,    Floyd 
McCoy,  William  O. 
Miller,   Ray 
Palmer,   Arthur   D. 
Redlinger,    Jack   J. 
Rutherford,    Clarence 
Stark,   Nathaniel  L. 
Tattom,    Samuel   L. 
Watson,  James   R. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 

Nevada 


Capt^iin, 

James    J.    Corey 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Harry  J.   Beagles 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Edwin    Samuel 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

James  L.   Senter 
1st    Sergeant, 

Harrel,    Ival    W. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Teel,   Roy   E. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Scroghern,    Alphus 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Cubbin,  J.   Alex 
Horseshoer, 

Bishop,  John  H. 
Sergeants, 

Casenburg,    Frank    E. 

Inwood,    W.    Clarence 

Mikesell,    Chester    H. 

Smith,   Fred  W. 

Teel,    Emmet 

Whaley,    William 

Wilhelmson,    George 
Corporals: 

Bratton,   Lew  IT. 

Etter,   James    C. 


Phillips,    Laton    F. 

Schuman,    Edd 

Ulrich,    Elwood 

Wardin,    Herbert    B. 

Williams,    John 
Mechanics: 

Boyd,  Lora 

Johnson,    Herbert   R. 
Cooks: 

Epperson,  David  A. 

Wareing,    Harry 
Buglers: 

Dempsey,    Gomer    W. 

Lynch,     Bernice   E. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Boyd,  James  F. 

Braswell,  Mack  A. 

Corp,  George  A. 

King,    Orville    W. 

Kinkead,    William    B. 

McClease,     Ervine 

Mann,  James  E. 

Maze,    Henry    S. 

Price,   Thomas  A. 

Rader,   Edwin   V. 

Wallace,  Robert  IT. 

Wingate,    Barnes    I. 
Privates: 

Barnes,    William    B. 


Bolinger,    John    W. 
Braswell,     Walter     E. 
Charles,    George  E. 
Davis,  Harry  R. 
Driver,  Don 
Harvey,   Samuel   R. 
Hays,    Ira 
Hughes,    Floyd    C. 
Kinkead,   John    P. 
Lock,    William    F. 
Lovell,   Lafe   W. 
McElwain,    Dewey 
McSpadden,    Leo 
Milligan,    Worth   B. 
Morley,    Charles    E. 
Ogles,  Otis  E. 
Phillips,    Emery    T. 
Pierceall,    Paul    E. 
Pope,    Harry    E. 
Purcell,   William  H. 
Rehmel,   Ira   K. 
Rinehart,    Brice 
Rooney,   William  J. 
Snell,   Roy 
Snyder,    Pearl    E. 
Strader,     Walter     E. 
Thomas,   Archie 
Wells,   Oran   N. 
Whitlock,    Robert    E. 


Captain, 

Ward    L.    Schrantz 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Louise    E.    Duttwilei 


COMPANY  A 

Carthagk 

2d    Lieutenant, 

Frank    L.    Snyder 
1st     Sergeant, 
Snyder,   George   A. 


Supply   Sergeant, 
Havens,    David    II. 

Mess   Sergeant, 
Glenn,  Robert  D. 


272 


PROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Sergeants: 

Brown,    Willard 

Edwards,    Charles    S. 

Ellis,    Ernest    E. 

Hines,    James    A. 

Hopwood,    Norval    R. 

Wiggins,    Edwin    W. 

Ford,    Warren   A. 

Hopkins,    William    M. 
Corporals: 

Havens,     William     P. 

Clark,    Fred    R   . 

Stuckey,    Lloyd   J. 

Kaselack,    Otto   E. 

Hooten,    Louis    E. 

Davis,  James   M. 

Miles,     Albert    C. 

Cain,   Carl  J. 

Bradley,    Richard    C. 

Roach,    Robert    E. 

Ford,  Paul 

Bonner,    Virgil    H. 

Matchael,   John   S. 

Stuckey,    Lyle    E. 

Taylor,    Joseph    FI. 

Amerman,    James    W. 
Cooks : 

Newman,   Harry   E. 

Cronk,    John    F. 

Jones,    Harry    C. 
Buglers: 

Daugherty,   Thomas    IM 

Chapman,    Thomas    O. 
Mechanics: 

Powers,   John    L. 

Starcher,     Norman     T. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Babcock,    Guy 

Bennett,    Charles    R. 

Breckenridge,   Vern   H. 

Burke,    Arthur   C. 

Comer,    Dewey 

Cone,  Claude   L. 

Culbertson,   Richmond 
E. 

Harlow,    Thomas   J. 

McKinney,    Charles    E. 

Moore,   William   N. 

Parker,   Fred   H. 

Palmer,   Plarry  IT. 


Smith,   Austin   L. 
Sparks,  Joe 
Springer,   Garnett   A. 
Thomas,   Clinton   E. 
West,    G.    Wallace 
Privates: 

Akin,  Leaford  J. 
Allen,    William 
Amick,    Erwin   E. 
Anderson,   Frank  O. 
Baker,  John   C. 
Baker,    Roy    C. 
Baldwin,  Jesse 
Bays,  Alvin 
Black,   William   B. 
Blackford,    Henry    C. 
Blue,   Harry   M. 
Brewer,   Albert   L. 
Brown,   Harry 
Capps,    Ernest   C. 
Cash,    Samuel   E. 
Clark,    Herman 
Clark,    Thomas    E. 
Cook,    Fred 
Devers,    William   L. 
Dudley,  Jam.es  A. 
Eastin,    Carl    N. 
Epperson,   Carl   B. 
Ford,    Raleigh    B. 
Ford,   Ray  P. 
Fox,   Joseph   J. 
French,    Harry    J. 
Frost,    George    D. 
Gardner,    George    D. 
Gilliland,    Lester    F. 
Glass,   John   M. 
Glenn,    William    J.    B. 
Gouty,   John   C. 
Gragg,  Vertil   C. 
Grissom,    Charles    O. 
Hannum,    Edward    A. 
Harvey,  Joseph   W. 
Havens,     E.    Glenn 
Herron,    George   B. 
Hickman,    Harry    E. 
Hier,   Isaac   E. 
Hilton,    Theo.    E. 
Hines,   William   IT. 
Hornback,   John    D. 
Hufl,   Robert  B. 
Hunt,  Noel  R. 


Jackson^  Frank  IT. 
Keller,    Harley    E. 
Kelton,  Leonard 
Landers,   Joe   L. 
Luke,    Charles   W. 
McAshland,    Sam    A. 
McFadden,  John   H. 
McKinney,   Earl  F. 
Manier,    Ralph    E. 
Mayabb,    Leonard 
Mealey,    Rex   B. 
Medcalf,    Henderson 
Mertins,    Charles    L. 
Moody.  Bert  I. 
Moorman,    John    U. 
Morris,   Leonard   H. 
Mort,  James  D. 
Moss,  Hugh  O. 
Moyer,    Morgan    J. 
Nickell,    J.    Ford 
Parsons,    Dote    S. 
Patterson,  Clarence  H. 
Powers,    Earnest 
Prickett,    Carl    L. 
Prince,  Earl  F. 
Rapp,   Daniel  H. 
Redding,   Ira   C. 
Ring,   Eugene 
Robinson,    Fred    D. 
Robinson,   Ward  P. 
Roos,    Guy    A. 
Saunders,   Mark 
Schmidli,    Paul    H. 
Sinclair,  John   F. 
Smiddy,    Verna   D. 
Smith,    Chas.    D., 
Smith,  Mark 
Starcher,    Ferreld    J. 
Tangner,  Carl  A. 
Taylor,    Bert    E. 
Tyler,   Jesse    C. 
Vaughn,    Lewis   L. 
Voorhis,   Arthur   E. 
Watson,   Chancy   J. 
Weaver,    Al 
White,    Charles    C. 
Wood,   Harry   W. 
Wright,   Delbert 
Ziler,    Estel   C. 
Zogg,  Martin  F. 


Captain, 

George   L.   Caruthers 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William   O.  Jackson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

John    C.    Frazier 
1st   Sergeant, 

Keeser,    Floyd 


COMPANY  B 

Butler 

Mess    Sergeant, 

Haynes,  Richard  E. 
Sergeants: 

Burner,    Thomas   J. 

Yates,    Charles   B. 

Muchmore,  Omer  S. 
Corporals: 

Nicolay,    Clark 


Barker,    Lewis    IT. 
Grant,   William   T. 
Abbott,   William   R. 
Gerby,   James 
Quails,  Delbert  R. 
Hayes,   Emmett  W. 
Herrell,  Henry  A. 
Orear,    Ed    S. 


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Welch,    Clarence   L. 

Weldon,  Harry  L. 
Mechanic, 

Wells,   Pearl  I.. 
Cooks: 

Scheurich,    Elmer    I.. 
Buglers: 

Biser,   Ramon  W. 

Johnson,   Harley   W. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Grow,    Leland 

Huddleston,    Orla 

Smith,  Lester  C. 

Wright,   Charles  II. 
Privates: 

Agee,  Peter  O., 

Anderson,    Carl    A. 

Argenbright,    Grover 

Atkinson,   Charley 
Bain,   Henry   E. 
Baugher,  Clee  B. 
Bingham,    Roy    M. 
Bishop,    William    F. 
Blankenship,    William 
Bowles,    Everett 
Bowles,    Lewis    J. 
Branscum,    Russell 
Brown,   James    E. 
Butler,    Clyde    B. 
Caviness,   James 
Cawood,    Charley   E. 
Chapman,   Earl 
Chapman,  Elbert  F. 
Chapman,  Roy  F. 
Clark,   James    Riley 
Close,   Glenn   W. 
CofFman,    Frank   E. 
Colvin,  Roy  D. 
Courtney,   Willard 
Davis,  Hugh  R. 


Davis,    Richard    D. 
Davis,   William  H. 
DLxon,    Cloyde    G. 
Dubbs,  John  C. 
Elliott,  Hoyt  J.^ 
Forbes,   Ruby   E. 
Fuller,  Edward  D. 
Gibbs,   Floy   F. 
Greenlee,    John    Earl 
Grow,   Raymond   D. 
Haney,   Francis  N. 
Hayes,  Howard  V. 
Hawley,    Casper   L. 
Hedger,   Frank  R. 
Hendricks,    Ira    C. 
Henry,   William   C. 
Hinrichs,   Herman 
Howell,    Oris    E. 
Inskeep,    George 
Jackson,    William    M. 
Keen,   Guy    V. 
Kornhaus,    William 
Lance,  Kelly 
Lehnherr,  June  L.      ^ 
LeMasters,    Russell    K. 
Lewis,   Abraham  H. 
Lewis,  Joe   S. 
McClure,  Marvin 
McGrew,  Charles  V. 
McSpadden,    Sam 
Martz,  William  D. 
Mason,    Rhoby 
Mefford,   Homer   B. 
Menefee,  Harry  E. 
Miller,  Fountain  R 
Moles,    James    A. 
Moore,   Christy    L. 
Morrow,  Fred  R. 
Mustard,    Biney 


Nesterrode,   Nelson   M. 

H. 
Newman,  Fred 
Norris,   Charles   W. 
Oakes,  Thomas  E. 
Gates,  William   S. 
Orr,  Leslie 
Owens,   Charley  H. 
Patterson,   Omer 
Plew,   James   O. 
Ruble,   George   W. 
Ruble,   Richard  H. 
Scott,  Irl  T. 
Scott,  John  L. 
Scott,    Warren    D. 
Selby,   Louis   H. 
Shumate,  Ben  P. 
Skates,    Simon 
Sollars,  Guy  O. 
Stacy,   Luther  L. 
Strait,   Charles    G. 
Tabler,    George   A. 
Taft,    Wells   L. 
Terry,   Ernest 
Thomas,    Charles    D. 
Thurman,    Orel    E. 
Tweed,    George 
Walters,    John 
Walters,   John    W. 
Warnken,    Frank    E. 
Warnken,    Lawrence 

W. 
Williams,    Richard    A. 
Wilson,  Ray  E. 
Wilson,  William  D. 
Wiser,    Claud 
Wisherd,   Ray 
Wolfe,  Harvey 
Yates,   Frank   L. 
Young,   Ben  H. 
Zwahlen,  Leslie  C. 


COMPANY  C 

Lamar 


Captain, 

James  A.  Frow 
1st   Lieutenant 

Robert    P.     Thompson 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Fred    D.    Hays 
1st    Sergeant, 

Sheppard,   Clarence  W. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Schubert,   Edward 
Supply  Sergeant 

Reed,    Wm.    H. 
Sergeants: 

Hess,    Lee    II. 

Hickman,   Charley   W. 

Anderson,   Lawrence 

Rains,  Jesse 

Inglish,    Gordon 

Wine,  Robert  Y. 


Corporals: 

Benford,  William 

Cooper,   Frank 

Lockwood,   Arthur   M. 

Thompson,   Paul   B. 

Cox,    Edgar   A. 

Gordon,   Arthur   B. 

Beall,  Edgar 

Vlazny,    Frank    D. 

Jones,    Milton 

Wills,   Lester 

Daetwyler,   Carl 

Magers,    Elmer 
Mechanics : 

Boyd,  David   W. 

Stewart,   Walter   E. 
Cooks: 

Dainty,  Allen 

McKissock,    Archie    L. 


Buglers: 

Shipman,   Joseph 

Pierce,  Ross 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Haddon,   James   R. 

Patterson,   Roy   E. 
Privates: 

Allen,   Joseph    T. 

Arft.   Carl   M. 

Arnold,  James  II. 

Barber,    John 

Bays,    Earl 

Beisner,   Henry    W. 

Black,    John 

Bloomfield,    Sherman 

Bond,  Robert  E. 

Bouton,    Harry   J. 

Bowker,    Roy 

Butler,   James   W. 


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Briley,   Clyde  T. 
Cabodier,    Tony 
Chandler,   Cecil   D. 
Conrad,  Lloyd  B. 
Cooper,    Charles 
Coring,   Don 
Cox,  Albert 
Cunningham,   Gran    F. 
Custin,  Perry  S. 
Dale,  Robert  N. 
Davidson,   James 
Davis,  Amos,  B. 
Day,   Marshal   D. 
DePriest,   Noble   O. 
Devine,  Earl 
Dickey,    Chauncey    L. 
Dryden,    Cecil    V. 
DuiT,  William  E. 
Duggan,   Thomas   A. 
Duncan,  Jesse  Y. 
Earp,    George 
Erwin,  Roy   E. 
Fletcher,   Ray   E. 
Gage,   Amos 
Gooseman,    Emmett    V. 
Goss,,  Clinton  C. 
Greenstreet,     Craig 
Griffith,    Frank    W. 
Griffith,  Ray 
Hackney,   Alfred    D. 
Handy,   Chauncey   E. 
Harrell,   Emmett 
Hassen,   Edward 


Hedgecorth,  Jesse 
Hedrick,  Charles  P. 
Hensley,    Orvil 
Herrell,    Roy 
Hill,  Hurley  W. 
Hill,  James 
Hughes,  Wady  H. 
Jackson,    Ewart    C. 
Janes,  Harold   E. 
Jobe,    James 
Johnson,  Herbert  W. 
Jones,  Harry  G. 
Jones,   Ray   E. 
Jones,    William 
Kessler,  Claude  E. 
Knight,  Allen 
Labove,   Levoda 
Landers,   Vernon 
Lawson,  James  W. 
Lewis,    George 
McAlexander,    Harold 

E. 
McCary,   Lyle  B. 
McHoney,     Joseph  R. 
McKee,   Charlie 
McKinney,   Mally   B. 
Massey,  Harold   G. 
Millard,   Elvin  A. 
Moody,    Hobart 
Moreland,   Thomas 
Morris,   Phillip 
Norvell,   Otis   W. 
Page,  Ben  L. 


Peak.   Troy   C. 
Prigmore,   Bert 
Pruitt,  William  F. 
Ramage,  William  Jr. 
Rapp,   Guy 
Reed,   Harrison   H. 
Roberts,    Glenn    E. 
Robertson,    Perry    H. 
Ross,  Guy  L. 
Rouse,    Bryan 
Russell,  Leslie  C. 
Schubert,   Lawrence 

B. 
Seth,  Dewey 
Shaw,    Albert   J. 
Shaw,   Elver 
Shearer,    Earl   H. 
Shreve,   Dewey 
Smith,  Alva 
Smith,   Marion   J. 
Smith,    William   R. 
Sparkman,   Seth      E. 
Stahl,   Ira   L. 
Stone,  Andrew 
Summers,   Earl 
Swift,    Jesse 
Taylor,  William  N. 
Teal,   Ray   H. 
Tennant,    Maurice    E. 
Underbill,   Thomas  J. 
Vail,    Jesse    L. 
Wilson,    Ernest   C. 
Wine,  Charles  C. 
Witherspoon,   Arley   B. 


Captain, 

Mark    D.    Springer 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Wayne  T.  Boles 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Felix   G.    Halstead 
1st   Sergeant, 

Mullins,  Bob 

Mess  Sergeant, 

Thomas,   Fred  A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Bishop,  Sterling  A. 
Sergeants: 

Morgan,  John   F. 

Waters,    Clyde 

Myers,   Nathanie  J. 

Mapes,    Homer 

Hogan,    Mason    S. 

Dwyer,   Harry   J. 
Corporals: 

Walker,  George  W. 

Myers,   Lewis   W. 

HoUingshad,    Will 

Morrison,   Frank   E. 

Parker,    Harvey    L. 

Ozburn,   Fred   L. 


COMPANY  D 

West  Plains 

Wilkerson,    Earl 

Gray,  Clarence  B. 
Cooks : 

Mallory,   Nathaniel 

Kendricks,    William    TL 

Scott,   Christopher  C. 
Mechanic, 

Wilcox,    Hubert 
Bugler, 

McKinstry,    Paul 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Bloomer,    Paul 

Mashburn,   William    S. 

Trower,    Samuel    F. 
Privates: 

Abbott,   Alfred    R. 

Acklin,  Albert  A. 

Allen,   George 

Alsup,  Barton 

Alsup,  James  F. 

Alsup,  Martin 

Atkinson,    Bryan 

Bailey,    Earnest    J. 

Barker,   William 

Baughman,    Isaian    I. 

Best,  Acel 


Billups,  Frank 
Bly,  Thurman  C. 
Bray,  Carl 
Britain,   Robert  H. 
Brown,    Charles 
Brown,   Samuel   F. 
Buker,    Charles   E. 
Burns,  David  C. 
Calhoon,  Ramon  M. 
Calhoon,  Roy  J. 
Callahan,    William    H. 
Carlock,    Dorsey    E. 
Childers,   Leaman  J. 
Coats,   Jack 
Coffey,  Harvey  A. 
Coke,   Adam 
Collins,    Shafter 
Countryman,    Cecil    P. 
Cowan,  Frank  L. 
Crockett,     Maurice    A. 
Crossland,    Ralph 
Curtis,  Owen  D. 
Dold,    Fred 

Donaldson,   Charles   II. 
Duffy,    Arthur   N. 
England,    Raymond    D. 


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Files,   Paul 
Fisher,   F'loyd   F\ 
Forester,    Manuel 
Foster,   Charles   K. 
Frost,    Wayne    W. 
Glinn,  Archie 
Hamilton,    Fred   P. 
Hardin,   Carl 
Hardin,   Colman  D. 
Harvey,  Carl  F. 
Harvey,  Guy 
Heselton,   Russell   C. 
Hollingshad,    Guy    W. 
Hook,   Troy   A. 
Horsman,  Sherd. 
Horton,    Oscar    S. 
Hull,   Tony   R. 
Huston,  Leslie  K. 
Ingold,    Oscar   O. 
Ingalsbe,  Harry  O. 
Johnson,    James   A. 
Jolliff,  Dan  B. 
Jones,  Leonard  A. 


Captain, 

Walter  Tydings 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Warren  S.   Perry 
2d  Lieutenant, 

George   N.    Cale 
1st    Sergeant, 

Manning,   I;dward   L. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Deputy,   Louis   L. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Randall,   Paul 
Sergeants: 

Alinegourd,    Salem    D. 

Cale,   Harvey  A. 

Hasselbring,    Fritz 

Hawkins,    Lester   R. 

Johnson,   Arthur  F. 

Johnson,    Carl    O. 

McDermitt,    Charles 
M. 

Swindle,  Harold  R. 
Corporals: 

Allcock,    William    L. 

Bartkoski,    Anthony 

Bradford,  John  L. 

Crisp,   Jess 

llanimar,    Hobert 

Ilanes,  Lester  B. 

Houston,  Mace 

Knighten,    Earl  A. 

Lvnn,    Clarence 

McGuire,  Will  J. 

Patton,  Roy  W. 

Reeves,    Ilerschel    G. 

Ridpath,  McKinley 


Jones,    Raliih 
Layman,    Clarence 
Leasher,  Clyde  C. 
Lewis,  Harry  G. 
McCracken,  Jesse  J. 
McMillian,   Alonzo 
McMillian,    Earnest 
McMillian,    George    W. 
Myers,  Thomas  A. 
Marcum,   George 
Messer,   Harry  L. 
Mitchell,    Harry 
Myers,    Thomas    A. 
Orr,   James   D. 
Parker,    Richard 
Parks,  Joe  H. 
Peterson,   Lonnie 
Petri,   Henry 
Piper,  Alfred  L. 
Piper,  William  L. 
Provost,    Lawrence    R. 
Reese,    Fred    H. 
Remick,   Cant  J. 

COMPANY  E 

Sarcoxie 

Ruskoski,  Albert  J. 

Williamson,  James  A. 
Cooks: 

Yazell,  Charles  G. 

Houston,  Hugh 
Mechanic, 

Sprague,   Edison 
Musicians : 

Gill,  Thomas  O. 

Jones,   Rufus 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Abegg,  Joseph  A. 

Barnard,   Clyde 

Casey,    Sidney 

Childers,    Roy 

Lacewell,   Milles 

Moneyham,  John   H. 

Overall,  George  W. 

Overall,  Golden  R. 

Plummer,   Loren  W. 

Stephens,    George   C. 

Trentham,   Lee   C. 

Vaught,  Glenn 

Wells,  Joe  D. 
Privates: 

Abramovitz,  George 

Atwood,   Stanley 

Barnett,   Charles 

Bartkoski,    Henry 

Bartkoski,  John   S. 

Beck,  John   D. 

Belch,    Rush 

Bell,   William  A. 

Bergen,   Clarence 

Bethel,    Hoyt    T. 

Bingham,    LeRoy 

Bishop,   Frank  J. 


Ross,  Charley  S. 
Schaultier,  Theodore   J. 
Shadwell,  James   W. 
Shepherd,   George  A. 
Shannon,    Marvin 
Sloan,    Earnest 
Sloan,   Harry 
Smith,  Oliver  D. 
Sterling,    Clyde 
Stine,  Lester  E. 
Taylor,  Alvin  S. 
Thomas,   Waymon  W. 
Thompson,    Connard 

H. 
Thompson,   Walter 
Thrailkill,    George    C. 
Todd,    Earl 
Verdot,  John 
Ward,  Clifford  S. 
Warren,    Paul    R. 
Welch,  John  D. 
White,    Luther    S. 
Wilcox,  Roscoe 


Bobski,   Edward 
Box,   Lester  J. 
Brewer,  Horace 
Carpenter,     Lawrence 
Chandler,    Charley 
Chandler,    Roy 
Coffee,  Hugh  E. 
Cook,  Lee  G. 
Cox,   Nelvey   E. 
Cross,  William  D. 
Crumley,  John  E- 
Decker,   Harvey   A. 
Dobbs,  Orville 
Dombroski,   Florence 
Douglas,  Earl  G. 
Eiskina,   John 
Elbert,    George 
Elbert,   Robert 
Gabriel,   Leonard   E. 
George,  Harold  H. 
Gorman,   Frank 
Gregory,   Charles  E. 
Griffin,    Arthur 
Griffin,    William   A. 
Griffith, Oakley 
Hagebusch,    Edward 
Hagedorn,   Ben 
Hamilton,   Charles  J. 
Hammer,  Harry  T. 
Harbour,  Joseph   N. 
Hopkins,   Charles  C. 
Horn,   Harry   J. 
Jackson,    Harvey 
Kelleyj    Albert   M. 
Kensivi,  Joe  J. 
Kinchloe,  Alvin  G. 
Koerper,   Harry  J. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Kresymore,    Tony    A. 
Lamb,    Hubert 
Leary,    James    C. 
McKinney,    Will 
Meador,    Louis 
Merrifield,  Arthur 
Mills,  Earnest  W. 
Mitchell,    Forest   il. 
Mize,   Harry 
Morris,  James   L. 
Musick,   Paul   F. 
Osborn  ,   Dennis  L. 
Overall,   Herman  L. 
Peeples,    William    R. 
Phipps,     William 


Rlioades,   Walter 
Robb,    \\'il!iam    H. 
Roberson,    Paul  J. 
Russell,    Noland   M. 
Sandison,    Claude    C. 
Sapp,  Chad 
Scott,   Peter  T. 
Seaton,   John   W. 
Silvey,    Ellis 
Spencer,    Carl   K. 
Southern,    Sam 
Stopanski,  Victor  J. 
Testerman,     Orval 
Trader,   Joe 


Tuck,  Jim 
Velton,    F^dward    J. 
Velton,    Fred   J. 
Vermillion,  Reason 
Waldron,  Harvey 
Warner,    Francis    M. 
Weatherman,     Charley 
Wicke,    Noel 
Wiley,  Dewey 
Wiley,    Dolphy 
Woolridge,    Leslie 
Woolford,  Harold 
Wroblewski,    Albert    J. 
Zebert,    Frank 
Zebert,  Joe  M. 


Captain, 

Courtney  A.   McKinley 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Clement    P.    Dickinson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Taylor    L.    Francisco 
1st  Sergeant, 

Sperry,   Floyd  L. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Carter,    William    E. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Walter,    Edwin   A. 
Sergeants: 

Gregory,   Paul 

Eraser,    Grover    C. 

Harris,  Ira  E. 

Hicks,    James    W. 

McCormick,    William 
V. 

White,  Joseph  G. 

Burris.  Ira  E. 
Corporals: 

McGinnis,   William   H. 

Locke,   Raymond   I. 

Walker,   Louis  C. 

Baker,  Fay  E. 

Farley.    Charles    E. 

Mea,  Ray 
Cooks: 

Douglas,  Walter  B. 

Downing,  Ralph  E. 

Stephens,   W^illiam   B. 
Musicians: 

Murdock,  Ernest 

Weir,    Frank   F. 
Mechanics: 

Jackson,    George   R. 

Wright,  Harold  B. 
Privates: 

Anderson,  Eugene   W. 

Bagby,   Hubert 

Baker,    Belmont   G. 

Ball,  James  A. 

Bennett,    W'illiam    R. 

Bourke,    Edgar 


COMPANY  F 
Clinton 

Eowen,  Jesse  G. 
Branstetter,    Robert   J. 
Breeden,   William  F. 
Briggs,    Bryan 
Briggs,   Samuel 
Brown,  Roy  L. 
Brown,  Sherman 
Bunch,    Clayton    I. 
Bunch,   William   C. 
Burns,    William 
Campbell,  Carl  L. 
Campbell,  Lee  E. 
Carlton,   Arleigh 
Cecil,    Rodney 
Chalmers,    Clarence    L. 
Chaney,   William 
Chastain,   J.    Earl 
Clark,    Edward 
Clark,      J.    Franklin 
Collins,   James   Guy 
Colson,  Burlle  D. 
Conger,    Arthur 
Cornelius,  Jesse   E. 
Crawford,    Walter   S. 
Darden,   Henry    L. 
Daugherty,   Jesse   L. 
Denny,    Gordon 
Dickinson,    T.    Seldon 
Doty,     Ralph     E. 
Downing,   Ben 
Downing,   Donald 
Durbin,    Arthur    C. 
Dutton,  William  Henry 
Fassler,  Ambrose  A. 
Fassler,  Joseph  L. 
Faulkner,   John   F. 
Firsick,   Charles  A. 
Gray,   Guy    P. 
Green,   Donovan  H. 
Gumm,  Fern  M. 
Halfen,  Herbert   H. 
Hanger,   Charles    O. 
Hicks,   Edward   R. 
Hill,    Rolla    E. 
Hodges,    Flemon 


Hollingsworth,    George 

M. 
Holloway,  Fred 
Howard,  Henry 
Hutson,    Clarence   M. 
Jones,   Charles    B. 
Jones,   Ezra  M. 
Julian,  John  M. 
Justis,   William  A. 
King,    George    D. 
Kitchen,    Frank  P. 
LaHue,   Walter  H. 
Lambert,   Jesse  M. 
Langford,    W.    Perry 
Lawler,    Robert    G. 
Leet,    Frank 
Long,  Lewis  L. 
McVay,    Clarence 
Mann,    Earl   V. 
Mansfield,   Ralph  V. 
Marsh,   Fred  J. 
Marshall,  J.   Ross 
Mason,   Charles   E. 
Mason,    John    E. 
Matthews,  C.  Ray 
Mitchell,   Myro 
Mock,  Roy  L. 
Mock,    Troy    L. 
Moffett,  Hugh  W. 
Neal,   John 
Nida,  Arthur  W. 
Odle,   Ed 

Overbey,    Clinton    S. 
Page,   Frederick  H. 
Park,    Arlie    H. 
Park,    Verna  T. 
Parrish,    Henry    J. 
Peninger,     Ely    J. 
Phelps,   James   E- 
Poague,    Lorence    H. 
Sherman,   O.    Finley 
Short,    Charles    E. 
Smith,  Arthur  C. 
Smith,  Thomas  H. 
Smith,   Thomas   J. 


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Spangler,  Homer  M. 
Stacy,  John  VV. 
Starkey,   Glen   R. 
Stewart,   John   B. 
Stewart,  Samuel  H. 
Stogsdill,   Thomas 
Sumner,    John    T. 


Swan,   Glenn  J. 
Terry,    Claud 
Thompson,  Albert  D. 
Tribble,    Ernest 
Tull,  Ottis  W. 
Vaughn,    Willie 
Wallace,    A.    Hayden 


Wardrip,  Otto  h. 
Weak-ley,    M.    Ray 
Wells,    Eugene   ij. 
White,   James   M. 
Willis,    George    W. 
Wise.   James    L. 
Wooden,    Sidney   11. 


Captain, 

Myron   E.   Bundy 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Ludwig    L.    Everson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Ralph    D.    Henderson 
1st    Sergeant, 

Elsea,  Albert  E. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Grant,    Edward   D. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Freeman,    Leslie    V. 
Sergeants: 

Hutchins,  Frank 
Horn,   Pearl 
Beasley,  Alvin  M. 
Corder,  Corwin  tl. 
Malott,   Cliarles 
Quinn,  Perry  M. 
Corporals: 

Fannon,  Frank  M. 
Overlees,  Joseph   L. 
Hunter,    Elmer    E. 
Strauss,   Lester   P. 
Shivley,   Hayden   W. 
Fetty,    Victor    G. 
Zehr,  Roy  M. 
Counts,    Glenn    H. 
DeMott,    Lonnie   E. 
Steger,  John  W. 
Davis,  Grant  L. 
Bartlow,  Charles  H. 
Love,    Charles   M. 
Harbin,  James   E. 
Buchanan,    Earl   M. 
Mechanics: 

Cain,   William  J. 
Dougherty,  Roy  J. 
Cooks: 

Butcher,   Jesse   L. 
Ackers,    Walter   H. 
Richardson,  Buel  C. 
Buglers: 

Hyde,    William    G. 
Clark,   Walter    L. 
1st    Class      Private, 

Williams,  Clarence 
Privates: 

Adams,    Herbert 
Alderson,    Walter   E. 
Archer,  Virgil  D. 
Atkinson,   Vere  W. 
Augter,   Emil  F. 


COMPANY  G 

JOPLIN 

Bicknell,  John  T. 
Blackwell,   Earl  B. 
Brogan,  Francis  R. 
Brooks,  James  A. 
Brown,    Uwight   W. 
Brown,  Joseph 
Caldwell,   Oakley  P. 
CampbeU,    Kay    W. 
Cheesman,    Myron   M. 
Chew,  Alvin  F. 
Clark,    George 
Cook,    Francis 
Cole,  Robert  R. 
Conrad,    Clifton 
Cox,    Elvin    V. 
Crawford,   Sidney  J. 
Curran,   Charles   H. 
Davis,   Napoleon   B. 
Denton,     Ralph 
Dunham,    Will    M. 
Ferrell,    Otis    L. 
I'-letcher,   Joseph  T. 
Floyd,    Byron 
Forrest,    Thomas 
Fox,   Cyril  V. 
Garrard,  Taylor  C. 
Gibson,  Clyde  R. 
Glenn,  Joseph 
Graham,   Craig  H. 
Haill,  Charles  W. 
Hamilton,    F^llis   D. 
Hamilton,   Roy   Lee 
Hamilton,    Vaughn    S. 
Handy,   Floyd 
Harrington,   Oscar  A. 
Harrison,    George    W. 
Harrison,   Virgil   T. 
Hatfield,  Jesse  L. 
Hatfield,    Roy 
Hayden,   William   O. 
Henderson,    Egbert    K 
Henderson,    Robert   <). 
Hendricks,    Louis    XL 
Hendry,    Alva    D. 
Hites,    Miller    E. 
Hooker,    John    F. 
Hopkins,   Obert  D. 
Hubbard,  Charles  R. 
James,    Carl   R. 
Jones,   Marvin   W. 
Jones,    Waitsel    A. 
Karr,   James   A. 
Karr,  Jesse  L. 


Koontz,  James  L. 
Krause,  Irvin  G. 
Krieg,   Charles  R. 
Largen,   Logan  J. 
Lawder,   Winslow   F. 
Lipps,  Samuel  L. 
Livingston,  James 
Lochart,    George    T. 
Love,  Joe   W. 
McConnell,    Luther    F. 
Madden,  Joseph   P. 
Meek,    Forrest    E. 
Mering,     Clarence     R. 
Metskcr,   Henry 
Miller,  Dewey  O. 
Moreland,    Stanley    P. 
Moss,    Bennie   H. 
Myers,   Earl   P. 
Newman,    Durand 
Newton,   Datus 
Newton,   Perry  I. 
O'Banion,   Frank  M. 
Owen,  R.  A. 
Patterson,   Cordell   C. 
Protherow,    Elmer    C. 
Purvis,    Ruloff 
Raskin,    Isi-ael    PI. 
Renner,   Jacob   V. 
Richardson,   Robert   O. 
Roach,  Walter  R. 
Sage,    Guy 
Schahill,  Frank  B. 
Showers,    Wesley    IT. 
Sinor,   Jesse    W. 
Spoon,    Jesse   M. 
Stanfield,   Sam   S. 
Stiles,    Edward    S. 
Storey,  Ralph  J. 
Suman,   Alonzo   R. 
Switzer,   Andrew  J. 
Tansey,   Guflfra   T. 
Taylor,   Meredith 
Tilden,    William 
Tucker,   Chester  H. 
Warren,    George   L. 
Watts,  Donald  W. 
Webb,   Elwood    P. 
Weldgen,   John    O. 
Williams,     Lemuel 
Wood,  Lee 
Yocum,  Cecil  B. 
Young,    Oral 
Zumbrunn,  Sentmau  L. 


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Captain, 

Douglas  D.   McDonald 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Roy  W.  Butts 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Charles  Hughes 
1st   Sergeant, 

Callison,   James   M. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Jones,   Floyd  W. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Hough,  Porter  C. 
Sergeants: 

Conner,  Paul  W. 

Palmer,    Stanlcigh   K 

Shellman,    George    W. 

Kaffenberger,    Lewis  L. 

Barrows,   Carl  R. 

Wills,    Virgil    M. 

McSpadden,    Donovan 
M. 
Corporals: 

Fuller,   William   C. 

Harris,    Mark 

Senn,   Everet   S. 

Mills,   Sylvester  A. 

Webb,   Herbert   L. 

Dye,  Guy  A. 

Osborne,    Raymond    i^. 

Roberts,    Thomas    II. 

Williams,  Headley 

Davis,  John  L. 

Atkinson,   Orville 

Frank,    Burton 

Hawk,    Elbert 

McKesson,  Neal  D. 
Mechanics: 

Lorance,  Russell  D. 

O'Dell,  Roy  C. 
Cooks: 

Smart,  Huber 

Hurt,  James  D. 
Buglers: 

Crumb,  James 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Barker,   Raymond  J. 

Blickensderfer,    Her- 
man 

Butler,  Vernon  H. 

Claiborne,  Homer  B. 

Coffman,   Guy   O. 

Dalton,    Thomas   C. 


Captain, 

Fred  H.   Nesbitt 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Charles   R.   Marquiss 


COMPANY  H 

Lebanon 

Dent,   Thomas  A. 
Duckworth,   Joe   O. 
Dye,   Donald    E. 
Johnson,  Floyd 
Joslin,   Merlixi   F. 
Lambeth,    Glenn    W. 
McKesson,  Robert  D. 
McNeills,   Louis  H. 
Maples,    Horace    B. 
Mawhiney,   Hyman   L. 
Norris,   Ben  F. 
Nudelman,    Adolph    W. 
Parker,   Jesse   N. 
Parrick,  Roy 
Pidcock,  Harry  R. 
Ruble,    George   M. 
Towers,   Russell 
Weissgerber,    Walter 

C. 
Young,   Buford  R. 

Privates: 

Adams,  Alva 
Adams,  James  A. 
Allen,  Marion  C. 
Baker,  Spursey  A. 
Bates,    Earnest 
Beiswinger,    Warner 
Caffey,    Samuel    C. 
Carlton,  John  M. 
Chastain,    Orestus 
Clifton,   Roy 
Copeland,   Jesse   A. 
Davis,  Ben  A. 
Davis,  Lee 
Davis,    Ralph   H. 
Devore,  Robert  C. 
Dibben,    Edwin    F. 
Elder,   Ralph 
Elder,  Raymond 
Epstein,    Walter   A. 
Francis,    Joseph    L. 
Franklin,    Allen 
Gage,   Arthur 
Garrett,  Homer  R. 
Harrill,    Dewey 
Harshaw,  Marion  B. 
Plartman,   Herbert   C. 
Hays,   Clarence  IT. 
Hendricks,    Ferman  J. 
Holland,  Nelson 
Hooper,    Floyd 
Hunter,   William  J. 

COMPANY  I 
Webb  City 

2nd   Lieutenant, 

Ernest  V.  Arbuckle 

1st  Sergeant, 

Traux,    William    S. 


Jaynes,   Andrew 
Jones,    Andrew   C. 
Jones,   Roy  H. 
Jones,   Sam 
Lillard,  Wilber 
McDowell,   Homer   II. 
McKee,    Robert 
Mayfield,    Randolph    C. 
Montgomery    Clarence 

L. 
Montgomery,    Lowell 
Nobles,   Lonzo   C. 
Norton,   Joseph   J. 
Osborn,    Lonnie 
Owen,  Oscar  S. 
Paul,  Columbus  N. 
Ponder,   William   C. 
Pritchett,  Burl  C. 
Reading,    Lionel    O. 
Rhodes,   Isaac 
Riley,    Will    S. 
Roney,  Morris  E. 
Scrivener,    Reese   M. 
Shank,  Eli 
Sharp,  Emma 
Sharp,    Homer    C. 
Shockley,    George    W. 
Skiles,   Roy 
Smith,  Edmond  H. 
Snow,  Elmer 
Snow,    Floyd   J. 
Stagner,   Claude  A. 
Starns,   Homer 
Starns,     Orvil     L. 
Stonecipher,    Charles 
Sullivan,    Clarence 
Sullivan,    Granville    M. 
Sumner,  Adam   R. 
Teavor,   Orla 
Thompson,    Jasper    L. 
Tozer,    Norman   L. 
Trower,    Everett    C. 
Vermillion,    Rufus 
Webb,   Earl   L. 
West,  John  W. 
Westerman,  Toba 
Whitaker,    Carl    G. 
Williams,    Ezra 
Wills,  Roy  F. 
Windsor,    Willie 
WoflFord,   Dock   A. 
Wofford,  George  O. 
Wynn,   Clarence  M. 


Mess   Sergeant, 

Higgs,  Clyde 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Marquis,    Louis    A. 


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Sergeants: 

Gault,  Erwin 

Layton,  Roy 

Hart,   Frank 

Davis,  Ben  F. 

McMechan,   Addison 
E. 
Corporals: 

Rhoads,   Cecil 

Whitescarver,    Robert 
W. 

Harrison,  Otto 

Hoffman,    Carl   N. 

Gove,   Charley 

Frings,  Godfrey 

Cheek,    Burl 

Williams,    Earnest    H. 

Campbell,    Everett 

Cooper,   Baldwin 

Ely,   Ernest 

Hunt,  Harold  F. 

Frankeberger,    Ralph 

Forester,    Clifford    B. 

Vawter,   Marion    F. 

Scholes,   William   W. 

Lowry,   Charles   I. 
Cooks: 

Smith,  John   W. 

Pilgrim,    Walter 

Wright,   Harold  J. 
Buglers: 

Davenport,    Edwin    F. 

Mort,   Howard  T. 
Mechanics: 

Erwin,    Don 

Flournoy,  Linn  E. 
Privates: 

Adkins,    Garland   R. 

Allen,  Clay  C. 

Ashcraft,   Edward  B. 

Avery,  Eee  C. 

Beeler,  James  A. 

Birkes,    Fred 

Box,   Harley    R. 

Breeden,    Hobart 

Bryan,    Oscar 
Bullock,    Preston    S. 

Byersdorf,    Louis   IC. 

Camerer,    Harvey 

Cardwell,    Carl    R. 
Carlisle,    Walter   L. 
Cartright,  Jack  D. 


Cash,   Stanley 
Cline,  James  V. 
Cline,    Mont 
Corker,  Hamilton  C. 
Craig,   Charles   M. 
Crohn,  Louis  H. 
Cunningham,    Frank 
Cunningham,    Hobert 
Currington,  Hugh 
Cusick,   Newton  F. 
Davis,   Eddie 
Dean,  Harry  N. 
DeWitt,   John    E. 
DeWitt,  William 
Dorrell,    Bryan 
Drugg,    Walter    C. 
Dunn,   William 
Elliff,    Charles    M. 
Ellis,  Henry  H. 
Faass,    Clarence 
Finn,  Elbert  B. 
Fisher,  Mode 
Fleming,   Russell 
Frings,   Louis  J. 
Gates,    Edward 
Gedney,   Ben 
Gibbons,  John  A. 
Hall,   Leonard  T. 
Hamick,  Charles  H. 
Hargis,   William    L. 
Harlan,   Glenn  L. 
Harmon,  Fred  M. 
Harp,    Walter 
Hill,   Robert 
Hinamon,    Hubert    B. 
James,    Raymond 
Jarmin,    Kenneth 
Jeffries,    Lucian 
Jeffries,    Seth    M. 
Johnson,  Carl  C. 
Johnson,    Ernest    M. 
Johnston,   Oscar 
Jones,    Henry 
Keith,   Arthur  E. 
Kendall,   William   D. 
King,    Frank 
Lamberson,    Lloyd    15. 
Lands,  Fred  Z. 
Lawrence,   Hershal 
Jvinn,    Dehnar 
T<ong,   Walter 
McCormick,    Edward 
F. 


McCown,   James  L. 
McCullough,     Clarence 
McGarrah,   Bruce 
McKay,   Jerome    R. 
McKee,  Joe 
McKinley,  Charles  W. 
Mickels,    Ralph    R. 
Miller,   Thomas    W. 
Mummey,     Lester     R. 
Odom,   James 
Owens,   Robert 
Palmer,    Lee    E. 
Paul,    Roy    E. 
Patrick,    Charles    E. 
Parks,    William   R. 
Paxton,    George 
Reeves,  John  H. 
Richardson,    Charley 

E. 
Roberts,   Edgar  T. 
Rose,    Thomas 
Ross,  Bud 
Ross,  Edd 
Sanders,  Harry  E. 
Schoenherr,     Raymond 

C. 
Shoemaker,  Gilbert  W. 
Siler,    Byard 
Stinkard,   Charley 
Smith,   Archie 

Smith,  qilie 

Smith,  Jim 

Stanbery,   George   E. 

Steel,  Pinkey 

Still,    James    R. 

Stringer,    Carl    E. 

Sturgeon,    Roy 

Swindle,    John    M. 

Tabor,  Dressier 

Thompson,   Roy   B. 

Vawter,  Arthur  L. 

Viser,  Harry 

Welch,   Keefie   W. 

West,    Earl 

Whitton,  Jack 

Wilkerson,    John 

Williams,    Bruce   H. 

Williams,   Jim 

Womack,   Lionel 

Woodmansee,    Leslie 

Woodward,    Martin 

Workman,   Jesse 

Wright,   Claud 


COMPANY  K 
Springfield 


Captain, 

Paul    A.    Frey 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Louis    E.    Eslick 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

John  H.  Helfrecht 


1st   Sergeant, 

Edmonson,    Walter    B. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Hagel,    Carl    W. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Blain,  James  R. 


Sergeants: 

Witty,  Clifford  G. 
Young,    Julius    V. 
Gates,    Curtis    B. 
Eslick,   Everett 
Gideon,  James   M. 


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Kelso,  Page 

Erickson,   Jess 

Gates,   Lutie   C. 
Corporals : 

Baker,    Zell   Z. 

Brown,    Karl   A. 

Farris,    Harold 

Gates,    Curtle    C. 

Hannah,  James  H. 

King,   Emmett 

Langley,   William   L. 

Puckett,  Arthur  A. 

Rountree,    Ben 

Steele,    Walter   A. 

Welhoelter,  Coulter  V. 
Cooks : 

Friedhofen,    Pete 

Friedhofen,    William 
Musicians: 

Nichols,   Harlan   H. 

Wright,   Leonard   A. 
Mechanics : 

Brewer,    Chauncey 

Nevatt,    William    D. 
Privates: 

Acock,    Bank    C. 

Armstrong,    Angus 

Baker,    Paul    L. 

Bander,   Frank   G. 

Bean,   George 

Bickford,    Elsworth    E. 

Boyd,   Earl  J. 

Branam,   Pritchet 

Breedlove,     Glenn 

Bringleson,    August 

Brooks,    Midford    F. 

Brookshire,  Charles  E. 

Brown,    Willard    J. 

Bruce,  John 

Brumfield,    Clarence 

Cardwell,    Glenn 

Carmen,     Ben 

Carter,    ClifFord 

Carter,    Everett 

Cates,  Roy  L. 

Caudle,   James_  Y. 

Cawlfield,    Christopher 


Childers,   Lloyd 
Courtney,   Bert  L- 
Cox,   Ira  T. 
Christ,   Corodon 
Cunningham,    Guy 
Cunningham,  John  K. 
Dawson,    Roy    L- 
Doe,    Everett 
Due,  John 
Dyson,    Calvin 
Ege,  Harry  W. 
Eidson,  John   R. 
Elkins,    Cecil 
Elsey,     Harry 
Eslinger,     Everett 
Evans,    William   C. 
Farrell,    Luther   I. 
Gann,    Gilbert  L. 
Gaylor,  James  W. 
Goforth,    Vincent    C. 
Green,   Emery 
Green,   James    E- 
Harris,   Cecil 
Hixon,    Hubert 
Hollingshad,    Fred 
HufFt,   Martin   J. 
Hughey,    Clarence 
Her,    Clyde    O. 
James,    Richard 
Janss,   Harold 
Jones,   William    P. 
Kelin,   Howard   A. 
Killingsworth,   Paul 
Lamb,   Charles 
McCutcheon,  Oscar  K. 
McKenzie,   Ralph 
McMahon,   Fred  R. 
McNabb,   Dewey 
Marckel,    Harry 
Massey,    William    S. 
Matthews,  Lloyd  L. 
May,  Silas  E. 
Mayers,    Cletus 
Mendenhall,   Arthur  L. 
Miller,    Lee   W. 
Montague,    Benjamin 
F. 


Montague,   Carl   D. 
Morris,    Lawrence 
Morrison,    Charles    D. 
Nelson,    James 
Peck,    Fahy 
Peters,  Joseph 
Phillips,    Warren 
Pickett,  Richard 
Plummer,    Max    B. 
Pranter,    Lawrence    J. 
Pruess,   Kirk   F. 
Rainey,    Charles 
Ramsey,   Harry   W. 
Rebori,    Ralph 
Richter,    Clarence 
Roach,   James   W. 
Robinett,    Charles    W. 
Roper,  Leon 
Sanders,    Claude 
Schwank,   Harvey  S. 
Shockley,   Howard 
Singleton,  William  R. 
Skaggs,   Budd 
Smades,   Arthur   L. 
Stevens,   William    C. 
Stewart,    Charles 
Stewart,    William   B. 
Stokes,   Leonard   F. 
Swearinger,     Cecil 
Thomas,   Sidney  L. 
Thomas,     Vere 
Thompson,    Edward 
Turner,     Charles 
Turner,    Harry 
Tweed,   Homer   L. 
Wallace,    Roy    F. 
Weihs,  Ray   F. 
Wdler,  John  F. 
Whaley,   Newton  P. 
White,    Arthur 
Whitlock,    Thomas    D. 
Wilkerson,    Paul   R. 
Williams,    Otto    F. 
Walton,    Walter 
Weaver,   Horace 
Whittaker.  Albert  C. 
Woody,    Charles    J. 


Captain, 

William    S.    Moore 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Lee   Ruthven 
1st  Sergeant, 

Schnell,   Roy   M. 
Supply    Sergeant. 

Betts,  George  J. 
Sergeants : 

Crutcher,  James   R. 

Humphrey,   Roland   O. 


COMPANY  L 

Jefferson  City 

Corporals: 

Kremer,    Earl   F. 

Hott,   Warner   O. 

Engelbrecht,   Segel   L. 
Cooks: 

Holden,   Charles  B. 

Jones,   John  W. 

Schneider,   William    F. 
Mechanic, 

Taake,  Martin 
Buglers : 

Prentice,   Warren   W. 


Bohner,    Eugene   W. 
Privates: 

Affolter,   Alfred 
Allen,   Blaine   M. 
Amos,  Lloyd 
Amos,    Virgil    C. 
Arnett,    Eddie   J. 
Asel,   Ralph    M. 
Bailey,    Hamilton    A. 
Basnett,   Oscar 
Beard,  Elmer 
Bennett,  Clifford  K. 


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Bennie,    A.    Crittenden 
Bishop,  Jule 
Bittick,    Hiram    Jr. 
Blank,   Ralph    F.    N. 
Booney,    Harvey    M. 
Bose,    Joseph 
Bowlin,    Clarence    E. 
Boyce,  Clarence 
Breen,   Clair   A. 
Bremerkamp,  George 

T. 
Brown,  James   W. 
Bruner,  John   H. 
Burchett,    Bruce 
Burton,    Charles 
Byrd,    Edgar 
Camden,    Oscar    F. 
Cook,  William  A. 
Cooper,  James  A. 
Dalley,    Donless    S. 
Dougherty,    McKinley 
Druce,   Charles  T. 
Dulle,   Joseph    B. 
Dunn,  August  V. 
Dunn,  Russell  B. 
Dnnnavant,  Joseph   C. 
Edgar,   Charles 
Eggers,    Edward 
English,     Clifford 
Enioe,  Haywood   P. 
Enloe,   Robert 
Enloe,  Roscoe 
Feig,   Emil   C. 
Feig,    Joseph 
Foster,  Lawrence 
Freeman,   Perry   E. 
Gallitin,    Walter   S. 
Gardner,  Earl 
George,    Rufus 
Glavin,    William    F. 
Gorsuch,   Leon  M. 
Gragg,    Emmett    R. 
Graham,    Orval 


Green,    Ewing   G. 
Grisham,  John  W. 
Grisham,    Tom 
Gungoll,   Alvin   A. 
Haake,  Lawrence  M. 
Hale,    William    F. 
Hanie,   Ward 
Hartman,    George    M. 
Hert,    Bertram    B. 
Hodges,   Major  W. 
Hubbard,    Clarence    E. 
Huegel,   Thomas   J. 
Ingram,    Harvey    11. 
Jones,   Andy   J. 
Kiely,   John   M. 
Kleindienst  John  R. 
Knife,    John 
Lucas,   John   K. 
Luebbert,   Gerard  B. 
McDaniel,    Joseph 
McGhee,  Roy  L. 
McGirk,    Clyde    W. 
McKinley,    Joseph    W. 
Maginnes,    Leo   J. 
Maire,   Hugo 
Melton,    Oscar 
Moir,  James  W. 
Moore,   Earl   H. 
Mueller,  Wesley  H. 
Murray,   Christopher 

H. 
Nichols,  Luther  E. 
Nilges,  James   R. 
O'Dowd,   Austin   J. 
O'Dowd,    Martin 
Opel,    Andrew    M. 
Opel,    Fred 
Paden,    Frank    G. 
Parker,    Lester    F. 
Parker,  Roy  W. 
Propst,  Julius  H. 
Rackers.    John   W. 
Rader,  William 


Redtor,  Jake  F. 

Rice,   Samuel   F. 

Riner,    Charles    E. 

Robben,   Joseph    F. 

Robinson,   Roy 

Schell,   Norbert  C. 

Schrader,   Henry   C. 

Scott,  Charles 

Scrivner,    George    A. 

Shamel,    Leonard    W. 

Sheldon,    Claude 

Skinner,    James    G. 

Smallwood,   Edwin  P. 

Smith,    Charles    B. 

Smith,   John   W. 

Snodgrass,    Everett    B. 

Snodgrass,    Leonard 
T. 

Stewart,    James    S. 

Suggett,  John  L. 

Taber,   Enoch   J. 

Taber,  Frank  P. 

Thee,  Victor  R. 

Thompson,  John  W. 

Tyree,   Joseph    N. 

Upton,  John 

Van    Eeckhoute,    Phil- 
lip, 

Vandiver,    Clyde 

Wadley,    Edward   T. 

Wardrip,  James    E. 

Weeks,    Jasper 

Weeks,    Ralph  _  M. 

Wheeler,  Morris 

White,    Lester    B. 

Wilson,   Norman  J. 

Wise,    Roy 

Wolverton,  Uriel   T. 

Wyrick,    Clarence 

Wyrick,  Ora 

Zeitz,  Arthur  H. 

Zugmaier,   Frank    G. 

Zumalt,  Vernal   E. 


Captain, 

William   A.   Oglesby 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Pierre    Grigg 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Ben  C.   Oglesby 
1st    Sergeant, 

Wolf,    Hollis    M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Crawford,    Raymond 
H. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Wells,    Charles   B. 
Sergeants : 

McPherson,  John  V. 

Sebum.   Charles   C. 


COMPANY  M 
Aurora 

Foundray,    Frank    W. 
Oldaker,  Clarence  S. 
McPherson,  Joe,   F. 
Lemasfer,   Floyd   A. 
Corporals: 

Estes,    Helser    G. 
Raubinger,   Floyd   B. 
Paschal,    Walter   J. 
Shipman,    Elbert 
Bunch,    William    J. 
Sebum,    Hugh     G. 
Reynolds,    Roy    N. 
Hudson,   Bartlett   B. 
Rucker,    John    W. 
Duckworth,  William  B. 
Hadley,  Luther 


Cooks: 

Reid,  Clyde  S. 

Alexander,  Wash  N. 

Michael,  William  H. 
Mechanic, 

Zinn,   George 
Musician, 

Parnell,  William  C. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Cook,  Murell 

Cook,    Ralph    11. 

Crawford,    Hobart 

Cryderman,    John    M. 

Drake,  Charley  C. 

Gee,  Leslie 

Ilillhouse,   William    N. 


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Hitt,   Osee  E. 
Heagerty,    Clarence   C. 
Jennings,  Darrell  D. 
McClure,    Herbert 
Mason,  Joseph  H. 
Newcum,    Earl 
O'Kelley,  Herbert 
Ray,   Arch   E. 
Shipman,  Ray 
Towers,    Henry 
Ware,   Loyd   C. 
Privates : 

Arwood,  Riley  A. 
Ashens,  Ranson  J. 
Bailey,   Ira   E. 
Ballard,   Ersell   B. 
Bennett,   Weaver   R. 
Berry,  Julian   S. 
Beyers,    Raymond    H. 
Bohanon,   Leonard   L. 
Bond,    William    I. 
Brady,   Henry  W. 
Brown,  Joy  L. 
Brown,    Ralph    C. 
Bryant,    Will 
Buttry,  Charles 
Clopton,   Jerry    O. 
Cochran,    Earl   W. 
Cox,    Allie   H. 
Cummings,    Herman 

H. 
Davenport,    Walter    R. 


Daugherty,  Preston 

H. 
Davis,  Dutton  W. 
Eddington,    Claud    B. 
Eddington,    Earl   W. 
Estes,   Gifford  T. 
Estes,    Percy    I. 
Flood,  Purd 
Ford,    Albert    H. 
Gaskins,  Wirt  H. 
Gastineau,    Frank    R. 
Godard,   Ora 
Graber,    Samuel    A. 
Hall,    Floyd    W. 
Harvey,   Edward   ]\I. 
Ilicklin,     Earl     S. 
Hill,    James    C. 
Holt,    Charles    B. 
Holt,    Frank    T. 
Holt,  Willie  k. 
Hudson,  Wesley  V. 
Hughes,    Albert    C. 
Humphreys,    Floyd    L. 
Johnston,  Frank   B. 
Jordon,   John    R. 
Kellog,  George  K. 
LefFingwell,    Roy 
Lemaster,    Vernon    L. 
Lewis,   Earnest  B. 
Lewis,   Robert    E. 
Long,  Archie  R. 
McKinley,     Robert     R. 


McPherson,  Kenneth 
Miller,   Joseph    R. 
Miller,   Lewis   E. 
Miller,    Wyatt    W. 
Morley,   William    E. 
Moungo,    James 
Owens,   James    D. 
Pannel,    Troy   N. 
Pope,    Oliver 
Reid,    Guy    A. 
Ross,  Carl  L. 
Ross,   Jewel   A. 
Rowe,   Efton  J. 
Sawyer,  Norman  J. 
Schmideskamp,     Harry 

R. 
Sims,  John 
Sink,    Frank 
Smith,    Orlando     F. 
Spicer,  Benjamin  T. 
Stowe,   Herman    El. 
Swindler,    Clayton 
Thomas,  Walton  J. 
Volpoel,   Fred   W. 
Walters,  Charles  W. 
West,    Everett    J. 
Weatherwax,    William 
Williams,    Loy    R. 
Williamson,    Loy   A. 
Worth,   John  J. 
Young,    Buford   H. 
Zinn,  Earnest  J. 


SANITARY  DETACHMENT 

JOPLIN 


Major, 

Earl   H.   Welcome 
Captain, 

Harry  A.   Leaming 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William    M.    Hoel 
1st  Lieutenant  D.  C. 

Barney   M.    Russel 
1st    Lieutenant, 

1st   Class  Sergeant, 

Loggains,    Walter    W. 
Sergeant, 

Bassman,  George  H. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Grim,    Charley    L- 

Hawkins,    Roy 


Myers,  William  C. 
Yeakey,    Scott 
Privates : 

Allen,    ClifSford    J. 
Amos,  Darwin  W. 
Anderson,   Clyde   M. 
Armstrong,    Searcy    S. 
Beaman,    Orin    E.    Jr. 
Brackney,    Charles    H. 
Dawson,   Charles  H. 
Gordon,    Austin 
Grigg,  Edward  W. 
Haines,    Charlie    B. 
Inns,    Francis    E- 
Ivey,   Horace   P. 
Keenan,    Harry    E. 


Long,    Sherman    D. 
McCune,   Charlie   F. 
Millsap,  Leslie  R. 
Morris,  Dewey  R. 
Moss,    Pleasant    A. 
Payne,  Glen   G. 
Phillips,    Miles   B. 
Richey,  Glen  T. 
Shannon,  Homer  H. 
Smith,  Thomas  T. 
Stevenson,    Robert    H. 
Tennyson,  Harry  C. 
Turner,   Roy  V. 
Walls,  William   F. 
Watkins,  Vincent  L. 


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FOURTH  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 

riELD   AND   STAFF 

St.  Joseph 


Colonel, 

John    D.    McNeely, 
Commanding 

Major, 

Clay  C.   Macdonald 


]\Iajor, 

James  E.  Rieger. 
Major, 

William  D.  Stepp 
1st    Lieut.    &    Bn.    Adjt. 

Donald   M.    Macdonald 


1st    Lieut.    &    Bn.    Adjt. 
James  H.   McCord,  Jr. 

1st    Lieut.    &    Bn.    Adjt. 
Guss   B.   Ridge 


IIEADQUAETERS  COMPANY 
St.  JosErH 


Captain   &   Adjt. 

Walter    M.    Mann 
Rgt.   Sgt.    Mayor 

Graham,    Charles    \V., 
Jr. 
Band  Leader, 

Maulding,    Harold    Iv. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Major, 

Schmitz,   Joseph   O. 
Bn.   Sgt.    Major, 

Mills,    Charles    B. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Major, 

Allen,   William   A. 
1st  Sergeant, 

Phipps,    Ezra 
Sgt.    Bugler, 

Porter,   George   E. 
Color    Sergeants: 

Holley,  Francis  J. 

Van    Brunt,    Frederick 
C. 
Sergeant, 

Lavelle,    John 
Supply    Sergeant, 

King,  Herman  B. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

McMahon,  James  R. 


Stable  Sergeant, 

Steland,    Francis   A. 
Band    Sergeants: 

Atherton,    William    11. 

Mitchel,  Sam  W. 
Band    Corporals: 

Ballard,    Cleo    L. 

Canon,  Leon 

Weeks,   Irving   H. 
Cooks: 

Tarpley,   Carl   H. 

Maffit,   Callip  J. 
Horseshoer, 

Madden,  John  L. 
1st    Class    Musicians: 

Blair,    Russell    William 

Milbourne,    William 
2nd    Class    Musicians: 

Evans,   Roy  Albert 

Smith,  Merville   O. 

Spraul,    D.   Nevell 

Woodard,  Bert  F. 
3rd    Class    Musicians  : 

Bramble,    William    O. 

Buhler,    Henry 

Corum,    Glenn 

Daily,    William    F. 

Eicher,    Ben 


George,   Carl   J. 

Kinman,   Erville  C. 

Sproul,    Arthur    C. 

Stafford,    Robbins 

Vert,  Orville  E. 

Wallace,  Charles  W. 

Wagers,    Newcomb    C. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Connett,  Carroll 

Lindensmith,    Arthur 
S. 

Miller,    Charles     C. 

Spencer,    Jack 
Privates : 

Bear,    James    D. 

Channel,    Floyd    V. 

Ennis,    Everett    B. 

Gilbert,    Clark  O. 

Glaze,    Walter    C. 

Hopkins,   Woodworth 
N. 

Johnson,  Karl 

Lange,   Karl  H. 

McCord,    Charles    P. 

Meyers,  Ferdinand  W. 
Jr. 

Welty,  Charles 

White,   Byron   T. 


Captain, 

Charles   J.    Hall 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Arthur  F.  Amick 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sergeants: 

DonnoU,    Calvin 

Kennedy,  Leo  J. 

Martin,  Rulif  M. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Zacharias,   Frederick 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Hall,    Albert    M. 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

St.  Joseph 

Stable    Sergeant, 

Wade,    Harry    H. 
Corporal 

McCutchen,   Robert    J. 
Horseshoer, 

Blake,  Martin 
Saddler, 

Applebee,   Amos    W. 
Cook, 

Sparks,   George   W. 
Wagoners: 

Bailey,   Don   K. 

Barnes,     Eddie    A. 


Bodle,    Hugh 
Byer,   Walter  J. 
Carter,   Arthur  R. 
Carter,   Frank  F. 
Casselman,    Gideon 
Corum,    Roy    J. 
Cummings,    Charles    C. 
Deerfoot,    Richard 
Denton,    Robert   Henry 
Duncan,    Roy    P. 
Fennell,    Jesse    A. 
Gerlach,    Philip 


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Keener,    Arthur   F. 
Letcher,    Fred 
Lovejoy,    Daniel 
Lowe,   George 


Maxwell,   Joseph    L. 
Montgomery,    George 

M. 
Pullem,   Emerald   A. 


Rossie,    Charles 
Smoot,    Charles    S. 
Stevens,  William  H. 
Wilson,   Jefferson   W. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 
Sedalia 


Captain, 

William  F.  Logan 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Walter  A.   Wood. 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Joseph    L.    Darr 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Farl   G.    Pitts 
1st    Sergeant, 

Meriwether,    Philip    S. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Rose,    Frederick   G. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Barnett,    Lawrence 
Stable  Sergeant, 

Schneider,   Charley    H. 
Sergeants : 

Nelson,    William    A. 

Miles,    Marvin 

McCabe,   Russell   E. 

Elton,    Roscoe    R. 

Jared,    Marvin    W. 

Holland,   Carl   E. 

Telford,   Allen    F. 
Horseshoer, 

Smith,    Luther    M. 
Corporals: 

Lambirth,   Harry  N. 

Elkins,    Walter    E. 

Urban,    Carl     F. 

Wheeler,  Frederick  H. 


Codding,    Almeron    B. 

Cunningham,    William 
D. 

Greer,   Elmer 
Cooks : 

Wright,    Benjamin    C. 

Withrow,    Floyd   T. 
Mechanics : 

Creegan,     Marvin    J. 

Cone,    Albert     B. 
Buglers: 

Cleveland,  William 

Starr,    Joseph    A. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Baum,   Leonard    H. 

Croy,    William    C. 

Greene,    Albert    L. 

Lasiter,    Ora    Z. 

Long,    Chester    S. 

Norris,    Willard    M. 

Overby,   Dick  R. 

Reed,    Nolan    P. 

Shackles,  Pete 

Sibert,   Harvey   L- 

Withrow,   Jessie   W. 

Wood,    Clarence    R. 
Privates : 

Bennett,   Ray   E. 

Doyle,    Vander 

Duff,    Allen    E. 


Duff,  Ernest  M. 
Englund,  Lawrence  N. 
Farin,    Charles    J. 
Ford,    Roy    V. 
Franklin,   Forrest   C. 
Glover,    Charles    C. 
Good.    Thaddeus    B. 
Henderson,    Bert    E. 
Henderson,  Robert  C. 
Jackson,  Dan  S. 
Lessley,  John   T. 
MacCurdy,  Clyde  E. 
Marshall,  Charles  E. 
Mitchell,    Frederick   S. 
Nelson,  William  K. 
Nicholson,   Jay 
Reimler,  Charles  W. 
Rich,    Guy   W. 
Russell,    Benjamin    C. 
Sibert,    Ernest    L. 
Simpich,   Joseph    S. 
Smith,    Louis    E. 
Strain,    Edgar    D. 
Temple,  Oliver  T. 
Thomas,    Leo    R. 
Wagner,  Antone  F. 
Warren,    John    W. 
Wilson,     Earl    K. 
Witte,    William   M. 
Wood,    Estle 


Captain, 

Thomas    E.    Herridge 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Morris   H.   Hall,  Jr. 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Homer    Yale 
1st    Sergeant, 

Guthrie,    Belt    D. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Shandy,    George    P. 
Sergeants : 

Nichols,   Irvin 

Cheesman,  William  M. 

Cheesinan,     Theodore 

Morgan,   William    O. 

Henson,    Jason 

Hanni,   Warner 

Judkins,    Cecil 

Vinyard,   Jess 


COMPANY  A 

Tarkio 

Corporals: 

Carter,    Daniel 
Hurst,    Millard 
Bennett,  Jess 
Hall,  Harvey 
Harmon,    Fred 
Leigh,    Lee 
McElfish,   Earl  E. 
Neal,    Harry 
Welsh,  John 

Cooks : 

Medley,  Owen  W. 
Carroll,   Daniel 

Buglers: 

Searcy,   Alvie 
Duncan,  Paul 

Mechanics : 

Farley,  Grover 
Vernon,  Joseph  F. 


1st    Class    Privates: 
Benedict,   Harry 
Berg,    Earl 
Blatter,    Berghold 
Cartwright,    Claude 
Chambers,    Lyle 
Crosley,   Oral    E. 
Gunderson,    Fred 
Henson,  Everett  C. 
Henson,   Lloyd 
Hull.  William 
McNeal,   Glen 
Meek,    Charley 
Mowery,    Mearl 
Mutchler,    Harry 
Ross,  William 
Scott,   Abner 
Stebbins,    Chancey 
Traub,    William 


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Wheeler,    Fred 
Withrow,     Floyd 
Wood,   William   J. 
Wrinkle,    Ola    E. 
Yale,  Walter 
Privates : 

Ages,  Arthur  !<. 
Allen,  Lee  W. 
Allen,    Sylvester 
Anderson,    Charles 
Anderson,    Fred 
Anderson,    Jesse 
Bennett,    Edward 
Brag-g,  Harley  W. 
Bratcher,    Jean 
Brown,   Paul 
Brumback,   David 
Carter,   Frank  A. 
Chaney,   David 
Chaney,   Roscoe 
Clanton,   Thomas 
Clark,   Allen   Glen 
Coon,  William   D. 
Cooper,  Amos  C. 
Davis,    Edgar 
Deboard,    Frank 
Dodge,    Emery 
Donelson,    Dean 
Dougall,   Don   A. 
Dragoo,    Carl 
Dragoo,   Dale 
Edminston,    Robert    S. 
Farley.    Clyde 


Farley,  Russell  L. 
Farris,    Otha 
Farris,   John 
Foley,    Harry 
Friend,   James    O. 
Fry,    Lester    V. 
Gailey,    Bert 
Garrett,   Ralph   L- 
Gleason,  Walter 
Gossard,    Benjamin 
Gray,    Merle 
Green,  WiUiam 
Griffin,   Willie 
Harmon,    Claud 
Harsh,   Cecil 
Henson,    Caston 
Hicks,    Luther 
Hogue,   Robert  G. 
Jackson,    William    W. 
Jones,  James 
Judkins,   Carl 
Judkins,    Herchel 
Judson,   Arlie 
Kelley,    Olin    F. 
Lindley,  Robert   H. 
Lucas,   Chester   E. 
McAdams,   Merle 
McElfish,  John 
McElfresh,    Ralph 
McNeal,   Joseph 
McNeil,    Harry 
Marshall,    Irvin 


Moore,   Homer 
Morgan,  Perry  Lcc 
Mozingo,   Ora 
Mueller,   Fred 
Plummer,   Charlie 
Powell,   Amos 
Puckett,    Emmett 
Renfro,   Earl   E. 
Richards,  Ben 
Richards,   John 
Robinson,    Jasper    C. 
Roby,    Charley 
Samak,    Josef 
Sanders,   Charley 
Schiffern,  Roy 
Sharp,   Nuell 
Simmons,    Thomas 
Smith,    Herman 
Snoderly,    Demel 
Snodgrass,    Ernest    L- 
Stone,    Roy 
Sunday,   Clarence 
Tabler,    Claude   L. 
Thompson,   Douglas 
Turner,   Harry 
Walker,   Worlie   M. 
Warner,    Millard 
Warren,   Fred 
Werl,  Herman 
Woolhether,     Lawrence 

A. 
Yale,  William 
Zeiner,    Ellwood 


Captain, 

William    B.    Hitchcock 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Victor    T.    Malloure 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Harry  E.  Malloure 
1st    Sergeant, 

Culpepper,  Henry  Gra- 
dy 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Newberry,    Walter    F. 
Sergeants: 

Logsdon,    Shirley 

Kennedy,   John  L. 

Miles,  George 
Corporals: 

Cecil,    Clarence    C. 

Hall,    Edmond   W. 

Langley,    Joseph 

Roberts,    "Herbert    R. 

Smith,   William   W. 

Vance,  Clayborne 
Cooks : 

Citius,   Henrv    L. 

Darnell,    William    B. 


COMPANY  B 

Cakutheesville 

Mechanics: 

Craiglow,  John  H. 

1st  Class  Privates: 
Davis,    Culbert    E. 
Edwards,   Willie 
Ingram,    Joseph 
Knight,    Dan    R. 
McCallum,  John  L. 
McGhee,  Robert  L. 
Sutton,  Wilbert  L. 

Privates: 

Abernathy,    Cleburn 
Adams,   Carl 
Adams,   Shelby 
Ayers,    Richard 
Bailey,     Cliff 
Ballinger,    Henry 
Baynes,    John    W. 
Bennett,    Curtiss, 
Billing:ton,  Allen 
Bird,   Arley 
Black,  Jesse 
Brock,  Audie  G. 
Brown,    Homer 
Browning,    Herbert 
Buckley,  Huston  II. 


Burton,   Lonzo 
Burton,   Robert  L. 
Byrd,    Lawrence 
Cameron,  Vernon 
Carlton,   Guy   W. 
Chaney,  Leo 
Clifton,  Amos  N. 
Cratty,   Ollie 
Creason,   Hardy 
Creason,  James 
Dark,    Stanley 
Dickerson,   Oscar 
Douglas,  John  J. 
Douglas,   Shelton  F. 
Dupeck,  Albert 
Edwards,  Thomas  R. 
Esters,  Lexie   C. 
Evans,   Nathaniel 
Ferrell,  Scott  G. 
Foster,  Clarence 
Foster,  John  W. 
Gallion,   Ruff 
Gillililand,    GUbert    L. 
Goff,   George 
Hall,  Harry 
Ham,  William 


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Hardin,   John 
Harper,  Lynn 
Harris,  Owen 
Herndon,  Charles  E. 
Hillard,  Clark  H. 
Holder,  James  R. 
Holmes,    Clyde   E. 
Hooper,   Doyle   L. 
Hooper,   Herbert 
Howell,    Thalmage    C. 
Jenkins,  Loyd 
Jennings,    Carl 
Jennings  Hall 
Johnson,  Fred  W. 
Johnson,   Robert  L. 
Kelley,   Fred 
Knight,  James 
Lamb,   Edward 
Lawrence,  Melvin  C. 
Lewis,    Henry    C. 
Little,  George  A. 
Loyd,  Arthur 
McArthur,   Floyd   F. 
McDaniel,   Cecil 
McDaniel,  Hillary  F. 
McGowan,  Paul 
Madax,  Bennie 


Malin,    Delmar   R. 
Marcus,  Elmer 
Marshall,   Oliver  D. 
Marley,  James  J. 
Maxey,   Shirley 
Mayfield,   Floyd   C. 
Millikan,  Loyd  P. 
Moore,   Clarence 
Murphy,  Jesse 
Neal,   Lawrence   C. 
Nolen,   Henry 
Newberry,  Jesse  L. 
Parker,    Lawrence  J. 
Pepple,  Joseph  W. 
Perkins,  Dale  D. 
Powell.  Odis  L. 
Price,    William    A. 
Pride,   Frank 
Ray,  Huey  Y. 
Rinehart,   Russ 
Roberts,  Frank 
Rogers,    Samuel   J. 
Rogers,    Virgil    L. 
Rolfe,  Harry  E. 
Rushing,    Herman    TI. 
Russell,    Willard    P. 


Scott,   Rollo 
Severn,  Arnold 
Shepard,  John  W. 
Shilley,   Carl 
Smith,    Shirley  W. 
Southern,  Robert 
Southern,  Walter 
Spencer,    Marshall    R. 
Stout,   Connie  L. 
Streiff,  John    P. 
Terrell,  John  W. 
Terror,   Joseph   D. 
Thornsberry,    Marvin 
Tinsley,    George 
Tysus,   Robert  E. 
Ursery,   Frank 
Walker,   Fred   A. 
Ware,  John  H. 
Warren,    Carl  D. 
Watts,    Chester 
Wells,   Mervin 
Whitson,    Thomas    L. 
Wilbanks,  Arthur 
Wilbanks,  Jack   W. 
Woolbanks,  Jack  W. 
Woolbright,    Everett 


Captain, 

Jasper  Newton  Gates 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Raymond    W.    Cater 
2d   Lieutenant, 

John   D.    Heiny, 
1st    Sergeant, 

Peterson,  John  M. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Turner,   Ben  E. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Fergason,     Stephen 
Sergeants, 

McDougal,   Hubert 

Moon,  Frank  B. 

Fiscus,    Ray 

McKeenan,    Carl    E. 

Hardester,     Orbie 

Wood,   Oliver  F. 

Brasfield,   Orrin 
Corporals, 

Durham,   Earl 

Fisher,    Ernest   W. 

Wimber,  Van 

Collins,     Elmer    L. 

Crawford,    Charles 

Kggert,  Ralph 

Glynn,   Derby 

Piersee,   Charlie 

Conley,  James   W. 

Winn,   William 

Crawford,   Plenry   F. 


COMPANY  C 

KiRKSVILLE 

Daul,  John  F. 

Bennett,   Alva 

Lowe,    Mannie   M. 

Martin,  Earl  D. 
Cooks, 

Piersee,   Wesley  B. 

Standforth,    David    V. 
Mechanics, 

Dowis,  Carl  C. 
Buglers, 

Paschal,   Luther 

Howey,  Earl  W. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Barnett,   Edgar 

Bozarth,    Allen 

Burris,    Ross   S. 

Darnell,    Pearl 

Denton,    Manuel   S. 

Foster,   Earl 

Haines,    Harry 

Hilt,   Byrl  J. 

Horton,    James    L. 

Kent,  William  H. 

Kidd,  James  E. 

Loder,   John    L. 

Miles,  Lloyd   B. 

Pinkerton,  Josenh  J. 

Rubin,    Leroy    F. 

Runvon,   Irwin   M. 

Rutherford,   Joe    R. 

Shumate,    George    E. 

Thomas,   George  E. 


Weaver,  Ben  T. 
Wright,   Mike 
Wyatt,  John  O. 
Young,  Ferron   G. 
Privates: 

Abbott,   Avery 
Adams,    Frank 
Bailey,  Kenneth 
Barnes,   William 
Beall,   Ora  O. 
Boling,    Worthy   G. 
Bookout,    H.   John 
Brown,    Lawrence    E. 
Caswell,  Albert  R. 
Chapman,    William    A. 
Chancellor,    Clarence 
Chrisman,  William 
Cole,  John   B. 
Commack,    Ralph 
Conkin,   Lowern  W. 
Cooper,   Glen 
Cowgill,    Isaac    M. 
Danes,  James  W. 
Dawdy,  Leslie  D. 
Deaton,    Walter    P. 
Denton,    George    C. 
Denton,    Samuel    R. 
Dupree,   Wallace 
England.   Glen   W. 
Kvans,    Irwin 
Fickel,    Roy   E. 
Foster,   Orrin  L. 


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Foutch,  David  C. 
Gardner,    Lloyd    F. 
Gardner,  Orville  L. 
Gates,   Alfred    L. 
Gatts,    Chester   A. 
Grear,  Glen 
Grear,   Ora   E- 
Griswold,  Levi   W. 
Hampton,   Earl 
Hatfield,   Marcus   H. 
Hayes,  Bryce  L. 
Hayes,    Harlin   W. 
Kaup,  Harrison  L. 
Kent,    Claude   J. 
Leas,  Clyde  A. 
Little,   Lewis 
McDowell,    Tony 
Miller,   Ralph 


Montgomery,     Farl 
Mountain,    Delbert 
Nickels,    Harry    M. 
Oliver,   Fay  E. 
Osborne,   Raymond  N. 
Parcell,   Wayne   E. 
Paris,    Alva   R. 
Phillips,    Ora 
Plemmons,    Thomas    D. 
Potter,   Ray 
Reynolds,  George  W. 
Rhodes,  Carl 
Robinson,    Levy    C. 
Saunders,   Clinton  J. 
Selasbery,    Dave 
Shelton,    Irwin 
Shinafelt,    Ok. 
Singley,    Charley   N. 


Singley,  Riley  E- 
Skaggs,    Roy 
Springs,   Ray  E. 
Stahl,   Earl   L. 
Styles,    Herald    E. 
Summers,    Richard 
Sutton,    Ernest 
Talbot,   Aubert 
Talbot,  Hubert 
Thompson,   Edgar 
Thompson,    George   H. 
Unfer,   Louis 
Webber,   Thomas 
Wellbaum.    Fredie    O. 
Wellman.  Elba  E. 
White,    Ralph    P. 
Winn,    William    C. 
Zimmerman,    Ora 


Captain, 

William   C.  Williamson 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Gus   S.   Gehlbach 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Homer  B.  Loman 
1st  Sergeant, 

McArtor,   Paul  E. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Gehlbach,   Albert  R. 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Hyten,  Bea.   F. 
Sergeants: 

Han,   Lloyd   R. 

Whitten,   James   M. 

Axtell,    Dale 

Grant,   Horatio 

Grain,  Frank  J. 

Barnes,   Henry   E. 

Miller,  Milton  R. 
Corporals : 

Gardner,  Elza  P. 

Wise,   Zina   L- 

Davis,   Ralph  A. 

Swepston,    Melvin 

Mabe,   Luther  B. 

McCoy,    Floyd 

Millett,    Samuel 

Pettigrew,    John    R. 

Mapes,    William    M. 

Hemmingway,    Wm.    B. 

Bofman,  James   E. 

McLaughlin,   Floyd   F. 

Moss,  Wilber  D. 

Moss,  Eugene  R. 

Simpson,    William    J. 

Tittsworth,    Lemuel    N. 

Jones,   Bernice   L. 
Cooks: 

Payne,  Robert  11. 

Millett,  George 


COMPANY  D 

Trenton 

Buglers: 

Heins,  Roy  M. 

Kirk,   Norman 
Mechanics: 

Branson,   William   E. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Boon,    Presley 

Boyle,   William  A. 

Burrill,   Forrest  C. 

Collier,   John   W. 

Collier,    Woodson   E. 

Collins,    Alva    R. 

Craig,   Lloyd 

Daniels,   Claudis   D. 

Dennis,   Henry    D. 

Evans,   Farrol  E. 

Gentry,   Carl   C. 

Gott,    Loyd 

Graham,   Leon  O. 

King,    Harry   E. 

McKinney,    Henry 

Miller,  Claude  E. 

Morgan,  Cecil  D. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Morris,    Clarence    E. 

Morris,   Thomas   B. 

Nelson,   John  E. 

Pettibon,-   Edgar   H. 

Richards,    William    J. 

Snyder,   Clarence 

Tittsworth,    James    L. 

Tomilson,   J.    C. 

Walton,  Edward 

Ward,   Ariel    C. 
Privates: 

Allnutt,    Granville 

Ansel,    Frank 

Bennett,   Norman    F. 

Booher,   Charles   T. 

Boone,   Audry 


Bowling,  Thomas 
Brafett,    Melvin 
Bridges,   Hubert    C. 
Brown,   Hurshell    L. 
Burke,    William   H. 
Butler,    Fred 
Carter,   Russell 
Clark,   Homer  J. 
Cottrell,   Harry  L. 
Cram,  Harry  H. 
Culver,    James    E. 
Darnaby,  Harold  M. 
Day,  Vane  S. 
Dean,   Roland  E. 
Dean,    Virgil 
Dennis,    Lafayette    D. 
DeVaul,   Bailey   C. 
Dority,    Arthur   D. 
Doyle,  James  E. 
Dragoo,   Leonard  R. 
Dunn,  Wilbur  E. 
Ellington,    Earl    J. 
Ellington,    Lewis 
Foster,    Corwin    F. 
Franklin,    Goldie    I. 
Franklin,   William   J. 
French,   Lawrence   L. 
Gann,    Harvey    C. 
George,  Hubert  IT. 
Gardner,   Ola  W. 
Gillett,   Donnie  W. 
Grandstaff,    Lowell 
Grant,  Loyd 
Griffin,    Delbert 
Grubb,   Carl    F. 
Haldcman,   Oscar 
ITalden,   Paul   F. 
Hall,   William  H. 
Hall,    Winscon    S. 
Harrelson,    Clarence 
Hatfield,    Verne   J. 


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liolloway,    Lawrence 

M. 
House,    Roy    F. 
Huff,   Harry   C. 
Huffman,   Charles  O. 
Husted,   Earl  H. 
Ingersoll,  Hutlett  P. 
Lowe,  Lee   Roy 
Lucas,  Homer  D. 
McAuliff,  Joseph  E. 
McCoy,  Martin   G. 
McMullin,   Cecil  O. 
Mackley,  Guy  E. 
Miller,   Curtis 
Mitchell,   Guy 
Munn,  Carroll  E. 


O'Fallon,  George  L. 
Parker,   Dale 
Powell,    Charles    S. 
Proseer,   Albert  Neil 
Pugh,  Guy  O. 
Richards,  Frank 
Rogers,    Forrest 
Rooks,    Glen 
Rulon,  Wood 
Sandlin,   Cleo  L. 
Schweppe,   Edward  L. 
Shea,  Daniel  B. 
Shelton,    Frank   M. 
Simpson,  Robert  E. 
Smith,     Robert    H. 
Snyder,   James   R. 


Snyder,   William   H. 
Sperry,    Clifford    F. 
Steele,   Jefferson    H. 
Stevenson,   Herbert   L- 
Stringer,    Clyde   L. 
Tate,    Alva    R. 
Thickston,   Lovell   J. 
Thogmartin,    Quincy 

E. 
Thompson,    Jesse   E. 
Vance,   Clifford  L. 
Ward,  Harry  D. 
Webster,    Alva   E. 
Whorton,    Cleo 
Williams,   Robert   R. 
Witten,  Ralph 


Captain, 

Karl    C.    Bostwick 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William    H.    McDonald 
2d    Lieutenant, 

James   R.    Paynter,   Jr. 
1st   Sergeant, 

Gould,  Jesse   R. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Yheulon,    Harry 
Sergeants: 

Price,   Ralph  L. 

Yakes,   Marvin 
Corporals: 

Rupert,   Harry   L. 

Lake,    Stephen 

Sparks,   Lee 

Roland,  Claude 

Moss,   Leroy 
Cooks: 

Slaughter,   Albert 

Griggs,  Walter  M. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Burkhardt,   William 

Hayes,   EHwood 

Ehret,    Seraphine 

O'Brian,    Earl   R. 

Paulas,   Lester  W. 

Renner,   Fred 

Sexton,  Jim  F. 

Sigler,   Bryan 

Stout,   Henry  H. 

Winner,    Jesse    B. 

Woodyard,   Wesley   M. 
Privates: 

Ashley,    Melvin 

Barbee,   Gleason 

Barnes,  Otto  H. 

Barrett,  Carl  F. 

Bastian,    George 

Bates,   Eaf. 

Bauer,   John  A. 

Beal,   Charley 


COMPANY  E 

Hannibal 

Beal,    Clarence   E. 
Bell,   Ernest   L. 
Bellowes,    Everett 
Blackburn,    Guy   R. 
Bowen,    Clarence 
Branham,    George    W. 
Branstetter,   Jean 
Brassell,    Benjamin    F. 
Briscoe,   Orval  B. 
Brown,    Clarence 
Broxton,   George  V. 
Buchanan,   James   L. 
Butler,    James    W. 
Cartwright,   John 
Chouinard,    Alexander 

W. 
Cissell,  Harry  B. 
Clancy,   George 
Clifton,    Clyde 
Cole,   William  T. 
Connelly,  James   E. 
Cornelius,    Arthur    D. 
Culp,   Henry   F. 
Curtis,    Samuel    D. 
Danner,    Arthur 
Davis,  Leo 
Davis,   Tom   E. 
Dennison,   Charles 
Dunklin,    Clarence    M. 
Dunklin.   George  R. 
Eaton,   Homer 
Enslen,    Roscoe 
Epley,   Roy  H. 
Fessenden,  Harry  A. 
Foerstner,   George   C. 
Fox,  Layton  V. 
Franklin,    Marley 
Gains,  Henry  L. 
Givan,    Raymond 
Gordon,   Ray 
Gregory.    Fred    H. 
Hager,  John  W. 
Hagerman,  William  F. 


Haggerty,  James  W. 
Hampton,   Everett  I. 
Harbert,    Hugh   P. 
Harden,    John 
Hooper,    Othal    L. 
Hoskins,    Willie    A. 
Hudson,   George 
Hyler,    Normal 
Jeffres,    Lloyd 
Jennings,    Ernest    P. 
Jones,   Howard 
Jones,    Troy 
Kiess,   George   R. 
King,    Homer   G. 
King,    William  A. 
Lane,   George 
Lawson,    Jesse 
Lee,   Greenleaf  W. 
Lewis,  Milton  H. 
Long,   William   H. 
Lowe,   Ray 
McAdams,   William 
McArthur,   James    L. 
McDonald,     Frank 
Marshall,   George   E. 
Martin,    Edward 
Martin,    Onie 
Mason,   Albert   J. 
Mason,    Emmett 
Miller,  Paul  R. 
Miner,  Henry  E. 
Miner,    Ollie 
Mines,  Louis  W. 
Moody,    Charles    A. 
Murray,    Jesse    E. 
Mnrrav,   John  T. 
Nelson,   Nels  T. 
Noble,    Burl    M. 
O'Hern.    Georpe    E. 
Paul,  Rtissell  B. 
Pettitt,    Harvev    R. 
Phillips,    Clifford 
Pierce,    Charles    H. 


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Piper,   Clifford 
Porter,   William   D. 
Prather,    Finis    B. 
Reed,    Cecil   J. 
Reid,   Coney 
Reid,  James  H. 
Rhodes,    Hezekiah 
Riley,    George    I. 
Roach,    Delbert   B. 
Robb,   Ashel 
Robb,    Cecil 


Robertson,    Irwin    B. 
Saben,  John,  Jr. 
Salyer,   Grover   C. 
Settles,   Oscar   I,. 
Shobe,    Aubrey 
Siedler,   Warren   A. 
Simms,   Joseph    D. 
Stewart,   Joe 
Simmer,    Claud 
Tate,   Alfred 


Taylor,   Raymond 
Troutt,    Edward    C. 
Via,    Melvin    B. 
Webb,    Roscoe 
Webster,   Wesley 
Welker,    Glenn   D. 
Welker,   Harry   D. 
West,    Harvey 
Whitlock,    William    T. 
Willett,    Robert    N. 
Wood,  Max  C. 


Captain, 

Ashbury    Roberts 
1st   lyieutenant, 

William    E.    Galligan 
2d    Lieutenant, 

George   H.    Klinkerfuss 
1st   Sergeant, 

Norris,    Henry   T. 
Sergeants: 

Warne,    Charles   T. 

Sweeney,    Arthur    C. 

McGilton,   George  J. 

Cole,  Virgil  B. 

Ingels,  Giltner  R. 

Hulen,    Harold    A. 

Maring,    Wilbur    F. 

Calvert,  John  F. 

Fisher,   Frederick  K. 
Corporals: 

Shaw,   William   H. 

Harris,    Earl 

Payne,  William  W., 
Jr. 

Strickler,  Dudley  D. 

Tipple,   Franklin  A. 

Daggs,    Jackson    A. 

Fay,   James    Conley 

Hickman,   John 

Scofield,    Benjamin   F. 

Roberts,   Frank   F. 

Rosegren,   Alfred   T. 

Harshbarger,  Ned  P. 

Ketchum,   Frank   W. 

Mullins,    George 

Moore,    George   L. 

Butler,  Roy  E. 
Cooks: 

Oliver,    Clyde    W. 

Richardson,  Fernie  F. 

Griggs,  James  H. 
Buglers: 

Osterloh,   Charles   F. 

Oliver,   Charles   I/. 
Mechanics: 

Robnett,    James    O. 

Lynch,  Claud  L. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Adamson,    Murl    P. 

Bell,   Beverly    R. 


COMPANY  F 

Columbia 

Berkbile,  Judson    E. 
Berrey,  James  W.,  Jr. 
Brown,   John   L- 
Coleman,  Charles  D. 
Connelly,   George   T. 
Cooper,   Frank   J. 
Douglas,   Lewis 
Ferguson,    Harold    E. 
Hall,   Leon  C. 
Harris,  Joe  W. 
Hetzler,   Leo   F. 
House,    Carl 
Hume,  Ernest  P. 
Jones,   Russell  F. 
Lewis,   Clarence 
Mayes,    Harrison 
Neil,   Leonard   L. 
Petty,  Frank  S. 
Reeder,    Stuart 
Ruether,   Gustave   A. 
Smith,    Marion    W. 
Tyliski,    Joseph    R. 
Vaughan,    Otis    P. 
Warden,   Hubert    P., 

Jr. 
Watson,    Ernest    F. 
Wood,    Cleland 
Privates: 

Altmiller,    Roy    C. 
Armstrong,    Bennie 
Ashurst,    Raymond    M. 
Barger,   Jesse   W. 
Barnes,   Henry   H. 
Beckley,    Sherman    D. 
Benit,    Charles    R. 
Berry,  James  H.,  Jr. 
Brown,  John   L. 
P.uckbee,   John    S. 
Bundy,    Bert    F\ 
Burgess,    Garrett    D. 
Campbell,   John    W. 
Carrington,    Oscar    V. 
Caruthers,    John 
Coleman,    Carl 
Craft,  John  M. 
Crist,    Angelo 
Daly,   Everett   E. 
De  Jarnette,    Felix   N. 
Elder,  Jesse  B. 


England,  Kenton 
Fisher,   Roy  E. 
Garrett,    Ralph    L- 
Grafford,   James   A. 
Griggs,    James    N. 
Griggs,    Louis    C. 
Hall,   Howard    S. 
Hartley,    Luther    A. 
Hulen,  Amos  B. 
Kassaros,  Jim 
Kite,  John 
Knox,    Fred 
Lamboy,   Tommie   J. 
Largent,    Thomas    B. 
Lawrence,  James  W. 
McAlpin,    Wilford 
McCasky,  Russell  D. 
McDaniel,   Baylis   G. 
McGhee,   Edward   L. 
Melloway,    Frank 
Montague,  Harry  A. 
Morris,  Earl  B. 
Nichols,    Noah    L. 
Norman,    Clyde    C. 
Ogier,    Leon 
Palmer,    Bryan    L. 
Patrick,    James    W. 
Reed,    Arlie    R. 
Reilly,   Mark  B. 
Riggs,    Young    E. 
Ross,  Mervin  G. 
Sapp,    Wilbur 
Scbnabel,    Charles   F. 
Schnabel,    Loran   J. 
Scott,    Fred    J. 
Shearer,    Edward    F. 
Smith,    Jesse    R. 
Snow,  Julian   B. 
Tennyson,    Ewell    C. 
Tilley,   Hoyt   G. 
Vaughn,    Lloyd   E. 
Waters,    John  J. 
White,   Dudley  H. 
Williams,    Benjamin    F. 
Williams.    Herbert    C. 
Woods,   John   F. 
Young,    Herbert    O. 
Zumalt,   Martin    W. 
Zumalt,  Roy  P. 


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Captain, 

Randall    Wilson 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Arthur   A.   Axline 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Carlisle,  R.   Wilson 
1st    Sergeant, 

Buis,  Ray  L. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Cowan,   Robert  H. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Tobias,  Omer   M. 
Sergeants: 

Hardy,   Lloyd  E. 

Dillon,    Oscar   N. 

Ballard,    Russell   J. 

Bryant,   George  W. 

Walker,    Jackson    E. 
Corporals: 

Higgins,    Fred 

Burgin,   Bayard   Tilden 

Hollar,    Everett    R. 

Oliver,    Laben   C. 

Henry,   Harley 

Scott,    Robert    D. 

Tobias,  John  B. 
Cooks: 

Moore,   Ora  G. 

Mitchell,   James   H. 
Buglers: 

Yeater,   Glen 

Johnson,   Ercelle  W. 
Mechanic, 

King,   Ben 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Duncan,   Frank 

Fruit,   Orval 

Maize,  John,  Jr. 
Privates: 

Alexander,   Frank  J. 

Anderson,    Glen 

Baker,    David    L. 

Baker,    Lou    E. 

Baker,   Orval 

Banks,  Harvey  J. 

Barnes,    Scott 

Bivens,    George    W. 

Bragg,    Pearl 

Braley,   Elige 

Carmer,  Roy 

Carter,    Charley   M. 

Chittim,    James    M. 


COMPAJSTY  G 

Bethany 

Collins,    Harley    L. 
Cordle,    William    M. 
Creek,   Thomas 
Dale,    Joseph    D. 
Darby,   Alva 
Davis,  George  M. 
Dinsmore,    Herman    L. 
Dolon,  Lee 
Dolon,   Olney  B. 
Estep,   James   K. 
Flint,     Paul    O. 
Fowler,    Clyde    L. 
Franklin,   John   H. 
Gale,    Russell    K. 
Garrett,   Ray  B. 
Gibler,   Forest   S. 
Glidewell,  Lee  S. 
Goodrich,  Francis  S. 
Gray,  Jay   A. 
Gregory,   Paul  A. 
Grindstaff,"  Arthur    F. 
Hall,    John    G. 
Harris,   Cecil 
Harris,  James 
Harris,  Otto  P. 
Harrelson,    George    R. 
Hauber,   Joseph   M. 
Henry,   James  L. 
Hiatt,  John   D. 
High,    William   A. 
Hobbs,  Roy  V. 
Hogan,    Jerdie 
Holliday,    Elgin    K. 
Holliday,     George    I. 
Hollon,    Raymond    E. 
Hoselton,    Emerson 
Ishmael,    Clarence 
Johnson,    Clarence  M. 
"Johnson,   Nicholas   W. 
kinder,    William    F. 
Larson,    Edwin    E. 
Leslie,    Joseph    P. 
Long,  Leo.  G. 
McDaniel,    Cecil    G. 
McNutt,  George  W. 
McNutt,   Leo  E. 
Manor,    John    D. 
Marsh,    Willie    D. 
Meek,    Byron 
Mersman,    John 
Meyers.   Richard  L. 
Micheal,    Elmer    A. 
Montgomery,    Earl 
Morgan,   Joseph   D. 


Morris,   Edward 
Mullinex,  Gurney  F. 
Nelson,   James    V. 
Odam,    Wilbur    C. 
Opdyke,  Ted 
Painter,   Melvin  H. 
Parks,    Lemiel    A. 
Payne,   Cail 
Poe,   Clarence   C 
Powell,  John  W. 
Rardin,  Paul 
Richardson,  Melvin  N. 
Rogers,    William    M. 
Sallee,    Ernest 
Sears,    Claude   E. 
Shelton,    Sam 
Shipps,   Thomas    C. 
Siddens,  John  L. 
Sims,    Eddie 
Six,    Willie 
Smith,    Wren 
Smothers,  Ward  M. 
Spake,  James 
Standlea,    William    M. 
Stanton,  John   T. 
Stephen,  John  S. 
Stephenson,    Roy    E. 
Stevenson,   Floyd   E. 
Stewart.   Richard  H. 
Strait,   Noel 
Stuart,    Pearson    D. 
Stufflebean,   Claude  M. 
Stufflebean,  Dewev  A. 
Sutton,   Herbert   D. 
Tipton,    Albert 
Tipton,    James    E. 
Tobias,    Vernon    H. 
Vanhoozer,  Carl  V. 
Veach,  Jess 
Veach,  Robert 
Wade,   Dewey 
Wattenbarger,  James 

C. 
Wattenbarger,  Verna 

E. 
Weese,   Walter  F. 
West,  Floyd 
Wightman,   Edwin    S. 
Wilkinson,    Levi    C. 
Willis,   Hugh 
Wilson.    Charley    C. 
Wood.  Lemuel 
Yardley,    Marshall    G. 
Yoakum,  Louis   G. 


Captain, 
Joseph  W.  McQueen 


COMPANY  H 
Cakkollton 

1st  Lieutenant, 
Dyer  Brown 


2d   Lieutenant, 
Ralph  H.  Cox 


ROSTER   OF    MISSOURI    NATIONAL   GUARD 


291 


1st    Sergeant, 

Standley,   Fred   J. 
Mes5  Sergeant, 

Arnold,    George    W. 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Franke,  August  J. 
Sergeants: 

Parkins,  Ray  F. 

Kassens,  Frank  H. 

Hanna,   Max, 

Conley,    Everett   I<. 

Wagner,  Rudolph  C. 

Cochran,    Robert   A. 
Corporals: 

Wright,   Cyrus   H. 

Parkins,    William    S. 

Parkins,   Charlie  B. 

Lasser,  Edward  F. 

Frazier,   Joseph   L. 

McCormick,  Wharton 
J.   . 

O'Neill,    Clarence    F. 

Vance,  Earl 

Boschert,   Leo 

Bucholz,    Charlie 

Rosell,   Darrell    R. 

Vinyard,    Roscoe  R. 

Sparks,   Bert   F. 

Hudson,  David  K. 
Cooks: 

Adkins,    Oliver   P. 

Conley,   John    W.,   Jr. 

Weaver,    Robert    S. 
Buglers: 

Proffitt,   Charles   R. 

Helm.    Curtiss    S. 
Mechanics: 

Young,   Roscoe   D. 

Starr,   John    R. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Adkins,    Ira 

Dooley,    Carl 

Fulcher,    Charles    L. 

Koontz,    Sam   F. 

Magee,    Ernest 

Singleton,  Walter   R. 

Snodgrass,    John    W. 

Templeton,  William   A. 
Privates: 

Adcock,    TTerman    A. 

Adkins,    Charley 

Adkins,   Robert  O. 


Albrecht,    Edmond    C. 

F. 
Auwarter,    Floyd   D. 
Baker,   Roy   Q. 
Bales,  Charles  G. 
Barrier,    Hugh   A. 
Bates,  Murl   L. 
Best.   Earl    P. 
Brotherton,    Lewis    F. 
Brouddus,     Rexy 
Burroughs,    Charles 
Calvert,  John  W. 
Carter,    George   B. 
Caton,    William    J. 
Charles,    Luther   A. 
Cobbs,   Elmer  W. 
Cole,    Frank   A. 
Coles,   Harry   E. 
Collier,    Tames    E. 
Collier,    William    S. 
Collins,     Sammy 
Conner,    Walter 
Correll,   Elvin    O. 
Coslet,   Jesse    E. 
Cowan,    Clarence    E. 
Cravens,   Guy   D. 
Cupp,    Albert   H. 
Curtis,   James    O. 
Dixon,    Rodger    F. 
Dockery,    Elmer    E. 
Dooley,    Willie    D. 
Dronenburg,    Russell 

N. 
Durnell,    Oscar    K. 
Earp,   John    B. 
England,    Robert    J. 
Faulkner,    Harry    B. 
Fears,    Hulbert    O. 
Flanegin,    Paul    R. 
Frazier,    John    J. 
Frizzell,  John  L. 
Kugit,    Rector    E. 
Gibson,    Elden    I- 
Glover,    Daniel   T. 
Gunby.    Williarn  _E. 
Halterman,     William 

S. 
Halterman,     Willie    J 
Harrison,   John   C. 
Hayes,    Perry    F. 
Heston,   Alfred   A. 
Holloway,   Avillia 


Horn,    Walter   V. 
Hulbert,   Leonard    F. 
James,  David  R. 
Jones,   Ralph    E. 
Kemmerer,    Birtrus 
Kost,    Otis    A. 
Kugler,    John,    Jr. 
Lamb,    Frank 
Lovell,   John    C. 
Lueders,   Odes  C. 
McGuire,   Dewey 
Martin,  Paul 
Montgomery,    Floyd  A. 
Newton,    Herbert    J. 
Nowland,   Owen  W. 
Owens,   Ben  T. 
Perreten,   Henry   J. 
Pesel,    Everett    R. 
Pound,  John    A. 
Price,    Earl    E. 
Reinhardt,    Charles    R. 
Rice,    Charles    F. 
Rinkenbaugh,   John    E. 
St.   John,    Arthur    P. 
Shannon,    Garland    E. 
Shields,    Thomas    B. 
Skidmore,    Everett    E. 
Smith,    Buel   W. 
Smith,    William 
Smithpeter,    William 

L. 
Spotts,   Edgar 
Stevenson,   Henrv   J. 
Stith.    Forrest    G.  " 
Swager,    Den 
Swager,    Edward 
Thomas,   Frank   P. 
Tumlinson.    Tames    P. 
Vance,    William 
Vanderpool,    Leo 
Wade,   Tes=e  A. 
Walker.    Alevander   W. 
Ward,    Fletcher    T. 
Weaver.    Earl    C. 
Welch,   Horace  M. 
White,   Harrv 
White.    Leslie    S. 
Wilhelm.   Rov 
Williams,    Luther   A. 
Wilson,    Clarence 
Wilson,    Russell 
Wrifjht.    Weslcv    G. 
York,   Glenn    O. 


Captain, 

Alexander  M.  Ellett 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Robert  W.  Roberts 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Ross   Diehl 


COMPANY  I 

ClIILLICOTHE 

1st   Sergeant, 

Rowland,  James  II. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Blick,   Verne 
Sergeants: 

Batta,   Frank 


Avery,  Thomas  E. 
Foley,    Claude 
Danielson,    Herbert    E. 
Blackburn,    Clarence 

A. 
Howell,    Paul    D. 


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McHolland,  Joseph  D. 

Bayers,   Arthur  J. 
Corporals: 

Barber,    Jerome    13. 

Dennis,  Omar 

Van  Hoozer,   LeRoy 

Dennis,    Leon 

Irvin,    William   M. 

Harris,   Fred  K. 

Montgomery,    Wilmont 
L. 

Mullinix,   Leonard 

Dietrich,    Frank   M. 

Dietrich,   Joseph   H. 

McClellen,    Irl 

Hood,  Vernon 

Deigelman,    John 

Nichols,  John   E. 

Clark,  Ora 

Sloan,   William   T. 

Cranmer,    William    S. 
Cooks: 

Forbis,  Walter  M. 

Purintun,    Lon    G. 

Ireland,    Fred 
Buglers: 

Chapman,   Van 

Dienst,  Ben 
Mechanics: 

Brant,   George  T. 

Love,    Wesley   O. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Boley,    Lee 

Decker,   John 

Fowler,  James  C. 

Grice,    Wallace 

Grouse,   Charles   F. 

Grouse,    John   H. 

Hall.   Richard   M. 

Hopkins,   Arthur   B. 

Howell,   Lloyd   S. 

King,   Pearcie 

Lowe,    Charles   W. 

Merrill,   Owen 

Miller,  William  B. 

Ostrander,   Clarence 


Pearl,    Vivian 
Russell,    Delbert   C. 
Sanders,    Fred    C. 
Shultz,    Flmer    D. 
Shultz,    Harry   W. 
Stewart,    Edward    S. 
White.    Lysle    C. 
Privates: 

Allen,  James  B. 
Anderson,   Edward   V. 
Anderson,   John    L. 
Aye,   Russell   C. 
Baker,   Wesley  A. 
Barnhart,    William    C. 
Bratcher,   Homer 
Bratcher,   Meredith   F. 
Brown,    William    E. 
Burgard,    Lester    C. 
Burk,   Ward  M. 
Burkett,  Roy  L. 
Carney,   James 
Carpenter,   George  W. 
Carothers,    Paul 
Cashman,  Terrence  W. 
Chrisman,     Ernest 
Clark,    Palmer, 
Clowdis,  Glen  H. 
Cooper,   Noah 
Cox,  Floyd  C. 
Cravens,    Tinsley 
Dowell,   George   W. 
Dumm,   Purl 
France,    Clyde    D. 
Gash,    George   D. 
Gibeaut,   Eugene   E. 
Goodwin,   Charlie  R. 
Goodwin,  Ray 
Gross,   Walter   M. 
Gullick,    Russell   H. 
Hargrove,   Glen    N. 
Harvey,  Wayne  W. 
Hicks,   Carl 
Hicks,    Duary   J. 
Hicks,    Henry    W. 
Kennedy,    James    A. 


Kern,   John   C. 
Lafferty,  Fred  H. 
Leigh,  Arthur   F. 
Lightner,  James 
Linn.  Ralph  W. 
McDaniel,    Earl 
McDaniel,  Wilbur 
McKiddy,    Ruby   C. 
Maddux,  George 
Merrill,   Henry   C. 
Meyer,   Roy  F. 
Moore,  Samuel  H. 
Munyon,  Willard  M. 
Murphy,  Bruce 
Neal,   Arthur 
Peas,    William 
Peterie,  Vaughan  R. 
Portman,  Maurice  J. 
Rankin,    Roscoe    B. 
Rauber,  Floyd 
Rauber,   Ed 
Rauber,  Ernest 
Rauber,  Henry 
Sage,  Orpha  E. 
Seaman,    Elmer  J. 
Sherrow,   Carl   F. 
Silvey,    Stokley    O. 
Sparks,  James  H. 
Spidle,  Forest  L- 
Stone,    William    M. 
Sturgis,  George 
Taylor,  Lee  R. 
Thomas,    Earl    D. 
Thompson,    Johnnie   F. 
Trosper,  Roy  C. 
Troutman,  William  J. 

B. 
Turner,  Edward 
Turner,  George  D. 
Walters,    Claud    W. 
Waters,   Clifford   L. 
Wilkison,  Ray 
Winegar,  Trace 
Worthington,  James 

H. 
Wright,   Earl 


Captain, 

John    E.    Wells 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Coburn   Hull 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Oliver    F.    Crockett 
1st  Sergeant, 

Champion,   Cloyd   B. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Stultz,    Percy 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Mitchell,  Thomas  W. 
Sergeants: 

Frazer,  Eldon  M. 


COMPANY  K 
Weston 

West,   Frank 
Arnold,    Irvin 
Arnold,   Milford 
Morrison,  George   E. 
Hill,    Al.    P. 
Miller,   Welty  A. 
Corporals: 

Donovan,   Thomas    W. 
Absher,    Roy 
Crockett,    Charles    A. 
Hull,    Wilson   E. 
Helman,    Charles   H. 
Barnett,   Carl   D. 


Wilson,    Coburn 
Tinder,   Robert   L. 
Arnold,  Hobart 
Arnold,    Armstrong 
Berry,  Luther 
Clemens,    Roy    H. 
Duncan,  John  S. 
Hill,  James  W. 
Purcell,  Miles 
Raines,    Clarence  M. 
Swearinger,   Charlie  E. 
Cooks : 

Melton,  Louis  W. 
Morelan,   Bone  A. 


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Clemens,   Hardy  L,. 
Mechanics: 

Denzer,   Albert   E. 

McMillian,   James   W. 
Buglers: 

Quinley,    Pete   J. 

l/inville,    Vernard    B. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Boyd,  Hugh  J. 

Branum,  Roy  F. 

Carter,  James   L,. 

Couchman,  Charlie 

Duncan,   Ben  F. 

Duncan,   Charles  M. 

Duncan,    George    E. 

Duncan,    Robert    ly. 

Ferrell,    Leslie   J. 

Fulk,    William    A. 

Geer,  John  W. 

Hall,   Decatur  B. 

Hill,   Neely 

Hull,  Wood  B. 

Marshall,   Crester  B. 

Miller,    William    F. 

Moberly,   Harry   F. 

Ninemire,    George   W. 

Royse,    Elbert 

Simmons,  Lester  L. 

Sorrell,    Leslie 

Spinner,   Richard   C. 

Thomason,    Lilbern     P. 

Whallon,  Victor   B. 

Williams,    Claude    F. 

Wilson.   William   B. 

Wright,   Robert   M. 
Privates : 

Agee,   Millard  T. 

Armstrong.   Earl   D. 

Arnold,  Gay 


Ashburn,   Robert   A. 
Ball,   Clarence 
Barchus,  William 
Becker,    Ralph    E. 
Black,    Roy    C. 
Bowdre,   Harry   F. 
Bullard,    Frank   W. 
Cavanaugh,    Ernest 
Clark,  Samuel   S. 
Coen,  James   E. 
Connor,    Lee   M. 
Conrad,    William 
Coots,    James    M. 
Crawford,    Oliver  L. 
Daily,  Allen  H, 
Daily,    Lee 
Davis,    Hermal    R. 
Davis.    Robert    C. 
Deets,    Stanton,    E. 
Ecton,    Wiley    J. 
Flinn,    Evert   L. 
Francis,  Eugene 
Friel,   Roy 
Garten,  Robert 
Good,   Wesley   F. 
Grisham,  j£sse   D. 
Hamilton,  Lewis  B. 
Hanson,   Elmer   S. 
Heavelow,    Clarence 

E. 
Hill,    William   J. 
Howard,   Earl   E. 
Hurt,  Grant  B.,  Jr. 
Hutchison,    Otis 
Kaith,    Claude 
Kelsey,  Jesse  L. 
Kensler,  Harold  R. 
Kith,    William 
Kurth,  Charles  F. 
Lantz,  Oren  L. 


Large,    William    C. 
Linch.   George   I. 
Linville,   David  E. 
Long,   Morris   C. 
Loubey,  Louis  A.  ' 

Lower,  Fred  W. 
Lukehart,   Gather 
McClure,  Hurshel  A. 
Marolf,  William  E. 
Masters,    Orville    L. 
Merritt,    Walter   L. 
Minnick,,  Donald  C. 
Minnick,    Roy_  B. 
Myer,    Frederick    D. 
Palmer,  Alva   W. 
Palmer,  Clyde  R. 
Park,   Lloyd   D. 
Pennington,  Lloyd 
Phipps,  Albert   M. 
Rainey,  Leslie 
Reed.    Elmer 
Robinson.    Elmer 
Russell,    George    L. 
Schellhorn,    Hubert   P. 
Shaw,   Welborn   T. 
Smallwood,   Harry   A. 
Smith,   Albert 
Smith,   Willie 
Spargur,  Frank  C. 
Stephens,    Norman    A. 
Still,  Clyde  W. 
Sweger.   Park  G. 
Tapscott,   Silas  W. 
Tritt,   James    E. 
Truitt,    Cecil    T. 
Wagle,  John  H. 
Wallis,   Delmer  L. 
White,  Wilfred  H. 
Wiggins,   Richard  T. 
Wilson,    Otis    E. 


Captain, 

Ray   W.    Carter 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Charles   E.    Munn 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Moss  H.   Forney 
First   Sergeant, 

Minton,   George   A. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Cardinell,    John    H. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Gibson,   Hugh  J. 
Sergeants: 

Preston,   George 

Mylon,    William 

McJunkin,   John   R. 

Jackson,    Robert   A. 

Shutts,   Paul   P. 


COMPANY  L 

Mount  City 

Corporals: 

Gehringer,    Verne    O. 

Montgomery,     William 
S. 

Bickel,  Fred  E. 

Schoonover,   Orville 

Cook,   William    H. 

Elton,    Fred 

Miller,   Joseph   M. 

Duncan,   Thomas   H. 

Ballinger,  James  R. 

Jackson,   Orville   D. 

Myers,  William  M. 

Tibbetts.   Roy 

Bentz."  Albert   R. 

Dovel,   Tassel 

Rock,  Weldon 

Tyson,  James 
Cooks: 

Cardinell,    Roy    G. 


Buglers: 

Hadden,    Harry 

Roberts,   Jack 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Adams,   George 

Blanchard,    Floyd    C. 

Bohart,  Ora 

Bradley,   David   E. 

Chesney,  Grover  D. 

Cole,  Charles  H. 

Cook,    Avard 

Cook,   Charley 

Curtin,    Henry    P. 

Curtin,   Joseph 

Dearmont,   Irl 

Dillon,   Paul  S. 

Fitzmaurice,   Francis 

Fleming,   Claud 

Hatch,  Alfred 

Hughes,  Erwin  E. 


294 


FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Meinsen,  Ervin 
Neely,  Walter  L. 
Ogden,    Lafe 
Reynolds,  Floyd 
Simmons,    Delbert    E. 
Smith,  Walter  E- 
Stock,   Emil 
Uphouse,  Loyd  T. 
Wampler,    Charles 
Webster,  George  C. 
Weddle,    Carl    L. 
Privates: 

Allison,   Albert   R. 
Anno,   Trevor  G. 
Asher,  Lee 
Ashcr,   Thomas 
Bayha,    Richard 
Bennett,    James    F. 
Bertram,   William   E. 
Biggs,    Donald    M. 
Boyd,    Henry    E. 
Bragg,  Jake 
Brickey,  Henry  G. 
Bridgmon,    Orville    L. 
Browning,    Frost    A. 
Brummett,    Glen 
Buckles,   Carl   R. 
Burns,    Velma    L- 
Carter,    Russell    E. 
Chuning,    Edwin    F. 
Couts,  Clyde  S. 
Coyle,    Willam    T. 
Dege,    Adolph 


Digginger,   Joseph 
Donan,  Francis  B. 
Eckard,    Harvey 
Elkins,   Orville   A. 
Everett,    Roy    T. 
Everhart,    William    R. 
Fitzmaurice,    Michael 

P. 
Geib,  Frederick  W. 
Geib,    Henry   W. 
Gilfillan,    Eugene 
Gillenwater,    Lester 
Gomel,    Louis 
Guthrie,    Robert   N. 
Hardin,    Roy 
Hopkins,    Emmett 
Hopkins,    Zachariah 
Hill,    Roy    D. 
Kinser,   Samuel 
Kreek,  John 
Lawrence,   Earl 
Litts,     Charles    G. 
Litts,    DeWayne 
Louden,  Lester 
Lowe,  Frank  R. 
McKee,  Nelson 
Maudlin,  James  W. 
Miller,  Paul  K. 
Moore,    Delmer   O. 
Nauman,  Bryan  W. 
Nauman,    Clarence    J. 
Nauman,    Robert   M. 
Neely,  Glen 


Noll,  Jacob  S. 
Nye,   Elmer 
Overlay,   Anderson    C. 
Phillips,    Thomas 
Reynolds,   Henry 
Robertson,    Walter    S. 
Robinson,    Albert    R. 
Root,   George    E. 
Schoonover,   Tot 
Scott,   Francis   E. 
Sharp,    Clarence   G. 
Sinclair,   Glenn 
Snodgrass,   George 
Snodgrass,   Joseph    M. 
Stokes,   Don  D. 
Story,    Ernest 
Story,   Thomas   M. 
Strickler,    Paul 
Stuart,   Vernon 
Taylor,    Henry    C. 
Thornhill,   Archie 
Van    Slyke,    William 
Varvel,    Luther 
Walker,    Oliver 
Ward,   Harold   C. 
Watters,    Clarence    C. 
Weightman,  Ray 
Williams,   James 
Wilson,    Julian 
Wilson,    Russell 
Woodard,  Jesse  R. 
Woods,   Earl 
Yount,     Clyde     C. 
Zook,  John   F. 


COMPANY  M 
St.  Joseph 


Captain, 

Charles  E.  Holt 
1st    Lieutenant, 

George   T.    Worthen 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Walter    C.    Dickey 
1st    Sergeant, 

Dalton,   Morris    S. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Otton,   George  W. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

McCallan,     Clarence 
Sergeants: 

Kirkpatrick,  John  J. 

Lauder,   James    R. 

McKinnis,    Warren 

Schuder,   Rollie   M. 

Raney,  George  W. 

Manning,    Edmond    P. 

Hogan,  Gerald  W. 
Corporals: 

Kilfoyle.   Frank  J. 

Grace,  John   S. 

Watson.    William 

Stuart,  Foster  F. 


Kenney,   LeRoy   L. 

Gunn,    Clarence   T. 

Prichard,   John    S. 

Reilly,    Lester    F. 

Swenson,    Paul   T. 

Tomlinson,   Jack 

Limle,   Harry 

Hesehong,  Ernest 

Zane,    Waldo    C. 

Clemens,    Orval    E. 

Pauley,    George   H. 

Caughlin,   Joseph   F. 
Cooks: 

Conley,   Harry 

Sherry,   Benjamin  J. 

Smith,   Roy 
Buglers: 

Robison,    Edward 
Mechanics: 

Plummer,    Charles    L. 

Landers,    William    E. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Berlin,    Benny  F. 

Byers,    Nelson    T. 

Carbry,   Vincent   N. 


Dalton,    Charley 
Davis,    Edwin    L. 
Edmondson,   Will 
Erickson,    John    J. 
Gaunce,    Charles  J. 
^McAllister,    James    D. 
Milbourn,  Orville 
Miller,    Harold  A. 
Noll,    Charles 
Pinger,   Hobart 
Ray,   Harold  A. 
Roth,   Charles  T. 
Schuder,    Ronnie   E. 
Sherry,    Roy 
Spencer,    George  W. 
Suess,    Albert    E. 
Swiercinske,   Leo  A. 
Thomas,    Claude 
Torbert,    Mark 
Valentine,   Howard   R. 
Whalen,  John  R. 
Wiehl,     George     C. 
York,    Oscar 
Privates: 

Amos,  Claude  L. 


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Amos,  Jake 
Babcock,    Eltee 
Bales,   William   R. 
Benedict,  Myron  D. 
Benick,   Albert 
Berger,   Herman 
Bowen,   Isaiah   F. 
Bowling,   Ward 
Brelsford,   Harry   L. 
Brooks,  Albert  l,. 
Brott,  James   W. 
Brown,    Clarence   O. 
Brown,    Claude   P. 
Brown,    William    M. 
Burroughs,   Newton 
Chamberlin,    Carl    W. 
Clift,   Cecil   W. 
Cook,    William    S. 
DeFord,    Ray 
Fairbanks,    William    J. 
Farris,  Fred 
Florea,    Glenn    E. 
Fuson,  Richard  D. 
Grimm,   Harry   E. 
Grooms,   James  E. 
Guinn,   Estel   E. 


Hackney,    James    A. 
Hansen,   Fred 
Hayes,  Joseph  R. 
Haynes,  Bert  L. 
Hays,  Chester  A. 
Henry,    Ernest   R. 
Hoover,    Charlie   E. 
Janak,  John   C. 
Jelley,  Floyd  E. 
Johns,   Claud   I. 
Lane,  Roy   W. 
Leonard,   Dewey  B. 
Lowe,  Jesse  L. 
McClelland,    Lester  t. 
McDowell,    Alva   L. 
McKinney,   George  A. 
Martinson,    Oscar    M. 
Meek,   Lynn   G. 
Miller,    Joseph    E. 
Miller,    William   H. 
Moore,    Roger  L. 
Morgan,  Harold   L. 
Motley,    Frank   L- 
Mullendore,   Lloyd   C. 
Musser,    Stevie   C. 
Nelson,    Nels 
Pickrel,   Archie   B. 


Richter,    Louis    T. 
Rickel,    Harry    A. 
Ricketts,    Charlie   O. 
Riley,    Charles    E. 
Rosenauer,    Christ 
Salisbury,    Bryan 
Schmitz,  John  J. 
Searcy,    Orvan    O. 
Seifert,    Fred    H. 
Shawver,  Howard  T. 
Shoup,    Norman 
Stein,    Earl 
Stock,    Joseph    C. 
Taylor,   Hugh    F. 
Taylor,    Lonie   M. 
Thomas,    Roy 
Trammell,   William   A. 
Truebe,  George  R. 
Truitt,   James    E. 
Wagenknecht,     Ray- 
mond 
Walker,   Lilburn  J. 
Wiatt.    Charley   W. 
Wiehl,    Noel    M. 
Wilcox,   Charles   D. 
Wineland,    Clare 
Wise,    Everett    W. 


SANITAEY  DETACHMENT 
Louisiana 


Major, 

Godfrey  O.   Cuppaidge 
Captain, 

George    W.    Belshe 
Captain, 

Charles   P.   Lewellen 
1st    Lieutenant, 

George    M.    Bateler 
1st    Lieutenant, 

James   A.   Taylor 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Walter   L.    Cronkite 
1st  Sergeant, 

Naxera,    Matthew    W., 
Jr. 
Sergeants: 

O'Brien,    Harry    R. 


Blackstun,  Lawrence  M. 

Berry,  Fred  R. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Dotson,    William    R. 

Dudley,    Russell   M. 

Edwards,    Fornie 

Eickerman,    Fred    A. 

Graham,    Sidney   L. 

Jackson,    Forrest 

Mazanec,    William 

Mitts,_   Charles    S. 

Newkirk,    Urie 

Rose,  Charles 

Shuck,  John  W.  H. 

Tilton,   Jettie   F. 
Privates: 

Babcock,  William  M. 


Doty,  James  T. 
Flaherty,     Thomas     P. 
Galbreath,   Ray   D. 
Gore,  Paul  W. 
House,  Curtis  E. 
Howden,  George 
Mansfield,   Harry  N. 
Nagel,  Irwin  G. 
Pappenport,    James    C. 
Pratt,   Charles  T. 
Schoenhals,    Henry    O. 
Smith,   Maynard   R. 
Sultzman,    Francis    E. 
Thompson,    Robert    G. 
Trawer,    Marvin 
White,  Allen   C. 


SIXTH  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 

FIELD   AND    STAFF 
Jefferson  City 


Colonel, 

Albert   Linxwiler 
Commanding 

Lieutenant   Colonel, 
Bennett   C.    Clark 


Maj  or, 

Carl    L.    Ristine 
Major, 

Warren   L.   Mabrey 
Major, 

William  T.  Morgan 


1st  Lieut.  &  Bn.  Adjt., 
Albert   S.    Gardner 

1st  Lieut.  &  Bn.  Adjt., 
Rufus    C.    Kemper 

1st  Lieut.  &  Bn.  Adjt., 
Alexander   S.   Oliver 


296 


FEOM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXEEMONT 


HEADQUARTEES  COMPANY 

Cape  Girardeau 


Captain, 

Ray   E.    Seitz 
Rgt.    Sgt.    Maj., 

Jennings,    E)dward    A. 
Bn.   Sgt.   Maj., 

Harrison,   Robert  D. 
Bn.   Sgt.   Maj., 

Rogers,    James    P. 
Bn.    Sgt.   Maj., 

McQueen,   Frank  T. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Harrison,    Arthur    W. 
Color    Sergeant, 

Howard,    (Henry   W.) 
(Harry   W.) 
Sergeant, 

Schultz,  Hina   C,   Jr. 
Cook, 

Stack,   Sylvester 
Privates : 

Bell,  Elmo  J. 

Davison,    Bert 

Eaken,   Orvil   P. 

Goodin,    William 


Harris,  James   R. 

Haydon,   Robert  D. 

Hicks,    William    A. 

Hutchinson,    Wylie 

King,    Clarence 

Melton,    Ira 

Miller  Jesse  Lee 

Myers,   Fred   C. 

Sellers,    Floyd 

Shirel,  Thomas   E. 

Welch,  Dean   W. 
Band    Leader, 

Schuchert,    Clarence 
E. 
Asst.  Band  Leader, 

Lesem,   Rurie  L- 
Sergeants: 

Danks,    Thomas   A.    A. 

Foster,    Ernest   F. 
Corporals: 

Hunter,    Walter    E. 

Kassel,    Elmore    W. 

King,  James  E. 

Patton,  Leslie  E. 


1st   Class   Musicians: 

Danks,    Harry    E. 

Thrower,    Arthur    C. 
2d    Class   Musicians: 

Crews,    Lester 

Foster,  Moses  F. 

Kempe,   Walter  T. 
3d    Class   Musicians: 

Bentley,  Albert  E. 

Bledsoe,    Carl    P. 

Clayton,    Ethelbert   A. 
Jr. 

Danks,   William   H. 

Heyle,  James   R. 

Kaiser,   Oscar  C. 

Kassel,   Chester  W. 

Laswell,    Gustavus 

McBride,    Earl    R. 

Pott,  Clarence  E. 

Tibbs,  Harry 

Wells,   Ernest   F. 

Wilson,  William 


Captain, 

Oliver  Guy  Jones 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sgt., 

Wilson,   Vern  R. 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sgt., 

Hamilton,    David 
Rgt.    Sup.    Sgt., 

Dickison,    William    A. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Mankin,   Dewey  J. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Coday,    Walter   C. 
Stable  Sergeant, 

Hoover,   Frank  D. 
Corporal, 

Felin,   Henry    E- 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

Seymore 

Horseshoer, 

(Carger)    Carter,   John 
A. 
Saddler, 

Fyan,   William  H. 
Cook, 

Mackey,   Caleb  M. 
Wagoners: 

Aelem,   Everett  H. 

Briggs,  Franklin  O. 

Carrick,    Raymond 

Carter,    Garrett    W. 

Claxton,  Howard  N. 

Cloud,    Austin    W. 

Craig,   William   G. 

Davis,    Levis    A. 

Denney,    William    W. 

Dugan,   Ivy  A. 


Fletcher,  George  E. 
George,    Pleamon  A. 
Hailey,   Joseph   T. 
Handy,    Roy 
Manning,    Charley    F. 
Mingus,    Ephraim   L. 
Morris,    Roscoe    E. 
Norcross,  Roy  G. 
Packard,    Ernest   A. 
Potts,   John  J. 
Richardson,    Oscar   E. 
Roe,    William   J. 
Spurlock,    John    E. 
Tarbutton,   Clyde 
Tripp,   Claude  E. 
\'iles,    Robert    C. 
Whittaker,    Robert    R. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 

Carterville 


Captain, 

Vance  R.  Thralls 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Arch  M.  Baird 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Orie  S.  Imes 
1st    Sergeant, 

Newell,    Harvey   E. 


Mess   Sergeant, 
Stewart,   Louis   G. 

Supply   Sergeant, 

Leathers,   Robert  W. 

Stable    Sergeant, 

Goldsberry,    William 
O. 


Sergeants: 

Bourne,    Edgar   J. 
Harlan,  James  E. 
Hutchinson,   Jess  A. 
McCoUum,   J.    Bert 
Nelson,  Frank  C. 
True,    Percy   W. 
Wood,  Charles  B. 


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Corporals: 

Blanton,   Henry   H. 

DeClure,   Archie    F. 

Hill,   Leonard  U. 

Hill,   Ray 

Pierce,    Forest 

Smith,    Kdward 

Stokes,    Ongle   L- 

Wirth,   Charles   C. 
ITorseshoer, 

Plumley,   Alexander 
Mechanics: 

Smith,   John    Phillip 

Young,    Ferol   J. 
Cooks: 

Darrah,   Loyd  E. 

Dixon,    Thomas 
Buglers: 

Horine,    Sidney   F. 

Sims,   Rudy  S. 
Privates: 

Andrews.    Hadley   J. 

Arthur,  Henry 

Barnett,  Lee  D. 


Binning,    Charles    L- 
Bishop,   Earl   N. 
Ely,   Joe    D. 
Brown,   Ralph  L. 
Caughenbaugh,   John 

C. 
Cobb,    Luther   W. 
Collier,    Henry 
Cook,  Al.  J. 
Crook,  Thomas   C 
Daugherty,  Jessie  C. 
DeWitt,   Lawrence 
Edgar,   Sam  H. 
Fultner,    Phillip 
Gabriel,   Clarence   O. 
Gordon,    George    H. 
Griner,  John   H. 
Harbin,  John   W. 
Hawks,   Leslie  W. 
Ilayward,    Orville   C. 
Killian,   Maynard 
Klein,   Harold   H. 
McCIoud,   Claude  D. 
McCoy,  Guy 


McCoy,   Jesse 
McGuinn,    William 

Francis 
Manley,   Edgar   Rill 
Mead,    Harvey 
Miller,    Herbert    F. 
Montgomery,     Clarence 

J. 
Moore,    Robert    A. 
Mote,   Guy  U. 
Murphy,    Charles    L. 
Nichols,    John    E. 
Payne,    Claud 
Peacock,    Vernon    A. 
Points,    Frank    E. 
Price,  John  D. 
Ropp,    Chester   Allen 
Stephens,  Roy  A. 
Whitley,   Jack 
Williams,   Alonzo    C. 
Williams,    Rolla    B. 
Wilson,    Columbus 
Yates,   Vernie   W. 
Zeller,  Charles  L. 


Captain, 

Ralph    W.    Campbell 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Harry  W.  Boardman 
2d   Lieutenant, 

William    Stonestreet 
1st    Sergeant, 

Nooe,    Willie   M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Baker,    Roy    D. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Howard,   Robert   J. 
Sergeants: 

Haekker,    Karl    P. 

Bishop,    Warner   J. 

Erickson,    John    H. 

Mussatto,  Joseph   A. 

Amos,  James  R. 

Bear,  James   E. 
Corporals: 

Frazier,    J.    Wilson 

Culley,   Charles   S. 

Hawkins,    William 

Cross,    Charles    C. 

Hammer,    Oscar    J. 

Hammer,   Karl   F. 

Howe,  Joseph   R. 

Cullon,    George    T. 

Galladay,   Roscoe  IT. 

Beisenherz,     Edward 

Fizer,   Bennie   C. 
Mechanic, 

Petty,   Geo.   W. 


COMPANY  A 

Lexington 

Cooks: 

Greer,    Al. 

Biggs,    Rufus 
Privates: 

Anderson,   John    P. 

Attebery,    Cecil   H. 

Aytes,    Elex    L. 

Bailey,   Ilobart   W. 

Penning,   Major 

Benoist,    Frank   L. 

Bezing,    Fritz 

Book,    Charles 

Bowman,    James 

Brumfield,    Roger 

Clark,  William  L. 

Collins,    Edward    IT. 

Cunningham,    John    C. 

Darrah,    Forest   Q. 

Daugherty,  Harvey  M. 

Douglas,   John    H. 

Eagan,   Emmett  A. 

Eaton,   Clyde 

Emery,   Ormy 

Fieldcamp,    Dick   C. 

Foster,    Arthur    B. 

Frazier,   Willie   L. 

Geraughty,    James 

Gillibert,_  Louis    C. 

Gosoraski,   Frank   M. 

Hall,    Lee 

Harney,    Joseph    F. 

Head,    William   R. 

Hill,    Warren 

Hollingsworth,    Jay    G. 

Johnson,   Ernest   O. 

Kincheloe,  James   P. 


Kroencke,   Emil   L. 
Legg,  Arthur  P. 
Looney,   Joseph 
McClure,    Clyde   E. 
McCormick,    Myron 
McFadden,    Clarence 
McGraw,   Aubrey 
McLain,   William   G. 
Masoni,  John 
Martin,   Theodore 
Myers,  Charles  H. 
Nelson,    Dewey 
Poe,  Raymond 
Potter,    Wilfred   J. 
Redd,  Willam  M. 
Riley,  John   W. 
Ross,    Orvill 
Rouse,   Arvil   F. 
Rouse,    George    S. 
See,    Clarence    D. 
Smith,    Ernest    C. 
Smith,   Louis   G. 
Smith,  Upton  B. 
Smith,    William    L. 
Stapleton,    George   W. 
Stapleton,   Walter 
Steffens,     Leonard     IT. 
Stevens.    Frank    T. 
Taney,  Daniel 
Taney,   Henry 
Thomas,   Charles   H. 
Thorson,  Herbert  W. 
Tucker,    Aubra   L. 
Vasqiies,   Max 
Verwork,    Julius 
Walton,    Thomas 


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Warder,  John  M. 
Warren,   Robert  V. 
Wiley,  Otis  L. 


Willard,  Andy  J. 
Willard,  Paul  J. 
Williams,   Carvin 


Williams,  Edward  V. 
Wolfenberger,  Baxter 
Young,   William  W. 


Captain, 

James   E.    Weis 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Oscar    L.    Harper 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Edward  S.   Garner,  Jr. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Weir,    Will    J. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

White,    Robert   E. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Leighty,   Harold  H. 
Sergeants: 

Abbott,   James    B. 

Charlesworth,    Earl    A. 

Masteller,   Emory  L. 

Robinson,   Edwin   B. 

Miles,    Ivel    E. 

Junken,    William    H. 

Wilson,    Dolph 

Messenger,  Webb 
Corporals: 

White,  Leo 

Farkas,   Adam 

Tracy,   Edward 

Prater,     Thomas, 

Sparks,  CliflFord  W. 

Harper,    Ralph 

Chestnut,   Kirby 

Lollis,    Oscar 

Wyant,   Warren   R. 

John,    Oscar 

Williams,  Harry 

McLean,   Earl 

Brunswig,  Phillip  H. 

Lacy,    George    T. 

Waugh,   Oren 

Paden,   William   C. 

Masteller,   Harvey   E. 

Porter,    Edward    C. 
Buglers: 

Malotte,  John 

Robinson,    Wayne    H. 
Cooks: 

Pratt,    Hiram 

Tracy,  William 

Culver,    Fordys 
Mechanics: 

Hovey,  James  A. 

Williams,   Harry 


COMPANY  B 
St.  Joseph 

Privates: 

Alberts,    Samuel 
Aldrich,    Charles   M. 
Ball,   Howard    S. 
Banister,   Earl  F. 
Blackwell,    Dick 
Blotz,    Thomas 
Bowen,   Alvin 
Bowen,    Charles   D. 
Brown,  Bert 
Brown,   Gene  M. 
Caton,  H.   P. 
Chilton,   Paul  J. 
Clark,  Ray 
Cook,    Walter 
Cozine,  Alvin 
Cozine,   Roy 
Cramer,   Clarence   E. 
Crandall,   Earl 
Crose,    Albert 
Dean,  John  B. 
Decker,   Daniel  K. 
Decker,  George  E. 
Dennis,   Bert 
Devine,  William  H. 
Dittemore,  Aubrey   C. 
Downs,  Roner 
Dugger,    Ross 
Durkin,   Joseph   W. 
Ecton,   Frank  C. 
Ellis,    Charles    E. 
Fixek,    John 
Fouts,    Fred 
Fry,  Francis  W. 
Fuhrer,  Roy 
Gallagher,  John  P. 
Gentzell,  Robert 
Gibson,   Jake 
Griffith,    Earl    N. 
Griffiths,  Lester 
Gore,  Ilda 
Groves,    Edward 
Hackney,    Perry    S. 
Haeberle,    Harry    G. 
Hale,    Frank   L. 
Haney,   William   H. 
Hardman,    Charles   H. 
Harrison,    Robert 
Hinkle,    Lyman    J. 
Hollowell,    Frank 
Huston,    Richard 
Hubbard.    Robert    E. 
Tones,    Charles    A. 
King,    William    T. 
Kirtley,   Arthur 


Lacy,  George  T. 
Lawhon,    Edward   F. 
Lear,  Albert  O. 
Leighty,  Edward  L. 
LeRoy,  Frank 
Lewis,    Fred 
Lewis,    Marvin 
McClintock,    Lloyd    H. 
McKee,   Phillip   C. 
McLean,    Earl 
Miles,    George    T. 
Miller,    Clinton 
Miller,  Joseph   W. 
Miller,    Robert 
Moore,    LeRoy 
Morlock,  Orenza 
Morris,   Garlin  J. 
Munden,    Lewis    E. 
Myers,    Fred    W. 
Neff,   Louis  J. 
Osborn,    Earl 
Parker,   William  A. 
Patrick,  Lloyd 
Patton,   Ora 
Phillbrick,     Lawrence 

W. 
Pontius,   Arthur   C. 
Reeves,    Walter   A. 
Roberts,    Coin 
Roberts,    Ernest  L. 
Ross,   James 
Scheinert,   Jesse   J. 
Shatto,    William 
Smart,  Howard  A. 
Smith,    Alba 
Smith,   Thane   B. 
Sparks,  Arley 
Stark,    Charles    O. 
Stephenson,   William 
Stockton,    Hugh    S. 
Stout,    Orval    V. 
Tanksley,    Thomas 
Thompson,    Henley    D. 
Thompson,   John 
Totten,    Ivan    R. 
Tracy,    Clyde 
Tracy,    Louis    C. 
View,    Clarence 
Walsh,    John    E. 
White,    Lemuel 
Whittington,   Jesse 
Wright,   Elmo  N. 
Wright,    Harry 
Yeakley,  Hobart 
Yeakley,  Robert  H. 


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299 


Captain, 

William   F.   St.  John 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Guido  J.   Schaff 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Frank  F.   Tracy 
1st   Sergeant, 

Kuehl,    Frederick   C. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

DeGroat,    Fred   E. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Schmille,  Henry   F. 
Sergeants: 

Eruegger,   Emil   G. 

Compton,   Cecil   C. 

Dovey,  John 

Funson,    Harry   J. 

Hindman,    Justus 

Gilliespie,    William    R. 

Showers,  George  W. 

Stephens,   Raymond  A. 
Corporals: 

Bell,    Earl   T. 

Compton,   Morris   G. 

Cooley,    William  W. 

Courtney,    Frank    E. 

Flynn,   Richard   T. 

Geyer,    George   D. 

Guthrie,   William  H. 

Harris,    James    A. 

Marstella,    Fred   S. 

Morgan,   Eddie  A. 

Morris,  Glen  B. 

Schatzman,  Aubrey  M. 

Steele,    Paul 

Wagner,   Frank   F. 

Weaver,    Ralph    P. 
Cooks: 

Dolan,    Joseph    P. 

Sparks,    Louis    J. 

Thomas,   Robert 
Buglers: 

Blackford,   Galvin 

Reid,_  Glenn    B. 
Mechanic: 

Hertzel,    Peter 
Privates: 

Alvis,    Reuben    A. 

Amend,    Bryan 


COMPANY  C 
St,  Joseph 

Anderson,    Samuel   A. 

Arnett,    Wilson    H. 

Arnold,    Earl 

Baubits,    Ross 

Bauman,   Dewey 

Blackford,  Louis  S. 

Blaga,  Joseph 

Boyle,    Frank    J. 

Brigham,    Robert 

Cain,    Clarence   L. 

Conner,    Roy 

Courtney,   Wilbert  M. 

Craig,    James    R. 

Curtin,   Tom  John 

Cuzzert,  Harry  D. 

Davis,   Jobe 

Davis,    Louis    B. 

Davis,    Milo 

Davis,    William    R. 

Dawson,   William   E. 

Detweiler,  Ira 

Dowell,   Roy   B. 

Dowell,    Sanford  J. 

Drake,    William   N. 

Dukes,    Le   Roy   A. 

Ellis,    Harry    B. 

Elson,    Fred    R. 

Evans,  Claude  C. 

Fitzpatrick,    Glen 

Fleshman,    Samuel    F. 

Flowers,  Grover  Cleve- 
land 

Fritz,  Mike 

Fuson,  John  O. 

Gay.    Murril    K. 

Gomel,    Frank 

Goodman,  Frank  C. 

Gossin,   George  D. 

Green,    Albert 

Green.    Frank 

Hainline,    Wallace 

Hall.    Cecil   J. 

Harris.    Lester    L. 

Hartman,    Lee    H. 

Hartnett,   James   L. 

Haynes,  Oscar 

Hinkle,    Ray    S. 

Howard,  Fred  McKin- 
ley 


Hunt,    William 
Imus,  Wayman  H. 
Jensen,   William   P. 
Jones,    George    E. 
Julian,    Wesley    H. 
Katon,    Thomas    F. 
Kelley,    Earl    H. 
Kelley,    James    A. 
Kendrick,    Timothy    P. 
Keyser,  Edward  A. 
Kienzel,   John    W. 
King,    F.    Cecil 
King,   Roy   E. 
Kneer,   Clark  W. 
Kuhn,    Alvin   L. 
Larson,    Harry   E. 
Leavitt,   Dewey  V. 
Leffler,    Perry    C. 
Lowrie,   William 
McBrayer,   Arthur   O. 
McCall,   Thomas   M. 
McCoy,  Gilbert  G. 
Mallory,  Lee 
Marrs,  John  H. 
Merritt,    Jere    B. 
Miles,  James  A. 
Miller,    James    M. 
Nave,  Fred  W. 
Nowland,   George 
Padgett,    Ivel    V. 
Palmer,   Elmer  H. 
Payne,   John  H. 
Peterson,   Delmar   Ray 
Rader,   George 
Riordan,   Michael 
Seip,   Martin    L. 
Sheffer,    Charles 
Smith,    Elmer 
Sollars,   Thomas 
Stevenson,    Edward 
Strange.  Roy  C. 
Tracy,  Ralph   E. 
Trant,    Philip    G. 
Tucker,    Arthur 
Walker,   Vessie 
Wampler,   Clarence  E. 
Wilson,    Ralph   H. 
Young,   Charles 


Captain, 

Harry  B.  Scott 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Harry  O.  Berry 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Joseph    H.    Salisbury 


COMPANY  D 

Sedalia 

1st    Sergeant, 

Dunnica,  John   Leon 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Martin,    Oran    Alonzo 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Scott,    Lionel    J. 


Sergeants: 

Triplett,    William    S. 
Richter,  Julius  J. 
Rissler,    Charles    Gor- 
don 
Herndon,   George  B. 


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Baldwin,  William  V. 

Knox,   Lloyd  V, 
Corporals: 

Porter,   John   C. 

Dowd,   Lee   Mack 

Lowrey,   William   H. 

Lamm,    Gordon 

Maness,   Henry  M. 

Hampy,    Ernest   E- 

Adair,   Robin 

Holsenpiller,   James    F. 

Burke,  John  C. 

Heisterberg,  Edward  J. 

Barnett,   Robert   L. 

Rendleman,    Benjamin 
L* 
Mechanic: 

Durham,   Henry    F. 
Cooks: 

Meager,   Leo  James 
Bugler: 

Rayhill,  Finis  Edward 
Privates: 

Anderson,  Luther  C. 

Anderson,    William    H. 

Bond,   Fred  Arthur 

Bryant,     Ellis     E. 

Canaday,    Charles   Max 

Garlock,   LeRoy 

Cooper,  Henry  Ray 

Croy,    Harold    B. 

Cunningham,    Henry 
D. 

Davis,    Earl    H. 

Dickerson,   William 
Joseph 

Douglas,    Norman,   H. 

Durett,  John   R. 

Engler,  Marshall  H. 


Enos,    Don    M. 

Enos,    Loran    D. 

Falkilor,    Carl    C. 

Fletcher,    William    H. 

Franklin,  Joseph  D. 

Friend,    Frank   W. 

Fullerton,  Forrest  T. 

Garner,    Charles    C. 

Garrett,  Walter  C. 

Glass,  James  W. 

Glazebrook,   James   G. 

Gupton,    Carl    W. 

Hamm,  William  M. 

Harris,  Jacob  Jefferson 

Harris,    William  J. 

Hayes,  William  Allen 

Henderson,  John   Sam- 
uel 

Heuitt,  Henry  Calep 

Hunt,    Lester    E. 

Jackson,  John 

Jocoy,   Charles  Wil- 
liam 

Johnston,  Herbert  E. 

Lane,   John   H. 

Lawson,    Ace    Levi 

Lawson,    Edmon     Rus- 
sell 

Leftwich,    James    W. 

Lewis,    Frank    E- 

Lewis,    William    O. 

Lipscomb,   Arthur  E. 

Longan,   Layton   L. 

McCullough,   James   T. 

Manley,   James  M. 

March,    Thomas    B. 

Marcum,    Willie 

Mathews,   Walter   I. 

Miller,    Clyde   James 

Mills,   John   Wesley 


Monroe,   Emmet  H. 

Moore,    Zacharias 

Mullineaux,   Joseph   A. 

MuUins,    Harry    R. 

MuUins,   Hayden    G. 

Myrick,    John    H. 

Owen,    James    F. 

Palmer,    Charles    H. 

Palmer,   Wiley    S. 

Penland,  William  A. 

Phillips,     William     H. 

Pursley,  Thomas   S. 

Quick,    Everett    Litton 

Riggs,   Oscar  B. 

Robinson,    Carter  A. 

Robinson,    Clarence    V. 

Robinson,  George  A. 

Robinson,  Homer  D. 

Robinson,    William    L. 

Sands,   Henry   C. 

Scott,   Alva 

Scott,  Genne 

Siebert,  Leo  M. 

Simmers,  Henry  N. 

Simmers,    Robert    E. 

Sisk,  Albo  H. 

Speer,    Brent 

Speer,  Ezra  E. 

Stephens,    Charles    Oli- 
ver 

Tuttle,   Cecil  L. 

Washburn,    Seth   W. 

Weathers,    Russell 
Olive 

Welch,  George  W. 

Weston,  Harry   B. 

Wilson,   Arthur  C. 

Witte,   Gus   E. 

Wolford,  George  E. 

Wood,   DeWitt 


Captain, 

Henry  E-  Braschler 
1st  Lieutenant, 

David  M.   Robertson 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Howard  C.  Lane 
1st  Sergeant, 

Lewis,    Samuel    A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Odom,   Edley  R. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Williams,  Lat  M. 
Sergeants: 

Pope,  Robert  D. 

Paul,  John  B.  Jr. 

King,    Lewis    A. 

Keith,   Hudson   A. 

Dunn,    Michael 

Hope,  Anderson  M. 


COMPANY  E 
Doniphan 

Corporals: 

Boster,  Chester  A. 

Bond,  Edgar 

Corckran,  Joe 

Casteel,    Harve 

Easter,    Joe    T. 

Hancock,  John  M. 

Hope,  Charlie, 

McKinney,    Frank 

Napier,  Charles  L. 

Ponder,   Arthur   R. 

Sanders,  James  L. 

Wall,  Herbert  M. 
Cooks: 

Camp,  Joseph 

Blyze,  Joseph  H. 
Buglers: 

Richmond,    Fred    C. 

Ponder,    Arno    L. 


Privates: 

Ashcraft,  Robert  L. 
Bevans,  George  R. 
Bolin,    Bennie    E. 
Boxx,    Walter   W. 
Brakefield,  Lee 
Brown,    Albert    A. 
Bryant,  James  W. 
Bumgardner,   Jacob 
Coleman,   Ralph  L- 
Crowe,    Ed.    A. 
Davis,    Claude   A. 
Davis,  Harry 
Dawson,    Francis  M. 
Desich,    Emery 
Dixon,  Kennett  S. 
Dixon,  Leonard  L. 
Dizmang,    Roy    L. 
Donley,   Monroe  L. 


ROSTER  OF   MISSOURI   NATIONAL  GUARD 


301 


Duncan,  James  M. 
Dunigan,    L,ee    R. 
Dunigan,    McKinley 
Few,    Walter  U. 
Garrett,  Solomon  M. 
Gibson,   Charles    R. 
Gibson,    Homer 
Gray,    Arthur    B. 
Greer,  Leonard  D. 
Hancock,   Aaron   S. 
Harder,   Claude   E. 
Harris,  James  A. 
Helvey,   Willie 
Hill,   Elmer   E. 
Hillard,    Doniphan 
Hines,    Sheridan 
Holt,    Orbra    V. 
Hopkins,    James    S. 
Inman,    Lewis    F. 
Lawhon,   Cal.   M. 
Lawhon,    Frank 
Leroux,   John   N. 
Logan,  John  W, 
Lokey,    William    M. 


Long,   Elijah   R. 
Lorey,    James    M. 
McDowell,   William  J. 
McGee,  Samuel  D. 
McKinney,    Noah 
McKinney,    Orason    A. 
McQuay,    Aldris    D. 
McWilliams,   Lewis  M. 
Maberry,    Divert 
Martin,    Thomas   J. 
Mesaros,    Frank 
Miller,    Lewis 
Mills,  Jesse   R. 
Mounce,   Charlie   S. 
Nesca,   Louis 
Naylor,  Raymond  C. 
Novock,    Earl 
Nowak,   Adam 
Perry,  Harry  O. 
Peters,   William    Law- 
rence 
Pitman,   Roe   E. 
Ponder,    Chester    IT. 
Ponder,   Hubert   L. 


Ponder,   William   F. 
Rackley,   Mack 
Reed,    Oscar 
Shoat,    James    C. 
Smelser,   Clarence   S. 
Starkey,    Sidney    M. 
Stucker,   Walter  L. 
Sullivan,     Silvester 
Swofford,    Albert 
Taylor,   William    E. 
Thomas,   Jacob 
Towner,    William   A. 
Trotter,    Elias    Wier 
Tyra,    Joseph    R. 
Wakefield,    Thomas    G. 
Wardlow,  Dauca  Roy 
West,    Herman    R. 
West,    Jim    L. 
West,   Lionel    M. 
Whitwell,   Herman    B. 
Williams,    Robert    E. 
Wilson,    Archie    A. 
Wright,    Andy    R. 
Young,    Chester    A. 


Captain, 

Walter    W.    Durnell 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Jo.   C.   Ferguson 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Richard   H.   Stogsdill 
Sergeants: 

Fleming,   Harry   H. 

Gray,    Charles    A. 

Oldfather,    William   J. 

Holloway,  Guy  M. 

Haycraft,    Philip   E. 

Gorman,   Harold   F. 

Brawner,  Clark  E. 

Caylor,   Leonard   C. 

Vollmar,  John   L. 
Corporals: 

Smith,  Hearl  C. 

Patterson,    Homer 

Holloway,    Clyde 

Thomas,  Archie  I. 

Drymon,   Floyd 

Phillips,   James   L. 

Marcellus,     Mahlon     G. 

Hengel,    Fredrick    B. 

Bradshaw,    Walter 

Winch,    Raymond 

James,  Elum  O. 
Mechanic, 

Hartln,  Alva 
Cooks: 

Whetstine,  Lewis  L- 

Anderson,  Thomas  A. 
Buglers: 

Lane,    Thomas   H. 

Ruby,  Eric  S. 


COMPANY  F 

Willow  Springs 

Privates: 

Abbott,   Ollie  E. 
Anglin,    Earnest   L. 
Baldwin,    Everet   W. 
Beck,  Clyde  O. 
Belshe,  Lawrence  L. 
Booher,  Benjamin  F. 
Bradford,  George  T. 
Bridge,    Louis    R. 
Brown,   Willie   H. 
Browning,  Merl   R. 
Caulder,    John    H. 
Chaney,   Walter  J. 
Chrisco,   HeUbert   P. 
Collins,   Ben  C. 
Cooper,  Silas  W. 
Cox,  John  M. 
Crain,    William    J. 
Cunningham,  Hugh  R. 
Dermon.    John    M. 
Dirk,   Henry   E. 
Dove,   Fred  E. 
Duckworth,   Joseph    W. 
Ferrell,    Clifford    E. 
Findley,     Benjamin     C. 
Floyd,   Samuel   D. 
Frank,    Napoleon    R. 
Gentry,    John     M. 
Goddard,    Nathan   J. 
Hall,   Weaver, 
Hengel,   Carl  J. 
Herndon,    Joseph    F. 
Higginbotham,    Her- 
man  H. 
Hill,    Bob 
Holden,  George  F. 


) 

Holt,  Delbert  E. 
Holt,    Willie    E. 
Johnson,   Frank  W. 
Laws,    Orval  G. 
Lease,    Martin    L. 
Linderer,    Charley 
Lingle,    Walter   S. 
Loch,  William  A. 
McClanahan,   Tobe 
McClellan,   Ralph  K. 
McGowan,  Jasper  C. 
Means,   John   C. 
Miller,   William  F. 
Moody,    Harry  L- 
Murrell,  McF. 
Muxlow,  Glenn  D. 
Myers,   Roy   J. 
Noblitt,  Thomas  E. 
Norris,    Cecil   L. 
Oliver.  John  H. 
Orr,    James    R. 
Plemmons,   Charles   E. 
Rader,   John   H. 
Rader,  Lee 
Reed,   John   O. 
Reed,   Oryal   O. 
Rogers,    Wallace  J. 
Rust,  Arch  F. 
Sanders,    Lou    W. 
Shannon,    William    E. 
Sheltin,   Charley 
Skyles,    George   W. 
Smith,    Irvin 
Smith,    Mack   J. 
Stewart,    Jasper    L. 
Stewart,   William   H. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Stogsdill,    Franklin   W. 
Taylor,  Iria  B. 
Taylor,    Warren    W. 
Thomas,   William  A. 


Waggener,   Edgar  F. 
Weatherman,  Elmer  B. 
West,    Virgle 
Whittaker,    Ray 


Wiles,    Claudie    E. 
Willoughby,   Thomas 

B. 
Winch,  Everett 


Captain, 

Jacob  L.  Milligan 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Robert   Kirk   Brady 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Cecil  M.  Farris 
1st  Sergeant, 

Littman,    Arthur 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Tarwater,    Roy   E- 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Wilkinson,   John    L. 
Sergeants: 

Davis,   Gerald  H. 

Sisk,  Forest  O. 

Hughes,   Howard   Roy 

Weber,    Ivan 

Saunders,    Wade    H. 
Corporals: 

Pifer,    Ray  L. 

Ward,    Edward 

Brown,   Gerald   B. 

Farmer,   McKinley 

Sexton,    Charles   A. 

Kraft,  Moses 

Hutchinson,  Hubert  L. 

Bryce,   James 

Rogers,    Ernest 

Roark,  Harry  E. 

Brown,   William  E. 
Cooks : 

Ward,   Flem  C. 

Vandiver,    Jesse 
Mechanic, 

Cates,  Jesse  L. 
Buglers:, 

Cook,  Myrel  T. 

Van    Horn,    Robert    G. 


COMPANY  G 

ElCHMOND 

Privates: 

Abbott,   Albert  W. 
Anderson,    Charlie 
Baker,   Claytin 
Bales,  Cleveland  A. 
Belle,    George 
Blann,   Lawrence   R. 
Bowman,   Roscoe 
Brady,    Elvis    W. 
Brockman,   Guthrie 
Burnett,    Clyde 
Burnett,    Oscar    P. 
Cheek,   Middleton  A. 
Coleman,    Virgil 
Cook,    Ralph   H. 
Couch,    Robert    T. 
Covey,   Clyde   E. 
Craven,   Carl  V. 
Dale,    Ernest 
Dennis,   Charles  J. 
Dickey,  Ward  S. 
Dixon,  John 
Elliott,  Asa  D. 
Everett,    Noah   H. 
Foster,    Frank   H. 
Gardner,   Lloyd  G. 
Gibson,   Phil    S. 
Gorman,    Sanford   B. 
Griffith,   Fred 
Hamil,   William   F. 
Hannah,    Charley 
Henderson,  Floyd  H. 
Hicks,   Tillman 
Hightower,    Raymond 
Hill,  Roscoe  C. 
Jones,    Harry   S. 
Keith,   Glenn  A. 
Liles,    Oscar    P. 
Lockard,  Ernest  M. 


Loyd,  James  I. 
Luellen,   William  W. 
Maples,    John    F. 
Mayabb,  Orba  M. 
MichaeL   Garrie   E. 
Middleton,    Charles    L. 
Miller,    Leonard    R. 
Mooney,   George 
Moyer,  Allen  B. 
Mulliken,   Elmer 
Odell,  Jack 
O'Neal,    William    A. 
Phelps,  George  H.,  Jr. 
Price,    Thomas    C. 
Prunty,    James    A. 
Reed,    Clarence    S. 
Richards,   Henry  E. 
Richardson,    Thomas 
Rider,    Earl 
Sampson,   Harold  A. 
Seaton,   Virgil  D. 
Sidener,   Henry  F. 
Slaughter,  Grover  F. 
Snowden,    Henry   A. 
Spence,    George   J. 
Stevens,    Fred 
Stevens,    Walter 
Stigall,    John     W. 
Swearingin,  John  H. 
Swearingin,   Leonard 

L. 
Teal,   Walter 
Teegarden,    James    M. 
Thompson,    Noah    K. 
Thompson,    Ralph   J. 
Thompson,    Richard 
Vanhoozer,   Cecil   N. 
Yoakum,  Claud 
Yoakum,  Joseph 


Captain 

James  C.  Kenady 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Claude    M.    Skelton 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Clarence    G.    Smith 
1st    Sergeant, 

Ellis,    James    D. 
Mess   Sergeant 

Dunn,  Harry 


COMPANY  H 

Dexter 

Supply    Sergeant 
Smith,   Earl   B. 

Sergeants  : 

Dunn,    Joel    E. 
Julian,    John    T. 
Munger,    Paul    M. 
Roper,   Henry   E. 

Corporals : 

Brown,    Ernest 
Buchannan    Gleyn 
Burrow,   Arthur    P. 


Cox,    Meredith 
Day,    Cecil    L. 
Fowler,    John    H. 
Harris,    Jesse    T. 
Hicks,   Herbert 
Lane,  James  T. 
Lasater,    Thomas    J. 
McGehee,    Theodore 
Oliver,   Clarence   P. 
Singleton,   James   S. 
Wallace,   Henry 


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Wantland,   R.    Oiley 

VVomack,  Walter  M. 
Cooks: 

Driskell,  Robert  H. 

Kilmer,    Ulvin    li. 
Buglers : 

Brooks,     EJarl    C. 

Hooker,   Henry   Otis 
Mechanics : 

Teel,    John    F. 

Turner,   James   R. 
Privates : 

Adams,   Henry   A. 

Allen,  lyewdorth   li. 

Anderson,    Roy 

Ashcraft,    Zibo    G. 

Ashworth,   Ben   L,. 

Bailey,    Ralph    D. 

Bedwell,  Samuel   M. 

Blocker,   James   M. 

Bolin,    John    A. 

Bollinger,  Jesse  M. 

Brannock,   Bert 

Brown,    Floyd    P. 

Brown,   Lewis   S. 

Caldwell,    Lou    S. 

Caldwell,   Luther  R. 

Carlton,   Ora 

Carwile,  James  C. 

Chasteen,    Otto 

Charman,    Richard    C. 

Clevenger,    Evert 

Davis,    Amos 

Davis,    John    O. 

Dickerson,    Arthur    J^. 

Dickerson,  Jesse  L. 

Dillion,    R.    Thomas 

Dodd,   Frank 

Doyle,    Thomas    C. 

Dunning,    James    M. 

Fdw^ards,    Herrel 


Filiott,    Edgar^  G. 
Ford,  James  C. 
Foreman,   Glenn   J. 
Games,    Benjamin    L- 
Garrison,   John 
Gray,    Bub 
Hahn,    Charlie 
Hanks,   Claud 
Harper,    William    E. 
Harris,   Fred   B. 
Harris,    George    W. 
Hartley,    Clinton    N. 
Hazlip,   Robert   A. 
Hefner,  Fred 
Hill,   Lawrence   E. 
Hisan,   .Elmer 
Holland,   John  J. 
Hopkins,    Elza 
Horton,    Jackson 
Howell,  Homer 
Hurst,    Floyd   J. 
Hurst,   William  A. 
Hutson,    Harry 
Irons,    Jack 
James,    Charles   L. 
Jett,    Everett 
Jones,    James    A. 
Jones,  John  R. 
Jones,   Stanley 
Jones,   Thomas   A. 
Joseph,    Oliver 
Julian,    Elbert   A. 
I<agle,   William   W. 
Keaton,    Charles    H. 
Keaton,   James    S. 
Keen,    Charles    G. 
King,    Henry    W. 
King,    James   A. 
Kirby,   Charles    D. 
Lindsey,   Mont  O. 
Little,    Andrew    J. 
McAllister,   Harry 


McDowell,   Benjamin 
McFarlan,    Walter 
McGehee,    Gilbert 
McGhee,    Cecil 
McGuire,  Charles  V. 
Marley,    Perry 
Martin,    Jesse 
Mathney,    Gardiner 
Mayberry,  Robert 
Meeks,  Cletis  W. 
Miller,   Rufus 
Milner,    Bernice 
Montgomery,    Clarence 

L. 
Oglevie,    George 
Peavey,   Curtis 
Pryor,    Alvin    L. 
Ramsey,    John 
Reagan,  James   B. 
Riley,  CJaude 
Roberts,    Earl  P. 
Sadler,  Arthur  Wm. 
Sadler,   Monroe   C. 
Shelby,  Homer  T. 
Shetterly,   Benjamin  E. 
Shoemaker,    James    T. 
Stalion,    Marcus 
Strop,   Audi   J. 
Sylcox,  William  M. 
Tatum,  George 
Thackston,    Curtis 
Thorn,  Charles  H. 
Tippen,  Roy  E. 
Tracer,    Roy 
Turner,  Claude  B. 
Walker,   Oscar 
White,    Marshall 
Whitney,   Alza   N. 
Wilkie,  Millard  F. 
Wolff,  Robert  H. 
Woolard,    Earl 
Yates,  George  W. 


Captain, 

Fred   Ordway   Wick- 
ham 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Samuel  T.   Adams 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Ernest   A.    Shirley 
1st    Sergeant, 

Lowe,  James   11. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Nierstheimer,    John    E. 
Sergeants  : 

Trout,    George   W. 

Smith,   Roy    C. 

Kersey,   Bronie 

Hall,   Robert   S. 

Mead,    Charles 


COMPANY  I 

Keknett 

Corporals : 

McGuire,    Albert 

Benson,   Hubert   E. 

Evans,    Fred    S. 

Sparks,    James    Ralph 

Ilusbahd,    Lesley 

Hollis,    Ivy   D. 

Eatman,  John 

Webb,   Dock   T. 

Snipes,    Joseph   Talbert 

Riley,  Earl 

Pierce,   Arch   F. 
Buglers : 

IvCwis,    Loomis 

Pool,  James  A. 
Mechanic, 

Stewart,  William  J. 


Cooks : 

Presnell,    Avery 

Ayers,   Elbert   H. 

McAnally,   John    F. 
Privates: 

Adams,    Andrew    Jack- 
son 

Ball,  Ira 

Ball,    Ollie 

Beck,  James  W. 

Best,   Will 

Bishop,  Odie  F. 

Black,    Ermur 

Boner,    Edward 

Brewsaugh,   Edwin   O. 

Brower,  Fred 

Burris,  Orvil 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Cagle,  James  C. 

Carlile,  Franklin  Jo- 
seph 

Clubb,  Grover 

Clubb,  John 

Crim,  Arthur  Mack 

Culbertson,   Marion   V. 

Darlington,   Willie    L. 

Denam,   Harvey   IJ. 

Dudley,  Jesse 

Dunnivan,   Cecil 

Eadon,    Herbert 

Elliott,  Dolph   G. 

Forsythe,  Walter 

Frederick,    David    C. 

Frederick,    Samuel    R. 

Gabriel,    William 
Elmer 

Green,   Beausford 

Hall,  John  F. 

Hanks,  Ackland  Jr. 

Hanks,  Jacob 


Hartsoe,   Otho 
Hatcher,  William 

tloward 
Hicklin,  Lee  E. 
Holbrooks,  Henry  H. 
Jackson,   Isaac 
Jackson,   Watson 
Jones,  Albert  C. 
Kersey,   Vernon 
Killian,   Charles  H. 
King,  Albert   F. 
King,   Ed 

Knight,   Cecil   Andrev^ 
Lemonds,  Luther  A. 
Mangold,   Thomas   O. 
Masters,  Jacob   C. 
Mead,  Alva  L. 
Mizzell,   Emerson 
Mullins,    Clarence 
Neill,  John  A. 
Nichols,    Orvell 
Noe,   Eric 


O'Bryant,  James 
Oiler,  John  W. 
Owens,  John  W. 
Peel,   John   R. 
Perkins,  Abraham 
Pickett,    Lin 
Ray,    Guy    B. 
Reese,   Verhan 
Sackman,    Leonard 
Shelton,    Ernest   A. 
Smith,    Leaman 
Somer,  Raymond 
Stamps,   Samuel    S. 
Starnes,    Alfred 
Suratt,   Oscar 
Taruce,    James 
Tharp,   Roy  E. 
Tharp,   William 
Walker,   Pearl 
Walker,   Prentis    Nu- 

ten 
White,   Dewey    F. 
Williams,    Baxter 


Captain, 

Charles    L.    Malone 
1st    Lieutenant 

Seth  T.   Reeder 
2d  Lieutenant 

William   B.    Malone 
1st    Sergeant, 

Richardson,   Albert 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Malone,   John  R. 
Sergeants : 

Bryant,    Ray 

Ginger,   Virgil 

Greenwell,    Alva    R. 

Caldwell,  Elmo 

Milhorn,    Ed 

Gill,   Glover 

Lawson,  Han-y  E. 
Corporals : 

Wilkey,  Wilburn  R. 

Norris,   Wallace 

Payne,   EH 

Blyalock,    Will 

Ryan,    Therman 

Fowler,    Edgar   T. 

McCormack,   Jim    II. 

Marshall,   Arthur 

Simpson,    William    F. 
Cooks : 

Marteau,   Vivian 

Venerable,   Luther 
James 
Privates : 

Armstrong,   Will 


COMPANY  K 

SiKESTON 

Arnold,  Herbert 
Arnold,  Louis 
Bacon,    William 
Bailey,  Van 
Barnett,   Charles   J. 
Beal,   Eugene 
Blake,  Ray 
Branch,  Arthur 
Brooks,   Charles   H. 
Browning,    Claude 
Bruner,  James 
Cooley,    Harry 
Cora,  Claiborn 
CroslDy,    Mason 
Davis,  John  B. 
Dillard,    Johnson    H. 
Dillon,    Clarence 
Dobbs,   Albert 
Dobbs,   Henry 
Duncan,   Frank  C. 
Edwards,  Arlie 
English,   Thomas   J. 
Ethridge,    Harry 
Gill,    Elmer 
Glover,  Ale 
Goodwin,  Bill 
Greer,   Alfred 
Greer,   Robert 
Haggard,    William    C. 
Hampton,  Homer 
Harbison,    Everett 
Harbison,    Norman 
Harp,  Alber 
ITenly,  Otis 
Hobbs,  Ules 


Hogan,   Sam 
Hoover,   Frank 
Howard,   Earl 
Hummel,  John   H. 
Hunt,  Albert  R. 
Hunt,    Irwin    R. 
James,   Farris 
Jones,   Ira 
Knupp,   Charles   W. 
Laster,  James 
Lenon,   Otto 
Lofton,    Boyd 
Loucks,   Ben 
Lowry,   George 
McCormick,   Marshall 
McLard,    Laurence    E. 
Mainard,   Charles  A. 
Mainard,    Nood 
Modglin,    Lyndolph 

W. 
Monroe.    Herschel 
Nicols,   Dewey 
Odell,  Raymond 
O'Sullivan,   Allen 
Pack,    Herbert    M. 
Potter,    Curtis 
Potts,    William 
Pullman,   Frankie  L. 

L. 
Reynolds,    Lester 
Robertson,    Fred    R. 
Roper,  Joseph 
Stephens,    Joseph    L. 
Talcott,    Frank 
Tidwell,    Elbert    B. 
Timmons,   Jesse 


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305 


Toler,    Claud   T. 
Vick,   Eliza 
Vivrett,    l,awrence 


Walker,   Orion 
Wallace,   IJarl 
Walters,  Wilson 


Watson,  John  W. 
Weaver,    James 
Wilson,   John 


Captain, 

Wilson  C.   Bain 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Howard  N.  Frissell 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Harry  W.  Gaines 
1st  Sergeant, 

Godart,   James    E. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Rodgers,   Cleveland    G. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Williams,    William   J. 
Sergeants: 

Behymer,    Benjamin 
F. 

Gibbs,   Claibourne   R. 

Husserrer,   Vincent 

Pride,   Jack    S. 

Stack,   George  W. 
Corporals : 

Beckman,  Robert  L. 

Blattner,    Charles    F., 
Jr. 

Gaines,   Norman   I. 

Halter,  Albert  L. 

Hayes,    John    E. 

Hensley,  George  C. 

Killough,   Josephus   J. 

Nichol,   Arthur   P. 

Summers,     George    C. 

Wilson,  Landon  A. 
Cooks: 

Henley,    Charles    F. 

Smith,  Sylvester  V. 
Buglers : 

Kimmich,   Robert 

Nevins,  Lynn  W, 
IMechanicR : 

Kstes,  Roland 

Althenthal,   Clarence 
G. 


COMPANY  L 

Cape  Girardeau 

Privates : 

Baldwin,    Angus    F. 
Baum,    George   D. 
Bell,   King 
Boon,   Lemmie 
Bowman,  James   T. 
Brown,  John   L. 
Campbell,   William 
Caraker,    Horace 
Chappius,    Pierre    L. 
CliiTord,    Courtney 
Cobb,  Willie  K. 
Coleman,  James  M. 
Copen,  Lum 
David,  Moritz 
Davidson,   Wilton  W. 
Davis,  John 
Davis,   Otto  J. 
Demon,    Roy    M. 
Dillingham,  James  M. 
Eades,    Fred 
Endicott,    Roma 
Fornes,  Benjamin   B. 
Funk,   Walter  C. 
Geisner,   Leo   G. 
Gerecke,   Alvin   W. 
Glass,   Walter 
Glastetter,     Martm 
Hager,   Frank 
Hager,   Harry   H. 
Henley,    Archie 
Hensley,  James  R. 
Hitt,    Lawrence   A. 
Hohler,   Otto 
Hohrer,    William   H. 
Hopper,    Raymond   A. 
Howard,    George   D. 
Howard,  Jesse 
Hutchins,  Roy  L. 
Hutchinson,    Charles 

F. 
Jackson,  Lawrence  C. 


Joernes,  Clark  A. 
Jones,   Dephonie 
Jones,    James    P. 
Jordan,   Raymond 
King,   Roy 
Koch,  Joseph   F. 
Koch,   Raymond 
Long,  James  H. 
McClellan,    Jesse 
McCormack,  Thomas 
McCormick,   Edd 
McCormick,   Walter 
Messmer,  Albert 
Meyers,  Clarence  R. 
Morse,   William 
Newlin,   Lyles   E. 
Nolan,   Roy   S. 
Oxford,  William    E. 
Prance,  Joseph   W. 
Puchbauer,    Arthur 
Rasico,  Paul  E. 
Revelle,   James 
Rodgers,   Harper  H. 
Rothrock,   John    C. 
Smith,  Arthur 
Smith,   George  M. 
Smith,  Henry  C. 
Smith,   Oscar 
Smith,   Shelby   C. 
Stedham,  William  H. 
Sullivan,  Marion 
Sullivan,    Samuel    E. 
Sutton,   Charles  D. 
Sutton,   Tohn  F. 
Tarr,   Joseph   P. 
Waldron,    Charles 
Walker,  Birdie  R. 
Wallace,  Guy  E. 
Walton,   Carvel  H. 
Walton,    Malcomb    R. 
Weimer,    Harold 
Williams,    Curtis 
Witzel,    Herman 


Captain, 

Grant   Davidson 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Henry  E.   Black 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Frank   M.   Cox 
1st   Sergeant, 

Rafferty,   George    F. 


COMPANY  M 
Poplar  Bluff 

Supply   Sergeant, 

Sutton,   Walter   Baird 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Moore,    Arthur    W. 
Sergeants: 

Adams,    Roscoe    G. 

Branch,   Richard    E. 

Ferguson,  Harry 


Meadows,   John    T. 
Prestage,    Norman   A. 
Raulston,   Athel  A. 
Tyner,    George 
Corporals : 

Campbell,   Earle 
Carpenter,   David 
Clark,    Columbus    B. 


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FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Guentzel,  Otto  C. 

Harrison,    Harry   C. 

Kearbey,   Robert 

Kern,   O.   Oscar 

Malone,  Charles 

Maynard,   Dewey 

Miller,  Charles 

Oswald,    Claude 

Overton,    Charles 

Parce,  Oscar  L. 

Shaw,  Lee 

Taylor,   Roy   L. 

Worley,    Cleburn    J. 

Yocum,  Alan 
Cooks: 

Angelo,   Liverain 

Purrine,  Hallie  O. 
Buglers : 

Henderson,  Joseph   M. 

Neff,  Leol  M. 
Mechanic, 

Ettinger,    William    L. 
Privates : 

Alexander,    Barnie 

Allsman,   Jerry 

Beard,    Grover    T. 

Black,  Ellsworth 

Blazier,  Clarence  J. 

Board,    Curtis 

Brantlev,    Felix   J. 

Britts,  Ed  L. 

Burgin,   Walter  E. 

Byrd,  Alva 

Carrol,   James    W. 

Gates,  James  L. 

Clark,    Myrtie 

Collier,    Pearcey 

Conley,  Mike 

Coonce,   Lee  Roy 

Gown,    Roy 

Gudd,  Willie 

Darby,   Fred   W. 

Davis,  Earl 

Davis,  Golden 


Dodson,   Harvey   E. 
Dunning,  Wayne  G. 
Eads,  Lee 
Edwards,   Theo.   R. 
Ervin,    Sherman    W. 
Ewing,   William    F. 
Felkins,   Earl 
Fisher,    Roy 
Fowler,  Jesse 
Fowler,  Roy  E. 
Gibbs,    Edward 
Glllin,   Miles 
Gillispie,    Ola    W. 
Givens,  Allen 
Gower,   William   C. 
Greer,  Herbert 
Guard,    Hays 
Harrington   Charles 
Hays,  James 
Higgenbotham,    Earl 
Hixson,  Edward 
Hobbs,   William    J. 
Howell,    Charlie 
Ivey,  Albert  H. 
Ivey,    Allen    B. 
Ivey,  John  L. 
Ivey,   Richard   F. 
Irvin,    George 
Jennings,  Corwin   B. 
Jett,    Delpha 
Jones,  John   F. 
Kell,  James   Owen 
Kellums,    John 
Kellums,   Nottley 
Killian,    Gilbert 
Killian.    Theodore    R. 
Lampston,   John 
Langley,    Charles    J. 
Lee,   John 
Lee,    Richard    F. 
Loyd,   Claud   O. 
McClintock,    Claude 
Mclver,     Lawrence 
Macom,   Clarence 


Mast,  John 
Mauk,    Charles 
Mauk,  Claud 
Mauk,    Hiram, 
Mayberry,    Claude 
IMelton,   Charles 
Melton,   Jesse 
Mitchell,    Earl 
Murray,   Walter 
Owens,    Howell 
Parker,    Arthur 
Parker,    Harvey    W. 
Phenix,   Carl  E. 
Piatt,   Jilson    S. 
Pipkin,    Sidney 
Reasons,    James    Brit- 
ton 
Redwine,    Thomas 
Rice,    Orb 
Rickman,    Poley 
Riggens,    Spencer 
Riggs,   Dude 
Risinger,  Ralph 
Roark,   Jesse 
Rolland,   Truman 
Rose,  William  R. 
Ross,    George   A. 
Scaggs,    Lee    Henry 
Schnider,    Lewis    J. 
Scott,    Enoch 
Sisk,    William   V. 
Smith,    Oliver   P. 
Sparman,   William  R. 
Spencer,  James 
Summers,    Ben   H. 
Thompson,   Roy   G. 
Todd,    Carl 
Townsend,  Jim 
Walker,    Roscoe 
Waller,  James  E. 
Webb,    Henry 
Wilburn,    Oscar 
Worley.    Sam 
York,  Lenard 


SANITARY  DETACHMENT 

West  Plains 


Major, 

Albert  H.   Thornburgh 
1st   Lieutenant, 

George  W.   Phipps 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Francis  G.    Bond 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Ford    A.    Barnes 
1st    Sergeant, 

Bohrer,   Charles   R. 
Sergeants : 

Harlin,  Amos  R. 

Dowler,   Harold   C. 

Woods,  Wilson   Otto 
Privates : 

Bacon,  Amiel   E. 


Bates,    Don    Arthur 
Cagle,    Lewis    B. 
Claxton,    Henry    C. 
Crider,    Albert    F. 
Edwards,    Harry    O. 
Edwards,    Roy    B. 
Floyd,   Henry   Oglesby 
Galloway,    Clark    S. 
Grimmett,    Alfred 

Benton 
Groce,    Dallas 
Groce,   Lawrence 
Hornidy,    George   E. 
Howell,   Joe   R. 
Ingold,    Sfarion    T. 
Krause,    J.    Martin 


Ludwig,    Carl    W. 
Males,    Earl 
Mesara,  Thomas  W. 
Morse,    J.    Alpha 
Payne,    Elza   C. 
Pottle,   Ralph    L. 
Prater,    Floyd    R. 
Reed,  Orr  M. 
Robertson,    Page   D. 
Royle,   John  Leemon 
Sinclair,    Edward    P. 
Turner,   Jesse   L. 
Washington,   George 

S. 
Williams,  Webster  W. 


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FIEST  SEPARATE  COMPANY  INFANTRY 
Campbell,  Mo. 


Privates: 

Anderson,    Louis    E. 
Arendell,    Cecil    B. 
Arnold,    Benjamin    F. 
Arr,  Olivia 

Billington,    Donnie    M. 
Bodine,  Martin  C. 
Bradshaw,   Clarence  A. 
Bratcher,    Bernie 
Bridges,    Ambrose    D. 
Bridges,    Thomas    W. 
Brooks,    Charlie    E). 
Brooks,  Lawrence  W. 
Brooks,   Robert   O. 
Brown,  Otis  L. 
Brown,    Paul 
Burchett,    Thomas    M. 
Byrd,  William  L. 
Carmack,    Louis    I. 
Cleary,    Grover    C. 
Cobb,   Lawrence  L. 
Crawford,   Charles   W. 
CroWi    Homer   L. 
Curry,    Homer 
Detrie,   Ambrose 
Dunscomb,    Elmer 
Elliott,    William    L. 
Ferguson,   Willie    L. 
Flanagan,    Van 
Foster,  Lonnie  L. 
Fry,    Robert    G. 
Gardner,    Harry 
Gaultney,     Ezra    F. 
Gehrig,    Clarence   D. 
Goddard,    Loyd 
Gregory,    Charles   R. 
Griffin,    Herlie 
Grimes,   William  F. 
Hale,   Charley 
Hall,    George    R. 
Hampton,    Charley 


Hardy,    Dewey 
Harper,  Cecil  B. 
Harris,   Arthur 
Henderson,   Eugene 
Henderson,    Thebus 
Higdon,   John   L. 
Hoggard,   Odra  B. 
Hutchinson,    Herman 

H. 
Hutchinson,   Wrlliam 

D. 
Johnson,    Dewey   L- 
Jones,  James  A. 
Joslin,    Arthur    C. 
Kee,    Arthur 
Kee,    Lonnie    L- 
Keller,    Martin 
Keown,     Fred     L. 
Knight,    Guy    E. 
Lacey,   Hey   L. 
Lacy,    William    O. 
Ladyman,    William    M. 
Langley,     Louis    J. 
Lape,   Walter 
Lawrence,    Roy   A. 
Lemons,    Charles 
Lively,    Ralph    E. 
Long,    Henry   J. 
Lownsdale,    Edgar 
Lonsdale,    William 
Lunyon,    Alfred    J. 
McCrackew,    James    O. 
McElyea,    Sammie    A. 
McGinnis,    Floyd 
McKenzie,    Beecher 

G. 
Malone,    George 
Manning,    Joseph    H. 
Meharg,  John 
Miller,   Amon    E. 
Miller,   George   D. 


Montcalm,    Lavel   L. 
Montgomery,    EHsha 
Montgomery,   John   B. 
O'Hare,    Sidney 
Osborne,  John 
Osborne,   Walter  G. 
Patrick,   William   R. 
Perkins,   Charlie  A. 
Phillips,   Jesse   W. 
Philpot,    Paul    P. 
Phoenix,   Oscar 
Pipkin,     Porter    J. 
Pleasant,    Buren    S. 
Pleasant,    Olin    B. 
Potts,  George  W. 
Price,    Roy 
Pride,    Gorda    R. 
Reed,    William    F. 
Ricks,  Ora  R. 
Ricks,  Ray  A. 
Roberson,    Willie 
Seisms,    Louis 
Shepard,    Fuller 
Smith,    Fred 
Smitli,    Rush   S. 
Spink,    John    L. 
Teel,    Thomas    E. 
Tucker,  Elmer 
Tucker,    William    R. 
Veteto,   Irwin 
Vincent,    Delmer    F, 
Vinson,    Jake 
Vinyard,   Clyde 
Wallace,   Otto 
Watson,   David  D. 
Weaker,    Robinson    C. 
Weathers,    Henry    H. 
Weeks,    Jacob    H. 
White,  Earl  F. 
Williams,     James     F. 
Williams,    Wylie  L. 
Wilson,  Robert  M. 


SECOND  MISSOURI  INFANTRY  BRIGADE 


Brigadier  General 
A.    B.    Donnelly, 
Commanding 


Major, 

William  H.   Cocke, 
Adjutant 
1st    Ivieutenant, 

August    M.    Goessling, 
Aide-de-Camp 


1st  Lieutenant, 

Robert   A.    Roblee, 

Aide-de-Camp 


FIRST  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 

FIELD  AND  STAFF 


Ivieutenant   Colonel, 
Stephen    E.    Lowe, 

Commanding 

Major, 

Norman    B.    Comfort 

Maj  or, 

Joseph  J.  Koch 


St.  Louis 

Major, 

John    F.    Carmack 
1st  Lieut.    &   Bn.  Adjt., 

Roland  R.   Reinholdt 
1st  Lieut.   &   Bn.   Adjt., 

Clarence  W.   Schnell 


1st   Lieut.   &   Bn.   Adjt., 
Charles  A.  Marquis 

1st    Lieutenant, 

Thomas    D.    Kennedy, 
Chaplain. 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 
St.  Louis 


Captain  &  Adjutant, 

Harry  E,.   Lyons 
Rgt.    Sergeant   Major, 

Bauer,   Theodore 
Bn.    Sergeant    Major, 

Fellows,    Harry    G. 
Bn.    Sergeant  Major, 

Holland,  Lynn  H. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Anderson,  Robert 
Color    Sergeants: 

Bacon,    Benjamin    S, 

Kohn,  Sol 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Andres,   Ldward   L. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Messmer,  Albert 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Krechel,    Henry   Jr. 
Sergeant, 

Gross,    William    H. 
Cooks: 

Clymer,  Richard 

Parlin,    Ivdison 
Band   Leader, 

McClure,    John    H. 


Asst.   Band   Leader, 

Manhart,  Edward 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Wild,  Walter  J. 
Band    Sergeants: 

Baker,    Floyd 

Homan,   Fred 
Band    Corporals: 

Benne,   Harry   F. 

Heidbreder,     Alphonse 

J. 

Lindsay,    Lev 

Moore,  Clayton  H. 
1st  Class  Musicians: 

Gerard,    Oliver 

Sharp,  Jackson  W. 
2d    Class    Musicians: 

Douglas,    Alonzo    Iv. 

Heidbreder,    Henry    A. 

Jacobs,   Monroe 

Miggs,  George  H. 
3rd    Class    Musicians: 

Berryman,    Robert    E. 

Durfee,   George 

Gerard,   John   B.    Jr. 

Heim,    Vernon    S. 

Kuellmer,    Adolph 

I,awder,    Ray 

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McDonald,  James  B. 
Manne,   Max 
Meehan,   James   P. 
Pollak,  Edward 
Schrader,    Gerald  J. 
Spargo,  John   W. 
Tucker,  William 
1st   Class   Private, 
Pope,    Walter   C. 
Privates: 

Bartle,    Eugene    B. 
Clover,  John   D. 
Dyer,   Gerald  B. 
Fetcher,    Robert   T. 
Florreich,    Edward 

Lyie 
Grosse,     Fred     R. 
Hertwig,   Carl   T. 
Justice,   Martin 
Larson,   Oscar   W. 
McCoy,  Hugh  P. 
Morrow,  Cresent  C. 
O'Brien,   Thomas   J. 
Ryan,    Joseph    M. 
Schneeberger,    Fred 

C. 
Woodruff,   Lawrence 

F. 


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Captain, 

limmett  H.    Cocke 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Homer  C.  Venable 
Rgt.    Supply   Sergeant, 

Miller,  Ira  A. 
Rgt.    Supply   Sergeant., 

Amos,   Earle  H. 
Rgt.    Supply    Sergeant. 

Boemler,    Augusta    II. 
1st.    Sergeant, 

Krechel,    Henry 
Mess     Sergeant, 

Meysenburg,    Hugh    K. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

King,  John  A. 
Corporal, 

Caldwell,   Arthur   II. 


SUPPLY    COMPANY 

St.  Louis 

Cook, 

Peterson,   Edward    V. 
Saddler, 

Bailey,   Thomas 
Horseshoer, 

Redman,    Russell   R. 
Wagoners: 

Cadwalladcr,    Carroll 

Craig,   John   J. 

Dixon,    lycroy    C. 

Donlon,    Clarence 

Edwards,  George  II. 

Evans,   Thomas   II. 

Gaffney,    Frank   J. 

Grady,    Patrick 

Hagemeyer,    Alfred    M. 

Hanson,    Walter   E. 

Hart,    Frank   H. 


Ilickey,  John   M. 
Hickman,    Clinton    J. 
Hines,   Edward 
Hoppe,   Gu3 
Jackson,   Eeslie 
Kelly,  Gus 
Lajeuness,    Ratisse 
Eajeuness,   Joseph    H. 
Eitchtenberg,   Ivdwiu    F 
Lofton,   John   M. 
McMeanmy,   George 

M. 
Mitchell,  Joseph  A. 
O'Connell,    Richard 
Osborn,  Kennett  A. 
Pribble,    Sidney    W. 
Richard,  Mat 
Wallace,     William     J. 
Woods,    Anthony   J. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 

St.  Louis 


Captain, 

John    M.    Holmes 
1st    Lieutnant, 

Edward  H.   Price 
2d    Lieutenant,, 

Otis    E.    Keough 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Donald    H.    Dunavant 
1st    Sergeant, 

Bigaouette,    Martin    J. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Barker,   Arthur   M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

West,   Thomas   F. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Schiebal,  Leonard  E- 
Sergeants: 

Schuster,   Georg  A. 

Harrison,   Lee   R.,  Jr. 

McFarland,    Frank    R. 

Schulze,  Benedict 

Marsch,  Paul 

Burt,    Farlow 

JoIIey,    Russell 
Corporals: 

Eliot,   William   C. 

Beste,    William    H. 

Matlack,   Fred 

Wright,    Charles    L. 

Fields,   Charles 


Baumhoff,    Frederick 
W. 

Bryan,  Philip   D. 

Leavitt,  David  F. 
Cooks: 

Mogannam,  George 

Bilpush,    George 
Horseshoer, 

Beahan,   Elmer  A. 
Mechanics: 

Moeller,    Edward   II. 

Stevens,  Floyd  E. 
Bugler, 

Ryan,   Francis   X. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Eckert,    Edward   II. 

Eddy,  John  J.  Jr. 

Gupton,    Theodore 

Grammer,    Alva   W. 

Harkins,    Ward    R. 

ShouLtz,  Dan  M. 

Singer,   Isidor 

Starke,   Dick   D. 

Stratton^    Reus    S. 

Wagoner,    Forrest  J. 

Zimmerman,    Wesley 
J. 
Privates: 

Barnett,    Dennis 

Barrett,   Herbert  J. 

Behrens,    Ray    R. 


Blust,   Julius 
Blust,    Milton    J. 
Brusii,   Gilmore  A. 
Chape,    George    D. 
Connor,   Elbert 
Crane,   Walter  A. 
Deering,    John    M. 
Ferguson,   Robert 
Field,    David   I. 
Foehrunger,     Floyd    E- 
Fowler,    Green    C. 
Fox,    Walter    W. 
Gupton,    William    L. 
Hatfield,.    William    P 
Heim,   Elmer  L. 
Hoerner,   Julius   H. 
Horsefield,    Russell    J. 
Hubenthal,    Charles   A 
Hughes,   Walt   R. 
Kaiser,     William    E. 
Leyden,   Edward  P. 
Lublock,   Winans 
Murphy,    Robert    E. 
O'Erien^  Gregory 
Orr,    Isaac    C. 
Pride,   Howard   D. 
Rasp,    Oliver    E. 
Reinholz,  Walter  B. 
Robertson,    Robert 
Ronat,    Arthur 
Singleton,    James    R. 
Stewart,  Ray 
Thompson,    William    F. 
Weber,    Maurice    O. 
Wilson,    Shirley 


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Captain, 

George   W.   Stewart 
1st    Lieutenant, 

James  L.  D.  Rodgers 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Frank   D.    C.    Sullivan 
1st  Sergeant, 

Abernathy,   John   W. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Burns,  Roy  P. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Jantzen,    Leo   L. 
Sergeants: 

Heath,    Clyde    E. 

Page,  James  T. 

Hemke,   Walter  A. 

Kammerer,    Harry    O. 

Grodsky,    Albert    A. 

Lockhart,   Edward  M. 

Wilson,    Ernest   R. 
Corporals: 

Doherty,    Francis    J. 

Mueller,   Carl   H. 

Kurtzeborn,    Edward 
H. 

McCommis,    William 
C. 

Ryan,    Leonard 

Castles,    Don   F. 

Greggerson,    Horace 
G. 

Greggerson,    Bennet 
E. 

Lloyd,   Robert   B. 

Lloyd,     Benjamin     IL 

Zimmer,  Carl 

Hilgemann,    William 
A. 

Sparks,    Richard    O. 

Hopkins,   Lesley   B. 

Murphy,  Joseph  C. 

Bertolino,     Alexander 

Cooks: 

Bein,  Arthur 

Hasse,   Anthony   C. 

Knoll,   Roy  J. 
Buglers: 

Herr,    Elmer   P. 

Tucker,    Lloyd    A. 
Mechanics: 

Keithley,   Howard 

Pataky,   Steve 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Allen,    William    11. 


COMPANY  A 

St.  Louis 

Bennett,    Clarence    E- 
Broadway,  Basil  P. 
Bruce,   George   W. 
Crawford,    Samuel    M. 
Darby,  Floyd   R. 
DeWitt,    Richard    W. 
Ford,   Francis 
Frohn,   Jake 
Gilbers,   Joseph 
Hisserich,    Charles    H. 
Horten,    Bernard 
Howland,    Louis    P. 
Jopps,    Charles 
Karl,    Frank  J. 
Kennedy,   Michael  J. 
Kruk,    Joseph 
Mathews,    Louis    C. 
Nelson,   Eugene  H. 
Potter,  Harry  N. 
Ritchey,   Burt 
Roberts,   Irl   E. 
Robinson,     Harold     F. 
Sanders,    Thomas    R. 
Sutter,   Oscar 
Vick,  Lloyd  H. 
Wolff,   Joseph 
Privates: 

Allen,    Frank    M. 
Angermund,   Frank   J. 
Ault,    Walter   W. 
Baker,    Reuben    B. 
Bishop,  Henry   C. 
Blazek,    Joseph 
Boyd,   John    W. 
Buren,    Robert    L. 
Busher,  Harry  C. 
Callahan,    Sidney 
Callaway,    William    D. 
Carroll,   Lawrence  A. 
Corrigan,     Andrew     B. 
Courson,  Ray  F. 
Daniel,    Silas    Q. 
Davidson,    Stewart 
Davis,   Cushman   F. 
DeWitt,    Clark    C. 
DeWitt,   Paul   G. 
Dickens,    Thomas   A. 
Doherty,   James    H. 
Eichenseer,     Valentine 
Eudaley,    Harry    N. 
Evanger,    George    A. 
Factor,   Raymond  J. 
Furling,    William 
Garrett,    Silas 
Grayson,    Ellis 
Handing,   Louis 
Haneline,   John 
Harbaugh,    William 


Hargis,    Thomas    E. 
Hawkins,    Clarence   E. 
Hayes,    Morris 
Hepps,  Carl  C. 
Holeman,    Ed.    S.    P- 
Jett,  Oscar  H. 
Kable,    Michael 
Keating,    Timothy    A. 
Keller,  Jewell 
Landon,  Elmer  M. 
Lane,   Sidney  P. 
Lubic,    William    S. 
Magnusson,   Gustaf  H. 
Marks,   James   W. 
Matthews,    Stanley   A. 
Metcalfe,  Robert  G. 
Meyer,   Charles 
Milhausen,    Homer    W. 
Morgan,    William    G. 
Morris,    James    E- 
Musgrove,    Charles    A. 
O'Connell,    Oliver 
Olson,   Robert  L. 
Powers,    Thomas   J. 
Reardon^    Steve 
Robinson,    Isaac   D. 
Rohlfingj^  Albert  F. 
Sachs,    Charles 
Sappington,  Charles  R. 
Sawyer,  John  R. 
Schlumberger,     Robert 

L. 
Schmidti  Otto  P. 
Schuler,    Leslie    E. 
Short,    Walter    L. 
Smith,    Arthur   M. 
Snell,    Richard    W. 
Spargo,   William  J. 
Stackhouse,    Leo    E. 
Stewart,   Carl   C. 
Stires,    Sylvester 
Stone,  John   R. 
SullivaUj  Fletcher   E. 
Summer,  Charles  H. 
Toy,  Harry  C. 
Van   Valer,   William 

R. 
Voelker,    Claude   F. 
Wald,  John  P. 
Wania,    Stanley 
Webster,  Raymond  R. 
Welch,    Carl    E. 
Wernicker,    Fred   J. 
White,    Roy 
Williams,    Talton 
Wilson,    Clarence 
Woodson,   Henry  J. 
Zousch,  Alphonsus  L. 


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Captain, 

Frank   R.    Larrimore 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Samuel  F.  Merriara 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Edgar  H.   B.  Loehr 
1st   Sergeant, 

Brown,   Joseph   A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Hemp,   Joseph   L- 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Petsch,    Charles    H. 
Sergeants: 

Conklin,    Chester   T. 

Bowman,   Harry- 
Cox,    William   A. 

Boyer,    George   H. 

Fish  wick,    George    \V. 

Coulter,    Robert    L. 
Corporals: 

Pritz,    Eric 

Gardner,    Alfred    W. 

Weinberg,    Samuel 

Swoboda,    William    (). 

Held,    William    R. 

Powers,    Walter 

Reuter,    Leslie 

Knoll,    Roy 

Wilbur,    East 

McMahon,    Joseph 

Bewig,    Robert 

Connelly,    Clement    V. 

Williams,   Jesse   J. 

CrabtreCj  Chester  D. 

Crabtree,    Jennings    D. 

Higgins,    John    F.     Jr. 
Cooks: 

Schultz,   William   L. 

Hively,  Albert  W. 

York,    Claude    M. 
Buglers: 

Davidson,    Lee     R. 

Harris,    Samuel    D. 
Mechanics: 

Barker,    Ben   F. 

Gayeski,   Theodore    E- 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Candola,    Frank 

Cox,    Dean    G. 

Cunningham,  James 
H. 

Darr,    Charles    W. 

Friederiche,    Juli\is    O. 

Fromm,    Victor    A. 

Iloskinson,    Buell   Iv. 


COMPANY  B 
St.  Louis 

Kenealy,    John    F. 
Kent,     Earl     M. 
Kramer,    Lester    W. 
Loehr,    George    A. 
Moylan,    William    P. 
McFatridge,    Robert 

R. 
O'Neill,   Henry  N. 
Robertson,    Laurie    B. 
Sprague,     George    M. 
Stiritz,    Walter   J. 
Willis,  Leo  F. 
Young,    Lucilius   A. 
Privates: 

Adams,   Leslie   E. 
Ambrose,    George    L. 
Andrus,    Leonard   B. 
Atwood,    Edward 
Boyd,   Thomas  W. 
Brady,    Francis   X. 
Bradshaw,    Harry   E. 
Brown,  Harry   E. 
Browne,   John    L. 
Buchanan,   Loy 
Buddie,    William    E. 
Carter,    Rolla    F. 
Chew,   Richard   F. 
Collart,    John    A. 
Constantino,    John 
Cord,    Jesse    O. 
Cox,   Roy   E. 
Curvin,    Charles    L. 
Dailey,    Joseph    P. 
Dickson,    Bennett   T. 
Dotson,    Robert 
Elder,    Hugh   A. 
Elkins,    Cyrus    R. 
Elvin,    Perry  A. 
Faina,    Francis    V. 
Fink,    Eddie 
B'ink,   Tony 
Fore,    Robert    S. 
Gillespie,    William    F. 
Gould,   Samuel   H. 
Gramlich,    Charles    B. 
Green,  Frank 
Gregory,    Sylvester    S. 
Grotpeter,     Stephen    J. 
Hall,   Matthew  W. 
Hamtil,  John  F. 
Harper,    Albert    E. 
Hazelwood.     Ovan     F. 
Hefley,  William  T. 
Herrell,    Raymond 
Jones,   Paul   F. 
Kaddell,    Paul    F. 
Keane,  James 
Klepper,    James    M. 


Kopp,    Herman 
Krause,  Joseph 
Koger,    Harry 
Lagana,   John   R. 
Leavitt,    Samuel    R. 
Lorts,   Austin   W. 
Luback,    John 
McCutcheon,    John    A. 
McDowell,    William 

L. 
Mallard,    Leo   J. 
Mead,   William   E. 
Mercer,   John 
Mercer,   William   C. 
Miley,  Jesse    R. 
Miller,    Charles 
Moore,    Ralph  J. 
Nay,   Murle  D. 
Nitschki,    Charles    H. 
Nolen,   John   L. 
O'Connor,    Merrill    S. 
O'Malley,    Walter 
Parker,    Richard   D. 
Pennifold,    George    E. 
Poison,  Roy  S. 
Pressley,     Clarence 
Priebe,    Walter   L. 
Ritchey,    Everett 
Robertson,    Harold    C. 
Roe,   Forest  L. 
Rogers,  Paul  M. 
Rushton,    Frank    C. 
Sandfelder,    Max 
Scott,    Frank    E. 
Schmidt^    Philip    H. 
Schnur,    William   J. 
Sexton,    Clarence    F. 
Short,    Harlan 
Silverstein,    Max 
Skelton,    Joseph 
Snow,   Edgar 
Steinkamper,    Harry 

W. 
Steele,    Roy    E. 
Stein,    August    H. 
Stephens,    William   A. 
Stone,    Riley 
Strader,   Harvey   E. 
Sullivan,    Pearl 
Swift,    Raymond    T. 
Tungate,     Charles 
\'an    Schoelandt,    Fred 

W. 
Vaughn,    Thad 
Willoughby,    George 

P. 
Wills,   Robert  H. 
Wright,    Charles    E. 


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Captain, 

Thomas  A.  Dooley,  Jr. 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William    S.     Robinson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Walter    F.    Vieh 
1st    Sergeant, 

Scliulz,   William  F. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Donnell,    Warren    F. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Derbes,    Ralph 
Sergeants: 

Kiely,    Ralph  J. 

Smith,    Christopher 

McCarl,  Elmer  H. 

Shannon,  Hugh  P. 

Williams,   Edgar  J. 
Corporals: 

Cox,  John  B. 

Corn,   Elmer 

Scott,    Archie    D. 

Klein,  John  M. 

Plummer,    Thomas   H. 

Haverstick,   Walter  W. 

McAnally,    Samuel    W. 

Goff,   David   D. 

Woolievor,    William   A. 
.  Flori,    Oscar    A. 

Harkey,  George 

Stephens,  Gradon  L. 
Cooks: 
•    Duncan,    Wilbern 

Skinner,  James  W.   Jr. 

Falter,    Gustav    A. 
Mechanics: 

Omohundro,   Ralph 
A. 

Durham^    Clarence 
Buglers: 

Smith,  James  A. 

Hill,  Richard  K. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Birke,   Thomas 

Carey,  John   W.  Jr. 

Grimm,  John   C. 

King,  Nelson  A. 

Lewis,  John  R. 

Links,    John    A. 

Rudroff,"john   C. 
Privates: 

Ahner,   Arthur   A. 

Allen,    Olin    C. 


COMPANY  C 
St.  Louis 

Allen,    Theodore 
Andert,   Thomas   E. 
Baker,  James 
Bartlett,    Wm.    P. 
Baum,    William    T. 
Behrman,    August    M. 
Bender,   Walter  W. 
Bogie,   John    E. 
Brueggeman,     Fred    A. 
Brueggman,    William 

F. 
Butler,  James  J. 
Cahill,  John   S. 
Campbell,    Charles 
Carione,  Anthony 
Clayton,     William     P. 
Cooper,    Henry   C. 
Crean,    Andrew    J. 
Dodd,    Homer   B. 
Dodson,     Clarence    G. 
Dunajcik,     Martin 
Durham,   John    T. 
Eaton,   Herman  E. 
Elfgen,    Joseph   L. 
Falter,    Elmer    G. 
Ferry,     Alpha     P. 
Follette,  Darwin  M. 
Frentzel,    Paul    J. 
Geatley,    John    C. 
Gelbach,    Herbert 
GillespiCj   David  W. 
Goebel,    George 
Green,    Thomas 
Grimm,   Michael 
Gunither,    Luther   A. 
Haley,  Alfred   B. 
Ham,   Frank   C. 
Higgins,   Thomas   M. 
Hillier,    Frederick    H. 
Hook,   Louis 
Hopson,   John    C. 
Huck,   George   C. 
Husley,   Harry  G. 
Hunter,    Wayne   T. 
Jackson,    Raymond 
Johnson^  James    L. 
Kaiser,    Harry    D. 
Kanem,    Joseph 
Kirsch,    Leon    P. 
Kizer,   Louis   5- 
Kopsco,    John 
Krebs,    Otto   H. 
Krepps,    Bryan   J. 


Kuhlage,  Vincent  G. 
Leffingwell,   Marion  D. 
Leonard,    Wilbur 
Lewis,    Clarence    L. 
Linden,    Robert 
McCarthy,  John 
McGee,    Edward 
McLean,   Harry    E. 
McMahon,    Henry 
Malley,     Alexander     J. 
Maxwellj    Edward  J. 
Meckein,    Charles   A. 
Mellick,  Louis  J. 
Mohen,  Edward  F. 
Mulkey,    Max 
Mulkey,    Von 
Munger,     Eugene    M. 
Munroe,    Scott 
Nesselhauf,    Gregory 

P. 
O'Hearne,    Walter    G. 
Otte,   Adolph   W. 
Palmer,   Perry   W. 
Petty,    Maurice    E. 
Price,    Thomas 
Pronsketes,    Dominkas 
Pruski,    Walter 
Quigley,    Edward    J. 
Reese,    Julius 
Reining,     Edward 
Richardson,  George  L. 
Richardson,   Harold   A. 
Roberts,    Doma    R. 
Roderick,    Percy    E. 
Roosken,   William  J. 
Ruwe,  Arthur  H. 
Schmittj    Valentine 
Schmitz,   Ferdinand  A. 
Schneider,    August    J. 
Sidman,    Conway    J. 
Smith,  Elmer 
Strauss,    Samuel  J. 
Tapscott,    George    C. 
Tuma,   William 
Vinchich,    Toma 
Vlasak,    Charles    W. 
Vrydage,   Joseph 
Ward,   Eugene   W. 
Warner,    Charles 
Weiner,    Frank    J. 
Woodman,    Harry 
Wyatt,    Howard    C. 
Zeigler,    James    J. 


Captain, 

Gunther    Meier 


COMPANY  D. 

St.  Louis 

1st  Lieutenant, 

George    A.    Bilsbarrow 


2d    Lieutenant, 
George  H.   W.   Rausch- 
kolb 


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1st  Sergeant, 

May,   Beverly  D. 

Supply    Sergeant, 

Youngerman,    Guy   A. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Stucker,  Frank 
Sergeants: 

MacMellon,    Harry 

Jones,    Frank   X. 

Coff,   Edward  J. 

Cosgrove,    John    D. 

Wehrenberg,   Harry   E. 

Little,    Charles   M. 

Travis,    Robert    E. 
Corporals: 

Ebling,    Raymond    C. 

Fulgham,   Thomas 

Fagan,  Raymond 

Kugler,   Rudolph 

Albert,    Chester 

Gruner,    John   E. 

Galvin,   James  J. 

Mathews,   Joseph    T. 

Myers,    Eugene  J. 

Rinehart,    Sam    L. 

Ackerman,    Christie 

Chilton,   John   A. 

Gribble,    John    K. 

Motts,    Gus 

Hill,    Charles   D. 
Cooks: 

Dixon,    Harry    I. 

Jones,  George  W. 

Lewis,    Walter 
Mechanics: 

Franklin,    Harry    I. 

Braunbeck,    George    E. 
Buglers: 

Kilpatrick,    Joseph 

Laspe,  Carl  A. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Berresheim,    Robert    B. 
P. 

Brem,   Roy   E. 

Childress,  John   D. 

Esphorst,     George     11. 

Little,    Wallace 

Mockieri    William 

Neis,    Walter 

Peteringj,   Wm..    H. 

Pfeiflfer,    Martin    G. 

Porter,    Charles   I. 

Schrempj    Eugene    J. 


Simmons,   Grant  L. 
Snider,   James   F. 
Spencer,    Irving   G. 
Todd,   Clarence  J. 
Privates: 

Adams,    John    Q. 
Addison,    Lyman   M. 
Allen,   Daniel  A. 
Albus,   Claude  L. 
Anderson,    Malcolm 
Badock,    George 
Benson,   Richard   C. 
Bettag,   John 
Bierman,    Henry    E. 
Blaylock,    Richard 
Brand,  John   H. 
Bruer,    Otis    F. 
Brown,    William    E. 
Burns,     Victor    L. 
Burnside,    John    T. 
Caperhart,    Herman    D. 
Charboneau,    Leroy   L. 
Craine,    Earnest    D. 
Dalberg,   Rudolph    L- 
Davidson,  James  F. 
DeHay,  Grover  C. 
Denny,    Everett    B. 
Dillman,    Simmy 
Dwan,   Joseph   P. 
Eads,   Jesse  J. 
Eberhart,    Frank 
Elmore,    John    F. 
Elmore,     William     T. 
England,  James  Arthur 
Ferguson,    Carl    H. 
Findley,     William 
Finney,    Thomas 
Freeman,     William     J. 

B. 
Gibson,  John  M. 
Giffen,    Fred 
Gimpel,    Charles   E. 
Glover,    Fred    A. 
Goodrich,     Dick    D. 
Harder,    Roy 
Hart,    E'ffier 
Hart,    William 
Hausman,    Walter 
Hawkins,     Charles     F. 
Hawkins,   Lonnie 
Hill,    Preston   J. 
Holt,    Newman 
Hood,   -Orville   A. 
Hultquist,  John   W. 


Huskey,  Amiel  A. 

JohnsoHt    Everett 

Karch,    Elmer 

Kitchen,  Herman  W. 

Kriegbaum,    Louis    E. 

Kronenberger,  Rich- 
ard  J. 

Lamoriaux,    Harry 

Ledbetter,    Edward 

Ledbetter,    Luther 

Long,    Edward    L. 

Long,   Roscoe 

Lovelace,    William    E. 

McCoIpin,   Floyd 

McCoy,  James  F. 

Mclnerney,  Michael 
T. 

Magnusson,   George    E- 

Manus,    Herrol   J. 

Martin,    Walter   J. 

Medler,    Tom 

Meredith,   Roy   F. 

Miller,   Guy 

Oburn,  Albert  R. 

Oliver,    John 

Patton,    William    F. 

Rabe,    Henry    E. 

Reichelt,   Arnold   G. 

Reser,    Alfred    W. 

Ruckman     Rupert    R. 

Rushing,   Joe 

Sabo,    John 

Schute,    William   L. 

Scott,    John    H. 

Shoemaker,    John 

Smiley,   Samuel   L. 

Souders,    Charles   A. 

Stagner,    Andrew    A. 

Stanley,    Warren    P. 

Strange,    Russell    E. 

Talbot,   Hale   E. 

Talghadar,   Edward 

Taylor,    Victor 

Walk,    Paul 

Walters,    William    W. 

Warnhoff,   Edward  H. 

Warnhoff,    Herman    C. 

Wilcox,  John   G.   Jr. 

Wiley,    Albert    L 

Wood,   William   J. 

Wyatt,    Raymond    A. 

Yates,     William    A. 

Young,   Joseph    L. 

Zimmerman,  George 


Captain, 

Clarence    J.    Sodemann 
1st    Lieutenant, 

James  A.   Kinsella 


COMPANT  E 
St.  Louis 

2d    Lieutenant, 

Vernon   McC.    Parkin- 
son 
1st  Sergeant, 

Sears,    Gradwcll    L. 


Mess   Sergeant, 
Koen,  Ross  M. 

Supply   Sergeant, 
LaPage,  Albert  L. 


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Sergeants: 

Flood,   Joseph   P. 

McCorkle,    Carroll    G. 

Hartmann,   Edward   A. 

Helmar,   Frank   G. 

Cortright,    Ralph    E. 

Bates,  Percy  J. 
Corporals: 

Meier,    Herbert    C. 

Shockley,    Hal 

Pfeifer,   Walter  O.    E. 

Svatek,   Martin  J. 

Dunsford,    Clarence    C. 

Maune,    Martin 

Saucier,     Benjamin     H. 

Kirby,    Alonzo    L. 
Cooks: 

Ford,  Frank 

Cammi,   Bartolo   W. 

Zack,    George 
Buglers: 

Gallagher,   John   E. 

Thomas,  Henry  P. 
Mechanic, 

Spain,   Leon 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Beard,    Clifford    A. 

Boyer,   James    A. 

Brooks,    Norman    E. 

Fitzgerald,  Joseph 

Hecke,    Louis 

Merkle,    Clarence    J. 

Mullins,    Cornelius    A. 

Quasegarth,    Edmund 
A. 

Senn,   Thomas 

Servan,   Richard 

Sutton,   Gilbert  L. 

Wilson,    Harry 

Withers,  Gilbert 

Yeager,  Beeman  C. 
Privates: 

Armstrong,    Albert 

Auller,    Henry 

Rarth,    Edward    O. 

Roerschig,    George   F. 

liennett,    Herman 

Rorman,    Joseph 

Bourisaw,    Joseph    E- 


Bowen,    Stanley 
Bozarth,  Emery  E. 
Brown,  Joseph 
Buchanan,    Thomas    K. 
Butler,    Edward   E. 
Cardwell,    Carbette    L. 
Chapman,    Russell    A. 
Coleman,    Joseph    B. 
Cordia,    Michael 
Gushing,    Clarence    C. 
Cutteridge,    Albert 
Copeland,    Ridley 
Daniel,    Edward    E. 
Daugherty,   Thomas   T. 
Doyle,    George   E. 
Enge,   Michael 
Ferrell,    John    E. 
Flynn,    Vivian    A. 
Gaskill,   Cleve   R. 
Gilgenberg,    Frank    O. 
Goebbels,   Harry   P. 
Gorman,    Noah    V. 
Gorman,   Warren   P. 
Graham,    Louisious    P. 
Greenstreet,     Clarence 

A. 
Gripp,    Robert 
Gruenewald,    Otto 
Godat,    Louis    H. 
Hall,     Elmer     E- 
Hane,    Hubert    H. 
Hansel,   Virgil  M. 
Hare,    Arthur    P. 
Hart,    Edward   G. 
Heltzel,    John    J. 
Herlits,  Andrew  A. 
Hill,     Harry    C 
Hill,    Thomas    D. 
Hippler,    Lawrence    C. 
Holtsclaw,    Fred 
Holtsclaw,    William    C. 
Horton,   Norman  B. 
Houston,    Glenn 
Huebner,    Louis   A. 
Jones,    Arthur    W. 
Joseph,  John   S. 
Juzcek,    Ostap 
Jeude,    Lawrence    F. 
Kleykamp,    Victor    E. 
Kraleman,     Henry     P. 
Krewinkel,    Joseph    L. 


Leach,    Edgar   F. 
Lysakowski,  Albert 

Reid 
McCauley,   Andrew   J. 
McKenna,    William 
McMahon,    John    J. 
Marlin,    Marion    H. 
Mayfield,   Fred 
Mayhill,  Melville  M. 
Maupin,    Henry    E. 
Meier,    Clarence   T. 
Meinhardt,  John   M. 
Miles,    Robert   D. 
Miller,    George    W. 
Miller,  Lloyd  E. 
Moon,    Lacy    R. 
Moore,    John    P. 
Norris,  Clifford  O. 
Peabody,    Sterling   M. 
Peper,    Edward 
Peters,  Henry  W. 
Price,    Edward    O. 
Pruitt,    Robert    F. 
Plouder,    Henry    H. 
Polette,    Daley 
Quasebarth,    Norman 
Reid,    Reinzie   B. 
Roper,    Irwin    C. 
Rose,    Virgil 
Russell,    James   R. 
Sacer,   Max 
Sartori,    John 
Saucier,    Charles   C. 
Schatzman,    Lawrence 

L. 
Schaper,  Frank  A. 
Schilling,  Janicb  3. 
Scale,     Louis 
Spieler,    Arthur    L. 
Stroupe,     William     L. 
Stubbs,  Jesse  J. 
Teeter,    Allen    R. 
Teeter,    James    H. 
Thomas,   Edwin   H. 
Veal,     James     Wesley 
Visnewsky,    Cestaw 
Weineke,    John   W. 
Williams,   Arthur  H. 
Wimmer,    William 
Withers,,   Oscar    L- 
Zeiser,    William 


Captain, 

Edwin  M.  Todd 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Fred  W.  Fergus 
2d    Lieutenant, 

John   R.    Moll 


COMPANY  F 

St.  Louis 

1st     Sergeant, 
Schmidt,    Irvin 

Mess    Sergeant, 
Sherrel,    Charles 

Supply    Sergeant, 
Krudop,    Harry  J. 


Sergeants: 

Birch,  John  L- 
Hogrebe,  Amor   C. 
Weatherby,    James    H. 
Horack,"  Edmund    W. 
jMcNulty,    Joseph    J. 


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fanning,    Livingston 
Long,   Herman  A. 
Corporals: 

McCall,   Frank  E. 

Warren,    Clyde   C. 

Olson,    Charles 

Dann,   Erwin   L. 

Lohkamp,     Charles    W. 

Richards,    Paul   J. 

Pool,  Martin  B. 

Ousley,    Harold   P. 

Davis,    Clifford    L. 

Smith,    Coit    A. 

Smith,    Malcolm    W. 

Rogers,    Joseph    Earl 

Brooks,    Harris 

Hunter,   Eugene 
Cooks: 

Kastner,  Julius 

Hammond,    Osborne 
McK. 
Buglers: 

Coff,  Joseph  J. 

Sterbenz,    Frederick 
H. 
Mechanic, 

McCombs,   Sherman   B. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Allen,  Jack  B. 

Anderson,    William 
H. 

Bauman,   Samuel   I. 

Ehlers,   Arthur   H. 

Elrod,    Frank 

Fairchild,    Fred   T. 

Finkiewiez,    John 

Forgus,    Lawrence    D. 

Goodman,    Harry 

Hopkins,    W^illiam 

Jones,   Owen   L. 

Meinberg,     Edwin     J. 

Mueller,    Fred   H. 

Nicholas,   William 

Peters,    Albert 

Roth,    Charles   J. 

Schomburg,   Otto  J. 

Theiss,  John   C. 


Privates: 

Albes,   Henry  T. 
Akiki,    Joseph     A. 
Bailey,  John 
Baker,   Glenn   H. 
Basden,    Glenn 
Batts,   Joseph 
Beaver,   Daniel   B. 
Beaver,   Isaac   A. 
Bentley,    George    C. 
Bergerson,   Arthur   H. 
Boerner,     Oliver    L. 
Boland,  Mathew  J. 
Branson,    David   J. 
Brookes,   William    S. 
Butcher,    Fred    C. 
Capra,   John 
Chasnick,  Frank 
Chenot,   August    S. 
Clendenin,    John    H. 
Cockrell,    Arthur    R. 
Dalei,  Tony 
Davis,    Thomas 
Davis,    Walter    C. 
Dekorsky,  Antony 
Diardano,  Joe 
Dubach,    Roy 
Eddington,    Edgar   R. 
Francis,    William   J. 
Gibbs,  Guy  S. 
Griffith,   Ralph  W. 
Gremmer,   Leroy   P. 
Haile,    Tames  G. 
Hall,   Claude_  A. 
Hanna,     Gyrias 
Harmon,    Fred    A. 
Hollerback,   John 
Holzhauser,     Anton 
Homann,    Rudolph    H. 
Jackson,  Floyd  W. 
Kamper,    Russell    F. 
Kehoe,    Charles 
Kennway,   Thomas   E. 
King,    Louis    W. 
Lacey,    Wilbur    G. 
Lambert,     Myron     F. 


McCafferty,  Russell 

L. 
McDaniel,   Francis   C. 
McDonnell,   Joseph   M. 
McKeen,  Louis 
McVicar,   Harold   L. 
Masterson,    Leo    M. 
Mayes,    Kenneth 
Michael,     Wilbur     E- 
Mobarak,  Najab  B. 
Moresi,   Joseph 
Morley,  Frank  J. 
Murphy,    Henry    C. 
Myers,  William  Fuller 

Jr. 
Newberry,   Ivan   E. 
Nitzche,    William   W. 
O'Brien,    Charles 
Oglesby,    Charles    E. 
Ousley,    Glenn    C. 
Palmer,    Samuel    E. 
Rabbitt,    Robert    E. 
Rainey,    Forrest 
Rausch,    John 
Ronsiek,    Henry    B. 
Russell,    Loy 
Rymer,    Charles    B. 
Sanker,    Louis 
Satterfield,    Duerall    C. 
Savage,    David    H. 
Scott,    Cornelius    F. 
Scliaffer,    Bernard    A. 
Seaver,  William  C. 
Sheppard,    Edward    L. 
Shrewsbury,    Rannie 

B. 
Smith,  Walter  R. 
Stubbs,    James    O. 
Tillman,    William    M. 
Tracy,   Alonzo 
Walsh,   Sterling 
Walsh,    Joseph    T. 
Ward,  Albert  McD. 
Weddle,     Arthur 
Zagib,   George   F. 
Zagibo,   Nakly   T. 
Ziegler,    Clarence    C. 


Captain, 

Harry   E.    Sugden 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Harry    Koetting 
2d    Lieutenant, 

George     P.     Kohlberv;, 

1st    Sergeant, 

John,    George    C. 

Mess  Sergeant, 
Schoeppl,  John 


COMPANY  G 
St.  Louis 

Supply    Sergeant, 

Seeger,  Phillip  J. 
Sergeants  : 

Nesselhauf,     Frank    J. 

Allen,    Charles    B. 

Haller,   William   T. 

Reynolds,    William    J. 

Ruby,  Patrick  H. 
Corporals: 

O'Neal,   Franklin   E.  C. 

Wilkerson,    Richard   J. 


Heck,  Karl   G. 
Hein,   George   P. 
Haemerle,   Albert  J. 
Brown,    Herbert 
Meyer,    Walter    F. 
Horvath,    Gus 
Cooper,   William    W. 
Cuddy,   Nelson    D. 
Johnson,   Edward   O. 
Kruse,    Karl 
Runge,   William   F. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXEEMONT 


Cooks : 

Hans,   William   E. 

Klenke,    Owen   L- 

Wilhelm,  Lawrence 
Buglers: 

Havens,   James    W. 

Wakeland,    IJdward    F. 
Mechanics: 

Lewis,   Edwin  H. 

McMasters,    Theodore 
H. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Anderson,    Edward   R. 

Bergmann,    Wilbur 

Bidlingmeier,   Oliver 
J. 

Bohrmann,   Elmer  J. 

Brown,  Charles 

Brumley,   Richard   H. 

Cooke,    Frederick    V. 
P. 

Elliott,    Ira  N. 

Ellwood,    Cecil   J. 

Eyerkuss,    Fred    F. 

Gash,   Percy   M. 

Hewitt,  John  E. 

Klasing,    Mathew   C. 

Lehr,  John   M. 

Manheimer,    Hughes 
J. 

Pfeil,   Walter  R. 

Rives,   Lee  J. 

Roy,   Henry  T. 

Saling,  Thomas  W. 

Sanguinette,    Lloyd    D. 

Saner,   Nick   W. 

Stewart,    Alonzo    B. 

Stone,    Richard    L- 

Wakeland,   Richard   II. 

Wallace,    Charles    B. 

Willman,    Oliver   J. 
Privates: 

Andrews,  James  P. 


Archer,   George  W. 
Archer,   Raymond   W. 
Baluka,   Alfred 
Becker,    Charles    A. 
Benz,    Walter   E- 
Berlin,    Clay 
Biggs,  Fred  A. 
Bohrmann,  Louis 
Carver,    George   W. 
Casciani,  Joseph   F. 
Charles,    Edward    T. 
Claiborne,    Henry    M. 
Craycroft,    Arthur   W. 
Dean,    Perry  tl. 
Dekum,    Joseph    F. 
Dicken,    Isham    S. 
Dodge,   Gordon   M. 
Donnell,   Murray  W. 
Dreyer,    Wesley    P. 
Dunivin,  Arthur  B. 
Ecker,   Irving  J. 
Edgar,   Charles    M. 
Edgar,    William    Z. 
Ely,   Charles   E. 
Faccaro,    Joseph 
Farris,    Gilbert   T. 
Ferguson,    George   W. 
Fielder,    Phillip    W. 
Flynn,    Richard    B. 
Foster,    Walter   W. 
Fowler,    William    R. 
Golden,    Raymond    T. 
Gray,   William   D. 
Haenny,  Tony  P. 
Hawkins,    Billie 
Hogan,    William    J. 
Hope,  Norton  C. 
Illsen,  Walter  R. 
Immell,    Earl    R. 
Ireland,    Elmer 
James,    Alphonso 
James,   Charles  L. 


Jeffries,    Edwin    H. 
Jones,   Harry    N. 
Jones,  John  R. 
King,   John  J. 
Kretschmar,   Oscar   R. 
Kuessner,    Carl    J. 
Lem,  Ralph  P. 
Lewis,  George  F. 
Londe,    Sam 
Lundstrom,    Ray 
Malley,   Coney 
Meyer,    Richard 
Milsted,    Harry    S. 
Moore,    William 
Neil,  Ralph 
O'Brien,    Edward    S. 
Padgett,  James   E. 
Patterson,    Everett 
Petrie,   Lafayette    E. 
Preiss,    Edward   H. 
Quick,    Oscar  L. 
Reid,    George 
Reynolds,  Archie   F. 
Richard,    Getth 
Ripley,   Fred  A. 
Runge,   Raymond 
Schuler,  John 
Scott,    Fred    M. 
Shelton,  George  W. 
Siemer,  John  F. 
Smith,  Clyde 
Smith,    Felix    Hill 
Spiess,   Charles 
Taylor,   Virgil 
Vontocci,  John 
Wahl,  Milton  J. 
Ward,  August 
Webb,   Vincent   P. 
Whited,    Alvin 
Wilhelm,   Stanley   W. 
Wilson,    Mark 
Worrell.   William   L. 
Yount,  Romie  A. 


Captain, 

James  M.    McMahon 
1st  Lieutenant, 

William   J.   McMahon 
1st   Sergeant 

Schwarz,  Paul  S. 
Sergeants : 

Newman,    Charles    E. 

Kountz,  Leo  R. 

Wolfe,  Walter  K. 

Schroeder,  Arden 

Coughlin,    Edward 

Gerber,   Edward 

Mues,   John   C. 
Corporals : 

Schlereth,  Walter  E. 


COMPANY  H 
St.  Louis 

Messmer,   Mathew  N. 
Wyne,   Henry  M. 
Petri,    Roy    R. 
Errett,    Peter    G. 
Von  Land,   George   O. 
Davis,    Frank   R. 
Burke,   John 
Diebling,    George   J. 
Cornell,  George  E. 
Herman,    Nicholas    N. 
Varwig,   William    11. 
Croft,    George    H. 
Woodall,   Roland   H. 
Siekman,    Harold   H. 
Buchanan,    Roland    W. 
Edwards,   George 


Cooks : 

Kriner,    Edward 

Ponce,  John  C. 

Genrich,   Henry  H. 
Buglers : 

Barbee,    David    B. 

Steffens,    Plenry    E. 
Mechanic, 

Corcoran,    Andrew    J. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Ashley,    Wilbur 

Ball,    Walter   B. 

Benz,    George 

Bloom,    Philip    McGee 

Boehm,    Nevitt 

Burch,  Anthony  W. 


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Carroll,    Roland 
Edwards,    Arthur   J. 
Grupe,   lilmer   E,. 
Hengesbach,     Frank 
Hesser,    Albert    J. 
Keelan,  James 
Kummer,    Julius   John 
Light,    Clarence 
Montrey,    Henry    M. 
Schad,    John 
Voisen,    William    J. 
Webb,   Harry   F. 
Privates : 

Adams,   Asa   J. 
Arnold,    Edward 
Basinger,    Cecil    S. 
Bryant,    Melvin    F. 
Bunk,    Myles   W. 
Burns,    Samuel 
Cameron,    Joshe    N. 
Carroll,    Leo   J. 
Carroll,    Omar 
Cleaver,    Virgil 
Conway,  John 
Cooper,   James    R. 
Coudy,   Seward 
Crader,    Slocum 
Curry,   Frnest   C. 
Danklef,   Herman 
Davis,    George    C. 
Deaton,    Illo   M. 
De  Suza,  John  Robert 
Dineen,    Dennie    E. 
Dorr,    Fred    M. 
Edwards,     Frederick 
L. 


Eek,    Landen 
Emerick,   Lee  W. 
England,   John 
Flora,    Forrest   W. 
Forsythe,    Hugh    W. 
Frommelt,    William   A. 
Gates,   Rietman    C. 
Grant,   Alva   B. 
Gunn,   Albert  O. 
Hallemann,    Joseph 
liammett,   James   A. 
Hand,    William 
Harness,    Roy 
Harrison,   Fred  H. 
Harrison,    Herman    W. 
Plebold,  Walter  P. 
Heiken,   Harry 
Hill,   Walter   L. 
Houze,   Harry  J. 
Hughes,    Edward 
Hunsaker,    Oscar 
Hunt,    David 
Jaycox,    Fred    M. 
Johansson,   Otto   A. 
Jones,    Edward    M. 
Jones,    William   T. 
Keegan,    Raymond    P. 
Laird,    Fred   L. 
Leamy,    Thomas   J. 
McKay,    James    J. 
Martin,  Richard  H. 
Mayer,   Andrew    A. 
O'liouke,     Arnold 
O'Rouke,   Robert 
Portell,    Myrl    G. 


Ratz,    Raymond    J. 
Reilly,   Peter 
Reinagel,    Eugene    H. 
Reynolds,  Joseph 
Ridgway,    Edward    C. 
Roberts,   William   L. 
Rohbacher,     Peter 
Rounie,   Holly 
Russell,  Walter 
Rutherford,    Edward 
Sapp,    Bennett    B. 
Sapp,   Hobart 
Schrader,    Edward 
Schulze,    Gregory   E. 
Series,    Lewis    O. 
Sevier,   William    F. 
Shaefer,  Walter  Lee 
Shawgo,   Scott   D. 
Smith,  Rob 
Spoenermann,   Her- 
man 
Steff,    Augustus   E. 
Stevens,    Anthony 
Stinson,    Leo    Francis 
Stolte,    Charles    E. 
Stone,    William    A. 
Surgeon,  James   R. 
Swailes,    Guy 
Urban,    John    C. 
Ward,  Walter 
Weber,   Theodore   G. 
Wegener,  Robert  H. 
Werner,    Joseph    A. 
Williams,    Roy    E. 
Wilson,    Everett    L. 
Wright,  Frank. 


Captain, 

Alexander   R.   Skinker 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Ralph   D.    Oldham 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Roy     G.     Winzenburg 
1st   Sergeant, 

Kayser,    William 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Watson   Willard   W. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Miller,   Roy   M. 
Sergeants : 

Wicmans,    Clarence 
Gilmore 

Kraunsnick,    Walter   S. 

Hoffman,   John  A. 

Sorenson,    Hans   K. 

Fehling.   Harry   W. 

Sims,    Clyde 

Britton,   Joseph 

Shadle,   Walter   S. 


COMPANY  I 

St.  Louis 

Corporals: 

Muren,    Edward 

Steffan,    Henry 

Taylor,   Thomas   A. 

Loughran,   Albert  J. 

Oldfather,    Pearl 

Tegethoff,   Edward 

Pettus,    Leslie    A. 

Hall,   Harry    P. 

Ferber,    Troy 

Canman,   Louis   P. 

Ellis,    George    D. 

Carmack,    Edward    S. 

Biederman,    Willis   F. 

Dorst,    Edward 

Littlefield,    Charles    C. 

Seemayer,  Albert 

Weir,  David  I. 
Cooks : 

Siebenmann,    Rudolph 
W. 

Berry,    Christian    A. 

Tlolmberg,    Edward    I. 
Reschbacher,    Harry 


Mechanics : 

Weber,  Alfred 

Smith,  William  H. 
Buglers: 

Richards,    Peter 

Miles,   George  A. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Adams,   Louis   K. 

Adams,  Samuel  C. 

Bagley,    Harry 

Callier,  Dell  R. 

Cameron,   Angus  J. 

Carroll,    John    H. 

Dean,    Howard    G. 

Eckhardt,   William    G. 

Feld,    George 

Hanretty,   George  E. 

Harrington,    William 

Hartmann,    William 
TTiggins,    Conieliiis    J. 
Hoffman,    Robert   C. 
Jablonski,  John   J. 
Johnson,    Frank 


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Johnson,  Walter  L. 
Massingham,   George 
Mee,  John   J. 
Miller,   Theodore   B. 
Page,    Charles    A. 
Paprosky,   Michael,   M. 
Pickett,   Minard   E. 
Robben,  Henry  B. 
Sims,  Mark  V. 
Stark,    Morris    J. 
Strachan,   Harley  A. 
Watson,   Cedric  H. 
Privates : 

Amend,   Irwin 
Arning,    Elmer 
Baker,    David    Paul 
Bardgett,    Alfred    L. 
Bayless,   Roy   B. 
Beahan,  Jack  W. 
Benson,    Guy    A. 
Boucherie,   John   W. 
Bright,  Archie  G. 
Conover,    Charles    C. 
Cook,    Howard    L. 
Covert,    Robert    W. 
Dimitry,    John    A. 
DuBose,    Sidney   C. 
Dunton,    Richard 
Kads,  James  M. 
Eason,   Elmer   S. 
Elfrink,   Frank  J. 
Foerstel,    Frank   Z. 


Forbes,    Louis 
Freeman,  Roy  L. 
Friend,   Harold  L. 
Fuelsch,    Arthur 
Gossett,   William   F. 
Gowans,    George  J. 
Hayes,  William   J. 
Heade,   Joseph   D. 
Helfrick,    Marion 
Hofman,   Lee  J. 
Howard,  Hobert  W. 
Hudson,    Elmer 
Jeck,   Gilbert   C. 
Jewell,    Arnold    B, 
Joffray,   Clarence  L. 
Kern,    Urban    P. 
Kiehnal,   William   L. 
Kinealy,  Daniel  P. 
Kitchell,    Roy    C. 
LaBruyer,  Leo  H. 
LaBruyer,   Noah  F. 
Loane,    Albert 
Lockwood,  Harry  E. 
McClanahan,    Albert 

L. 
Meier,  Harry   G. 
Meier,     William 
Meyer,    Leslie    O. 
Meyer,    Paul 
Miller,    Chestine  W. 
Miller,   Clarence   E. 
Mitas,    August 
Moeller,    Gussie 


Needham,  James   R. 
Northcutt,    Ray   A. 
Ochsner,    Erwin   C. 
Parnell,  Henry   L. 
Pennick,    Roger   C. 
Pierce,    Henry 
Pierson,    David    H. 
Plueck,   John   H. 
Pratzki,    Adam 
Reynolds,    Lloyd 
Rosa,  Bert 
Rosa,    Marcus  J. 
Rubottom,  Ray  C. 
Schergen,  Marion  J. 
Shinkle,   Earl 
Shinkle,   James   E. 
Smith,   Clarence  L- 
Smith,    Edward  J. 
Spohr,  Robert 
Stark,    Kirby    M. 
Stewart,    Edward   P. 
Thompson,    Dewey    G. 
Thomure,   Ferdinand 

T. 
Wadlow,  Halla 
Walters,     Alexander 
Walter,    Maurice    G. 
Walton,   Darrahl   Dean 
Whaley,  George  M. 
White,  Charles  C. 
Wilkinsin,    Thomas    E. 
Wohit,    Philip   C. 
Zinkgraf,  James   F. 


Captain, 

Fred    A.    Bottger, 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William  F.   Sewell,  Jr. 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Austin    W.    Bottger, 
1st    Sergeant, 

Scrafton,    Wallace    T. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Ligon,   Paul   M. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Magnolo,    America 
Sergeants : 

Pierce,    Walter 

Robbins,    Leonard   W. 

Berkman,    Raymond 

Markle,    Lorain    R. 

Daly,    Trent   A. 

Strother,   Clarence  R. 

Neville,    Patrick 
Corporals : 

Dedert,    Edward    F. 

Kriwanek,    Frank   F. 

Kuntz,   John   C. 

Mueller,   Otto   P. 

Pipe,  Charles  D. 

Stewart,  John  G. 


COMPANT  K 

St.  Louis 

Richter,    Fred   W. 

LaMear,  Robert   E. 

Wieden,    August 

Prevallet,   Henry   C. 

Rozier,   Ralph  R. 

Marshall,    Drain    M. 

Worthey,    Fred 
Cooks : 

Gilbert,    Commodore 

Doepke,   John   A. 
Mechanic: 

Storman,    William    W. 
Bugler, 

Mayhan,   Hurley    R. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Braun,    Mellville 

Cope,    Oliver  C. 

Denny,    George    T. 

Eaton,  Russel 

Franklin,  John   G. 

Hildebrand,   Norman 

Holler,    Henry    G. 

Johnson,   Hugh 

Johnson,  Robert 

King,    William 

Lenceski,    Frank 

Link,   Fred   B. 


Marcole,   Joseph    D. 
Meglitsch,    Anthony 
Oldendorph,   Walter  L 
Oswitz,    Samuel 
Power,  Walter  M. 
Reese,    Elton 
Rockwell,   Murray   R. 
Schnettler,   Frank  J. 
Smith,    William    W. 
Tapy,  Henry  G. 
Wachter,    Edwin   J. 
Washausen,  August  F. 
Werner,    Cornell    A. 
Williamson,    William 
Worthey,  Harold 
Zeisler,  John  J. 
Privates : 

Abraham,  Henry  J. 
Adler,   George  J. 
Andreoletti,    Paul   L. 
Baxter,    Arbie    H. 
Benoist,   Arthur  A. 
Better,    Allen    E. 
Brady,   James   J. 
Brady,    John   W. 
Bredenbeck,    Elmer    F. 
Briscoe,   Louis   D. 


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Brown,   Daniel 
Buchanan,  David  H. 
Buschmann,    James    P. 
Clark,   lidward  L. 
Cobb,   Samuel  W. 
Cole,    Harvey    C. 
Condon,    John    P. 
Cummiskey,    Eugene 

E. 
Cunningham,   Fred   W. 
Dick,   William   AI. 
Draper,    Jack 
Easton,    William 
Edgmon,    James    S. 
Fitzgerald,    John    J. 
Fitzwater,   Daniel   C. 
Fox,  Lowell   A. 
Geeson,  Arthur   B. 
Gleason,    Alve 
Graham,   John   W. 
Green,  John  K. 
Haas,    Harry 
Hill,   Roy  H. 
Hilsman,    William    E. 
Hoos,   Robert   G. 


Hughes,   Thomas   L. 
Ilunicke,   Walter  A. 
King,    John    J. 
Jones,    George    P. 
Kellher,     John    J. 
King,    Archie    R. 
King,    Hal   A. 
Kohl,   Edward   G. 
LaBreque,   John   B. 
Lake,     George    L. 
Lee,    Pert 
Leiber,   Allen    G. 
Lowry,  Joseph  D. 
McShane,   Raymond   L. 
Mangelsdorf,   John    F. 
Marck,    Claude   H. 
Martin,    Harry   A. 
Mehl,  Walter  F. 
Morgan,    Whitnell    F. 
Newton,   John  A. 
Nolan,  Joesph   T. 
Oakes,   Adolph    E. 
O'Leary,    Chester    L. 
O'Leary,   Eugene  A. 


Oswitz,   Ruben   J. 
Overturf,   John   D. 
I'assek,    Eaward    J. 
Phelan,     Raymond     V. 
Power,    Anthony    L. 
Richardson,    Thomas 

S. 
Schuchert,    Ernest    F. 
Schwarz,  Herbert  A. 
Spalding,    Joseph    L. 
Spurgeon,  Benjamin 

O. 
Stanley,   Grant 
Stevenson,   Edward   W. 
Taylor,   Vernon  L. 
Tighe,   Lee  W. 
Vincent,   Theron    S. 
Vogel,  Chrmt  H. 
White,   Thomas   W. 
Whitehead,    Arnold     S. 
Wilhelm,    James    L- 
Williams,    Harry    M. 
Woodard,    Ira    L. 
Youngblood,    Joseph 


Captain, 

John   S.   Pearson 
1st    Lieutenant, 

John    S.    Schweitzer 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Dan   C.    Sm.ith 
1st    Sergeant, 

Black,    George    M. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Spengeman,    Charles 
Sergeants: 

Boehl,   Paul  L. 

Boland,    James    P. 

Fleming,   Howard   E. 

Chase,  Frederick  T. 

French,    Douglas 

Shuka,     Gilbert 

White,    Albert    F. 

Mills,    Richard    B. 

Auxier,    Samuel    T. 
Corporals: 

Bothwell,    Max 

Minney,     Peter     G. 

Bennett,    Clarence    H. 

Field,     Eugene     B. 

Goericke,    William   R. 

Meier,    Edward 

Manville,   Melvin  H. 

Zuckerman,    Otto 

Mahoney,    Audrey    W. 

Conway,    William    G. 

Kissane.    Louis 

Heim,    Stanler    R. 

May,  Floyd  M. 


COMPANY  L 

St.  Louis 

Cooks: 

Walker,    Henry    E. 

Mager,   Orson   C. 

Florence,   John   J. 
Buglers: 

Lavenberg,     William 
E. 

LeBee,  John  J. 
Mechanic: 

Withington,    Eugene 
S. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Bartlett,  Lloyd 

Betts,   Vernon   L. 

Hagaman,   Terry    G. 

Hempen,  Alfred  J. 

Jacob,   Charles  R. 

Kaesewurm,    John     K. 

Keith,     Deane 

McGrath,   John    J. 

Madden,    Chas.   J. 

Megel,  Archie 

Pleus,    Oliver    H. 

Scott,   John   H. 

Smith,    Louie,    IT. 

Stanton,   Henry  T. 

Stephens,    Joseph    H. 

Tockstein,    George    M. 

Wardan,     Charles     Iil. 

Webster,   Lawrence 
Privates: 

Akiki,  Joseph  A. 

Atchison,    Tohn    G. 

Bailey,   James   F. 


Bainum,    Ralph   C. 
Ball,   Claud   D. 
Bibb,  John 

Britton,    Frederick   L. 
Brockwell,   Byran 
Brokan,   Guy   H. 
Brooks,   Roy   O. 
Burgess,    Lee    M. 
Byington,    Charles    F. 
Caldwell,    Carl    A. 
Caldwell,    George    D. 
Cantwell,   Frank  H. 
Catlin,  Arthur 
Cave,   Walter   G. 
Clark,    Dorris    F. 
Cook,  John 
Con,   George  T. 
Cremer,     Charles     G. 
Crowder,  John  W. 
Devine,    John 
Donner,   Harry   E. 
Duyer,    Daniel    B. 
Ebert,    Albert    J. 
Emery,    Joseph 
Evans,    Arthur    F.    D. 
Fagin,    Isadore 
Flanagan,    William    B. 
Fleming,   Frank  R. 
Flowers,   George 
Flynn,    John   A. 
Frost,    George    M. 
Frowitter,    Olliver    E. 

J. 
Gibson,    Clarence 


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Gibson,  John   B. 
Godwin,    Raymond   A. 
Goldberg,    Sam. 
Grate,   Kobert  A. 
Gross,    William    O. 
Hall,    Arthur   W. 
Hanson,   Fred  A. 
Harmon^   William 
Harris,    William    A. 
Hayes,   Thomas   F. 
Heege,  Lawrence,  A. 
Helloran,     Harley     H. 
Holmes,   Jesse 
Hornick,    John    H. 
Hoyle,   Henry  M. 
Hubenthal,    Charles 
Jones,   Marshall  A. 
Joyce,   John   D. 
Katherman,     Benjamin 

H. 
Kelly,   James   F. 
Key,  Austin 


Knight,     Charles 
Koppling,    Richard 
Kuna,    Frank 
Kogeler,    limil   J. 
Layden,    William   A. 
Leavitt,    George   A. 
Lepper,    Louis 
Lewis,    Wallace    B. 
Loftus,  James   F. 
McLaughlin,    Claud    I. 
Matton,   Roy   B. 
Mills,   Max   A. 
Moore,    Fred    W. 
Moriarty,    Tim 
Moss,  John   A. 
Moyle,  James   W. 
Murphy,.   Patrick 
Neudecker,    Harvey   L. 
O'Byrne,    Harold 
Pallardy^    Robert   L. 
Patterson,    Leslie    E. 
Phipps,   Jesse   L. 
Rainey,  Forrest 


Reith,   John  J. 
Russell,   Frnest  C. 
Schroeder,    Dillard   A. 
Schwellemsattl,    Her- 
man J. 
Shoults,   Elmer   D. 
Slighton.,    Evert    N. 
Smith,  Claude 
Smith,    Clarence    T. 
Speer,  Edward  N. 
Stinson,    Alec 
Sullivan,  James  J. 
Tate,    Carroll    M. 
Trey,   Edward  D. 
Upson,    William    C. 
VanDover,    William 
Van  Sands,  Walter 
Werner,    Louis   W. 
Weis,  Emil  E. 
Winkle,    William   A. 
Zakibo,   Nakly  F. 
Zoleman^     Harry     IL 


Captain, 

Harry    W.    Thompson, 
1st  Lieutenant, 

William  H.   Norwine 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Rudolph   H.   Hartmann 
1st    Sergeant, 

Ayers,   Carl  V. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Wellenkotter,    Herman 

J. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Roblee,    Robert   A. 
Sergeants : 

Koziatek,   Theodore   S. 

Perowitz,   John 

Bondurant,    Benjamin 
B. 

Lem,    Louis 

Robinson,   George   R. 
^  Shields,  William  C,  Jr. 
Corporals: 

Skinner,   George 

Woods,   Walter 

Helwig,   Gunther 

Bone,    William    N. 

Snyder,    Harry    P. 

Lindenberg,     Nicholas 

Unruh,    Charles 

Keane,   Lucius,   W. 

Jeffries,    Arthur    D. 

Allen,    Cecil   H. 

Wright,    Jesse    E. 
Cooks: 

Hayward,     Edward     L. 


COMPANY  M 

St.  Louis 

Farrell,     James     E. 

Lampard,      William   J. 
Bugler, 

Barnes,    Gilbert   H.   Jr. 
Mechanic, 

Lake,  Roland  E. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Baird,   Ivan  H. 

Emig,   Elmer  H. 

Johnson,   Donald   S. 

Johnson^  Guy  E. 

Lake,    Eawrence    C. 

Litherbury,    Claude    L- 

McNaughton,    Barney 
W. 

Patrick,   Curry  F. 

Philibert,     Bertram     J. 

Pugh,   Ira  T. 

Sanguinet,     Ferdinand 
H. 

Shaw,   Robert 

Stemmons.    George    IT. 

Vaughn,    Mason 

Webb,   Otis 

Wightman,    Joseph    S. 

Wilkerson,   Marmin  J. 

Withiulon,    Tliuiu^s 
W. 
Privates: 

Adams,   Oliver  B. 

Allyn,    Harvey 

Andrews,    Frank   W. 

Aumann,   Louis  W. 

Baker,   Robert   B. 

Barry,   Drew  H. 


Bauch,   William  F. 
Bekebrede,    George    H. 
Blade,    Edward    L. 
Blandin,   Walter   S. 
Blumstengel,     Ludwig 

A. 
Bowers,  Oscar  H. 
Brown,    Louis 
Brown,    Richard   T. 
Bryant,    Roy 
Butler,    Arthur   J. 
Cagle,    George    G. 
Chester,   John   C. 
Childers,    Robert    M. 
Claypool^   Edwin  O. 
Cooper,   William  W. 
Cremer,    Clarence 
Daffern,   James   A. 
Davis,  Lee,  A. 
Deming,    William   II. 

Jr. 
Disher,    Walter 
Dixon,    Carl    A. 
Donnoliue,    Clarence 

E. 
Donovan,   John    F. 
Drum,    William    E. 
Emig,    Charlie 
Emig,    Fred 
Ernst,    William    J. 
Eschbach,    Charles 
Farrell,    Frank 
Favez,  Lois  E. 
Ferris,  John   W. 


Jol 
lid. 


Fitzgerald,   Frank  J. 


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Fleming^  Patrick    F. 
Francis,   Harold   W. 
Frasher,    Carl   T. 
Gohmann,    John 
Gorder,   William   M. 
Govar,    Claude 
Griffith,  George 
Gunn,    Ewing  J. 
Gunther,   Herbert  A. 
Hargraves,    Edward    E- 
Hass,   Horace 
Hatch,   George   M. 
Hefele,  Leo  P. 
Hicks,    Allan    F. 
Jones,    Harvey 
Jones,  James   M. 
Kelley,    John    J. 
Koch,  Clarence  G. 
Koziatek,   Joseph   J. 
Krenning,   Fred   H. 
Krouper,    Thomas    C. 
Kurz,    Daniel    H. 
Lake,    Rolla   A. 


Leporin,    Arthur 
McHugh,    Charles   J. 
McKay,  David  J.  Jr. 
Mahon,    Robert    R. 
Mayer,    Herbert    O. 
Mincemeyer,     Benja- 
min 
Misemer_,    Dolpha    E. 
Montgomery,     George 

J. 

Moore,    Edwin   J. 
Munro,    Alexander   L. 
Ocks,    Emil   D. 
Owens,   Cyrus    C. 
Poore,   Dewey 
Reitz,    Philip    T. 
Rodgers,    John    L.    Jr. 
Ross,    Edgar 
Ross,    Virgil 
Rumbuhl,    Flavius    A. 
Rush,    Gerald 
Rush,    James    E. 
Rushing,   William   E. 


Sante,    Purnell    A. 
Sabadell,    August 
Schneider,    Henry    W. 
Seism,    Don 
Sentner,  Harry 
Shipman,   John   F. 
Smith,    Chester   A. 
Smith,    Ervin  T. 
Smith,    George    S. 
Smith,    Leonard 
Snyder,    Martin 
Southard,    Frank 
St.    James,    Robert    J. 
Stanton,    James    A. 
Storr,    Hugo    P. 
Sullivan,    John 
Tomasso^    Francesco 
Walker,   Curtis 
West,    Thomas    A. 
Wetzel,   George   L. 
Witte,    George    H. 
Woodring,   Rufus   H. 
Wormack,    Stanley    J. 


SANITAEY  DETACHMENT 
St.  Louis 


Major,   , 

Emil  H.    Burgher 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Carl    H.    Wachenfeld 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Oliver  C.   Wenger 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William    C.    Broadhead 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Roscoe    T.    Lindsay 
1st   Class   Sergeant, 

Cozad,   Fred   P. 
Sergeants: 

Knoll,   Charles   W. 

Price,   Roy  E. 


1st  Class  Privates: 
Freund,   Seymour 
Park,    Claude   J. 
Roth,    August 

Privates: 

Beard,   John    M. 
Brown,    Paul 
Cloud,   George 
Cooper,    Archie    D. 
Craighead,    Norwood 
Cutler,    Melvin 
Dickey,   Frank   F,. 
Farley,    William    F. 
Gallagher,    Robert    M. 
Glenn,    William    L. 


Grellnerj    Beorge 
Guthrie,    Samuel   E. 
Henle,    Samuel 
Hickman,    Clinton    J. 
Hilles,    Aubrey    R. 
Hubert,    George 
Lutz,    Walter    H. 
McNamee,    Owen 
Meyer,    Waldrew    E. 
Messe,    Harry 
Nelson,  Alan  E. 
Phelan,    George 
Prichard,   Lester  A. 
Sintzel,    Joseph    R. 
Smith,   Oilman    W.    S. 
Walsh,   David   F. 


THIRD  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 


Colonel, 

Philip  J.   Kealy. 

Commanding 
Major, 

Claude    H.    Congdon 


FIELD  AND  STAFF 

Kansas  City 

Major, 

John  F..  Constable 
Major, 

Francis    D.    Ross 
1st  Lieut.   &  Bn.   Adt. 

John    P.    Griebel 


1st    Lieut.    &   Bn.    Adjt. 

Willard   L.   Coe 
1st  Lieut.    &   Bn.   Adjt. 

Jerry    F.    Duggan 
Battalion    Segt.    Major, 

Charles   T.    Everhari 


HEADQUAETERS   COMPANY 

Kansas  City 


Captain, 
James   F.   Imes 


Reg.    Sergeant    Major, 
Page,   Russell 


Battalion    Sgt.    Major, 
Arnold,  John   W. 


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Battalion    Sgt.    Major 

Everhart,  Charles  T. 
Battalion   Sgt.   Major, 

Sayre,    Roswell    B. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Lott,  Frank  K. 
Color    Sergeant, 

Danneberg,    Herman 
A. 
Color  Sergeant, 

Otey,  Basil  R. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Stewart,  James   O. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Wilson,    Eugene    P. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Lamb,  Charles  R. 
Sergeant, 

Quinton,    Telesphore 
P. 
Cooks: 

Chandler,   Earl  M. 

Uelahunt,  John  L. 
Horseshoer, 

Shine,   Michael   A. 


Band  Leader, 

Kendrick,  Benjamin  H. 
Assistant    Band    Leader, 

Joste,    Fred   S. 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Kammann,    Bodo    A. 
Band  Sergeant, 

Dedrick,    Daniel    D. 
Band    Corporals: 

Allison,     Bruce 

Dean,    Marquess 

Hartge,    Paul 

Sharp,  Claude   S. 
1st  Class  Musicians: 

Crockett,   John 

McLain,  Horace  G. 
2d   Class   Musicians: 

Bowne,    Charles    G. 

Noland,    James    J. 

Prati,    Henry 
3rd    Class    Musicians: 

Bower,   Ralph  M. 

Burnell,    Frank    J. 

Davis,  Fred  Lauren 

Frost,    Sam   H. 

Hall,    Charley 

Johnston,    Herbert 

Keilbackj   Charles  J. 


Knake,   Herman  H. 

Lackey,    Boyce 

Lenge,   Roscoe  E. 

Metz,    Carl   S. 

Parrish,   Lawrence   L. 

Vicksell,.   Robert 

Wheeler,    Harry    W. 

Wheeler,    Ted    R. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Jacobs,    Hawley 

Peery,   Earl  H. 

Whitney^  Luther  P. 
Privates: 

Brewster,    Willie    E. 

Ferguson,  Joseph  B. 

Halin,  George  W. 

Hursh,   Guy   C. 

Kennedy,   Harry   F. 

Lucas,   William   Ever- 
ett 

Merriweather,     George 
E. 

Phillips,  Roy  A. 

Shine,   Daniel  J. 

Tippy,    Coy    M. 

Weir,  Raymond  C. 

Weiser,    Mark    F. 

Williamson,    Frank    A. 


Captain, 

Frank  G.  Ward 
2d    Lieutenant, 

William    F.    Ward 

1st   Sergeant 

Briody,    George    W. 
Rgt.    Supply   Sergeants  : 

Damico,   Edward  O. 

Osiier,    William   J. 

Zaiss,   Joseph 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Hughey,    Edward    Leo 
Mess   Sergeant, 

McKeehan,   John    M. 
Corporal: 

Kuhns,  Ivan  C. 
Cook, 

Procell,    William 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

Kansas  City 

Horseshoer, 

Hamm,   George   C. 
Saddlers: 

Kennedy,   John   W. 

Lonsdale,    William    E. 

Norton,  Leo  R. 
Wagoners: 

Bennett,    Elleria   Lee 

Brogdon^   Nathan  T. 

Buchan,    James    Emory 

Byrd,    Robert 

Connelly,    Patrick 

Daniels,    Charlie   A. 

Galvin,  William  M. 

Haxton,    Ellis 

Henderson,    George    H. 

Johnsonj  James  A. 

Johnson^  Marion   F. 


Jones,    William    B. 
Ligon,    Millard 
Lindsay,    Roy 
Lowe,    Oscar 
Malone,    Thomas 
Oldham,    Earon   T. 
Olson,    Benjamin 
Parsons,    Charles    A. 
Payne,    Frank 
Pierson,   Charles   G. 
Pollard,    Claude    A. 
Russ,    Fred   K. 
Saunders,    Arthur 
Sibley,    Waldo    R. 
Speaker,    Fred 
Stearns,    Harry   L. 
Wickizer,   Frank 
Wilcox,  Jack   P. 
Wright,    Leonard    A, 


MACHINE   GUN  COMPANY 

Kansas  City 


Captain, 

Warren   L.   Osgood 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William   C.   Gordon 


2d    Lieutenants: 
Ralph  E.   Truman, 
Richard   W.  Hocker 

1st    Sergeant, 

McGuire,     Arnold     R. 


Stable    Sergeant, 
Gill,    Harold    J. 

Mess  Sergeant, 
Akers,  John   D. 


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Sergeants: 

Dougherty,    Stephen 
E. 

Fredman,    Royal   J. 

Harvey,    Frederick    K. 

Hatfield,   Robert  A. 

Jackson,   Harvey 

Talbott,   Arthui    W. 
Corporals: 

Greene,    Francis    W. 

Keefer,    Clarence    A. 

Lehman,    KImer    J. 

Matkin,    John    F. 

Meagher,    V'incent    M. 

Moses,    Frank    E. 

Phillips,    Sidney    B. 

Zents,    Lee   J. 

Burnell,  Thomas  C. 
Mechanics : 

Mills,    Walter 

Nicholson,    Ernest 
Cooks: 

Halstead,    Carl    B. 

Lower,   James    W. 
Buglers: 

Beaumont,  Howard    B. 

Blablock,  Charles  VV. 


1st   Class   Privates: 

Bruening,    Wintield    II. 

Carfrae,   Robert   W. 

Carroll,    Phillip    M. 

Dana,    Herbert    C. 

David,    Cecil    R. 

Flanner,    Edgar   H. 

Newberry,    George    VV. 
Jr. 

Prollock,   John   G. 

Rankin,    Hugh    B. 

Reeve,    Ralph    J. 

Swoboda,   Lee  A. 

Zeigler,   Charles  L. 
Privates: 

Barnes,   Romie  M. 

Becker,    Chris    M. 

Caputo,    James 

Cooley,   McCabe 

Cunningham,   George 
W. 

Donnelly,    Ray   V. 

Dunham,    Cecil   R. 

Evans,   John   M. 

Frost,   Harry    L. 

Fulton,   John   C. 

Gardner,   Richard  O. 


Henry,   Edgar  H. 
Hickman,   John    L. 
Hinzman,   Harry 
Hoard,    Edgar   F. 
Imes,    George    D. 
Kendrick,   James    M. 
Laurant,   Joseph 
Lower,   Earl  C. 
Lyon,    Lewis   B. 
Major,  Duncan  A. 
Martgan  Tad  L. 
Martin,  Lee   W. 
Meek,   Albert  L. 
Meyer,  Abraham 
Miller,   Jesse   T. 
Neves,    Albert    L. 
Owen,    Robert    S. 
Peery,    Thomas   R. 
Pollucca,    Guiseppi 
Runkle,   Olin   W. 
Shimmer,    John 
Stevenson,   Rowland 

H. 
Sumpter,    Perry   E. 
White,    Hugh 
Wolfe,   Charles   A. 
Yager,    Ira   M. 


Captain, 

John   W.   Armour 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Lloyd  V.   Wise 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

William  E.  Scott 
1st   Sergeant, 

Ray,    Charles    P. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Cunningham,    Clyde    C. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Kane,    Lewis    W. 
Sergeants : 

Richardson,  Roy  R. 

DeWitt,    Ralph    Emer- 
son 

Olney,  Howard  R. 

Hunt,    John    C. 

Weaver,   Frank   F. 

Bliss,    Frank   J. 
Corporals: 

McKernan,   John    G. 

Morse,   Ira   L. 

Sharpe,    Emory    J. 

Carey,    Dady    M.    Jr. 

STiawIian,   Spencer   S. 

Cousins,   Sydney  A. 

Clark,  Jesse   C. 

McDonald,    William    J. 

McDonald,    Richard    P. 

Baker,   Louis  C. 


COMPANY  A 

Kansas  City 

Cooks : 

Aumann,    George 

Egbert,   Asa   N. 

Hufstedler,    Roy    D. 
Bugler, 

Livingston,    Gurnest 
W. 
IMechanics, 

Yager,    Frank    Ralph 

O'Rourke,    Walter    R. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Cook,   Edgar   B. 

Fredrichs,     Edward    A. 

Gunderson,    Glenn 

Hardy,   Harold 

Hunter,    H.    Ward 

Lerche,   John   M. 

Pippitt,    Elmer    S. 

Rush,   John   T. 

Sawyer,    Dudley,    W. 

Sprague,    Elmer   A. 
Privates: 

Arnold,    Harry    P. 

Baker,  Hugh   E. 

Ballard,    W.    Calvin 

Barnett,    Joseph 

Billington,    Fred    W. 

Blackburn,    David    E. 

Blackburn,    Marshall 
L. 

Brekey,  John  E. 


Brown,  John 
Buchanan,  Everet  G. 
Buhr,    Edward    P. 
Campbell,  James   W. 
Carroll,    George    W. 
Chambers,    Dan    J. 
Clemings,    Claude    F. 
Clemmons,    Ralph    L. 
Cox,   Willie   G. 
Denhardt,  Lucian   O. 
Dimmitt,    Cecil    E. 
Dover,   Peter 
Drake,   Harvey   PI. 
Drury,    Archie   J. 
Evans,    Frank   J. 
Evans,    Harry 
Farmer,   Arlo  J. 
Fowler,    Edwin    B. 
Freed,   Joe  I. 
Garfield,    William 
Gaynor,   Michael 
Green,   Thomas 
Grist,  James 
Hall,    Lester    C. 
Hatton,  Ralph 
Jenkins,     Clarence    A. 
Johns,    Benjamin    P. 
Keyton,   Clarence    E. 
Leahy,    Don   J. 
Long,   Maxwell    F. 
Marksbury,    Joseph    II. 


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Milam,  Milton  R. 
Moxom,  Theo.  R. 
Myers,  Sherman  H. 
Neale,    Virgil   C. 
Niles,    LeRoy 
Oliver,   Henry  K. 
Patterson,    John    T. 
Peyton,    Marion    L,. 
Pike,  Fred  J. 
Pope,    Alexander 
Pressley,   Lawrence   K. 
Quirk,  Joe 
Rice,  James  N. 
Risebig,   Philip    R. 
Roardink,   Hendrius 

C. 
Roberts,  J.  Milton 


Rogers,    Ralph  J. 
Ross,   Charles  Cleve- 
land 
Saunders,    Ernest    L. 
Saylor,    Charles    A. 
Schnick,    Martin 
Schroeder,    Frank   W. 
Sheward,  Harry  G. 
Shirk,  Robert  B. 
Smith,   Albert 
Smith,    James    Arthur 
Snorgrass,   James    F. 
Snyder,    Harvy    L. 
Speers,   James    W. 
Spielman,   Clemens   L- 
Sprague,  Arthur  L- 


Stark,    Charles    A. 
Steele,    Earl 
Stewart,   Chauncey  L. 
Stokes,   George  A. 
Stuart,    Harry    J. 
Taylor,  Donald  G. 
Tetrick,    John    L. 
Tilton,    Forest   F. 
Troub,    Ernest 
Turk,    Edward    L. 
Vicker,    Ralph   W. 
Way,    Heber    O. 
Webb,    Lester   J. 
Weiford,    Clarence    E- 
Wells,   Earl  H. 
White,   Roy  R. 
Winchester,   Floyd 


Captain, 

Carl    F.    Scheibijer 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Warren    T.    Davis 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

William   F.    Short 
1st   Sergeant, 

Barnert,    Merl    Joseph 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Davis,    Juneious    Clem- 
ens. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Miller,  Carl  A. 
Sergeants: 

Wilhite,   James   Frank 

Haley,    Roy    P. 

Potter,   George 

Campbell,   Arthur   L. 

White,    Joseph    C. 

Huber,    Charles    H. 

McRoberts,  Emmett  F. 
Corporals: 

Lachner,   William   G. 

Lohse,   Edgar   C. 

Mock,    Samuel    A. 

White,     Roger    E. 

.Yountz,  William  K. 

Bottom,   Rollo   T. 

Pfeiffer,    David   H. 

Windsor,    Richard    N. 

Stillwell,    Jesse    O. 

Simm,    Fred 

Logan,    John    Parker 
Jr. 

Simmons,    Webster    J. 

Stephens,  Robert  H. 
Cooks: 

Langhans,  George 

Cauthon,   John 
Mechanic, 

Jenkins,   Cecil 


COMPANY  B 
BOONVILLE 

1st    Class   Privates: 

Coulter,    Monte    Chris- 
to 

Haley,   James  Junius 

Holmes,    Harry    R. 

Kohn,    William    P. 

Mayfield,    Andrew   L. 

Peeples,    Philip 

Renfrow,  Robert  C. 

Shea,  John  Jr. 

Spaete,    Ernest   F. 

Von    Oertzen,    Robert 

Willard,   Edward  Trus- 
ton 
Privates: 

Bagby,    Stephen    Y. 

Beard,   George   T.   Jr 

Becker,    Daniel    R. 

Berry,   Wayne   R. 

Biltz,    Rolla   L. 

Bridges,    Edwin 

Brown,    Clarence    W. 

Cash,    Frank   W. 

Cornett,    Charles 

Cramer,   Wyatt 

Crum,    Oscar 

Cullumber,   William   R. 

Davis,    Harry    H. 

Davis,   Jesse    H. 

Dichion,    Percie   J. 

Doehne,  Alonzo   S. 

Donohew,  James   M. 

Dorflinger,    John    M. 

Edwards,   John    C. 

Fenical,    Jewel 

Fowler,    Ira    O. 

Gentry,  Ben  C. 

Gibbons,    Calvert    V. 

(Proves,   Edward   F. 

Groves,  Irvin  L. 

Hayes,    George    E. 

Hayes,   Rutherford  B. 


Hichcox,    Tom    A. 
Huelskamp,    Henry   J. 
Hurt,    Ewing    R. 
Johnston,  Eugene   E. 
Kane,   John   D. 
Kennedy,  James  M. 
Kimlin,  Fred  A. 
Kleasner,   Eugene   F. 
Klein,   George 
Klein,  Tony 
Kreeger,    George    H. 
Kreeger,    James    L. 
Leininger,    George    W. 
McMellon,    John    H. 
Malott,    Sylvanus 
Mock,    Carl  W. 
Moore,  Kemper  S. 
Muncy,  Claud  Lee 
Murphy,  Riley  W. 
Neighbors,   Ray   E. 
Oswald,     Walker 
Partee,    Raymond   R. 
Phillips,    Charley    E. 
Poertner,   Otto    E. 
Robinson,   Phillip  M. 
Robinson,   Robert    E. 
Ross,   James   Alfred 
Russell,    Earl    W. 
Schell,    Albert    R. 
Scotten,  William 
Sears,    Earnest 
Simmons,    Charles 

Christopher 
Simmons,    Henry 
Simmons,   Rodney  E. 
Simmons,    Roy    Elmer 
Simpson,    Earnest    N. 
Slein,   Louis 
Spry,    Walker   Allen 
Stephenson,     Hew 
Stiner,    Curtis 
Stockwell,    Silas    R. 


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Thatcher,     Stanley    M. 
Thomas,    Neffert    R. 
Thomas,    Rothwell    H. 
Thomas,    William    R. 
Thorne,    Lyman 
Tuckley,  Ralph  A. 


Captain, 

Hunter  C.   Crist 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Thomas    J.    Wilson, 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Joseph   Lieberman, 
1st   Sergeant, 

Brown,    Frank   A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Widener,    Louis   E. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Johnson,    Harry   Henry 
Sergeants: 

Dedo,  Charles  G. 

Crockett,    William    A. 

Fredei'ick,   Charles 

Winslow,    Joseph 

Sicking,    Edward    J. 
Corporals: 

Greathouse,    Ivory 

Douthat,   Richard   H. 

Oldham,    Charles   W. 

Pipes,   Eugene  F. 

Allen,  Ernest 

Roberts,    Andrew   H. 

Hinkefont,  Julius   C. 

McDill,    John    R. 

Gertscher,   John 

Matson,  Joe  F. 
Cooks: 

Peiker,    Walter   L. 

Parrish,  Joseph   S. 
Buglers: 

Taulbert,    Earl    R. 

Phillips,   Arlie 
Mechanic, 

McCaulla.    Willis    B. 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Brant,    Gilo 

Carlson,  Edear  G. 

Chilson,    Clifford    C. 

Corporan,    Harold 

Cover,    William    P. 


Vaughan,   Harley   P. 
Warren,   Henry   W. 
Wells,    Dewey    F. 
Weyland,   Lon   H. 
White,  James 


COMPANY  C 

Kansas  City 

Divine,    James    R. 
Duncan,   Gilbert  R. 
Ivckland,    George    A. 
Graham,    Albert   H. 
Hampton,   Grant 
Harris,    Jack 
Hoxsey,    Russell   T. 
Inger,    Earl   L. 
Johns,  Clarence   L. 
Norberg,   Gerald 
Post,    Mark    Henry 
Powers,    L.    Ray 
Pypes,   Delos   E. 
Reece,    Orville    J. 
Rehkugler,  John  G. 
Robinson,  Willie  G. 
Rogers,    Charles    G. 
Singleton,    Russell 
Taylor,    Eugene   W. 
Wood,     Vic    A. 
Woolery,    Elmer   L. 
Privates: 

Abbott,    Walter 
Adams,   John   B. 
Alberts,    Frank 
Ash,    William    W. 
Ashworth,   William 
Bechtel,    Andrew 
Carey,    James 
Carr.     Louis     T. 
Coffev,    Chester 
Coleman.    Tnhn    E 
Coolev,   W'lHam   A. 
Cowiak,    Mike 
Craig,    Henrv    J. 
f^iillivan.    Thomas    J. 
Tlillon.   Dpvid    A. 
Dodson.    Cri";    E. 
Fdes.    Mfrnld    L. 
Eener,    (^hprles    T. 
Finie,    Walter    T. 
Fnperson.    Tnsenh 
Evans.     Frank    A. 
T^ptters    Theodorp   R, 
Gay,    George    W. 


Whitlow,   Henry 
Whitlow,  John 
Williams,    Hampton    E. 
Wood,    Grady    T. 
Wyrick,    Chester    B. 
Zoeller,    Frank    S. 


Gentry,    Ed. 
Green,   John   W. 
Griffitts,  Wilbur  E. 
Harness,    Earl 
Hendrix,   Clyde   C. 
Howell,   George   W. 
Jackson,     Paul 
James,   Jesse    F. 
Johnson,    Carl 
Jones,   Everett   N. 
Lang,    Albert   William 
Lowe,   Benjamin   F. 
McCullough,    Robert 

V. 
Mann,  Howard  H. 
Martin,    Edward 
Mitchell,    John    K. 
Monroe,   Harold 
Mortorano,    Frank 
Mount,  Eugene  V. 
Neff,    Roland    S. 
Noak,    Oscar 
O'Connor,    Richard    J. 
Queen,    Ralph   C. 
Ramey,    Frank    D. 
Ramsey,    Leo    C. 
Rice,    brien    D. 
Roe,    John    H, 
Rutherford,    Charles 

C. 
Sellers,   Louis,   M. 
Siegmund.    Roy   E. 
Smith,     Albert    O. 
Snapp,    Wayne    F. 
Sorrels,    Homer  W. 
Steele,  Beverly  M. 
Stone,    Edward    P. 
Stranger.    Arthur 
Strauss.    Karl    E.    J.     • 
Summers.    Thomas    M. 
Tillery,     Dale 
Tiirney,    Charley   W. 
Webb,     James    L. 
Weinzerl,    Franz 
Young,    Arlcigh    T. 


Captain, 

Thomas    D.     Ross 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Roy    E.    Stafford 


COMPANY  D 

Kansas  City 

2nd    Lieutenant, 

Benton    F.    Munday, 
1st     Sergeant, 

Ross,    Francis    R. 


Sui)ply    Sergeant, 
Kennedy,    Roy    A. 

Mess   Sergeant, 

Amen,    Nicholas   C. 


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Sergeants: 

Ward,    Ernest 

Lawson,    Andrew 

Smith,    Irving    R. 

Hinrichs,   John    F. 

Stout,    Jay    e;. 
Corporals: 

Reed,    Robert    H. 

Kiper,    Richard   G. 

York,    Samuel    T. 

Huff,  George  L,. 

Elliott,   Don 

Bacchus,   Leslie  J. 

Rogers,    James    A. 

Warren,     Kelley 

Wetherton,    James    H. 

Richards,    William    A. 
Cooks: 

Hite,   Robert  D. 

Bogue,    Charles  A. 

Dixon,   Elmer. 
Mechanic, 

Shelton,    Frank    H. 
Buglers : 

Talcott,    Floyd    C. 

Redford,   Joseph   N. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Dabney,    Frank    W. 

Dale,    Low  Z. 

DeCamp,    James    W. 

Deskin,   William  A. 

Ellfeldt,    Ralph    J. 

Grant,   Joseph    W. 

Greenberg,    Beniamin 

Gregg,   Walter   S.  Jr. 

Koontz,   Carl  J. 

Langton,    Leo    D. 

Mason,   Jeptha  H. 

Monahan,   George   E. 

Murphy,    John 

Reynolds,   Fred   J. 

Robinson.    Patrick    H. 

Trevor,    Frank    L. 
Privates: 

Adrian.    Charles    R. 

Allen,    Howard    E. 


Allen  OlHe  C. 
Arnold,  George  E. 
Ashmore,  Artie  L. 
Aubley,  Cliffors  F. 
Ballard,  Leroy  G. 
Boulware,  Sidney  F. 
Boyle,  George  W. 
Brooks,    Chester 

Claude 
Brown,    Edwin 
Bruffey,    Raymond 
Brummett,    Elvis 
Butler,    Joseph    C. 
Carpenter,   Oliver   F. 
Cason,    Orval    L. 
Colvilie,    James    M. 
Colville,    Tecumseh    P. 
Conlon,   Luke  J. 
Curtin,    James    F. 
Curto,   Armando 
Daddea,   Pasquale 
Desebeo,    Mike 
Dimon,  Jesse 
Dimon,    Lewis 
Downing,    Richard    B. 
Esaw,  Peter  D. 
Gartman,   Robert 

Henry 
Gordon,   Winfred   D. 
Gormly,    Charles    K. 
Gormly,   William   W. 
Grant,   John   H. 
Haines,   Roy   C. 
Hall,   Lonzie   V. 
Harmon,   Ernest   P. 
Hiatt,   Russell    A. 
Holbert,   Leonard  M. 
Holterman,   Anthony 

J. 
Howard.   George   C 
Howk,   Howard   B. 
Huey,   Frank   L. 
Husted,   Charles   E. 
Hyatt,  John   B. 
James,    Charles   C. 
Jenkins,  '  Herbert   J. 
Johnson,   Errol   P. 


Kensinger,  James 
Hartwell 

Kirk,  Harry  M. 

Kohler,    Bion 

Lane,   Richard  T,. 

Lyon,   Paul 

McCleary,    Roy   Av 

McGaugh,    Maurice 

McHarness,  David   C. 

McKeon,  Thomas  A. 

McKinley,  Noah  F. 

McLain,    Walter   F. 

Madson,  John  C. 

Martin,   William    E. 

Micklich,   Anthony 

Miller,   Steve 

Moberly,   William 

Moorman,  Russell   S. 

O'Connell,   Dennis   M. 

Oglevie,  Jesse  N. 

Paxton,   Roy 

Payne,   Hugh 

Peterson,   Wilhelm 

Poindexter,  John   K. 

Poteet,   Clifford 

Pruitt,   Moses    Sim- 
mons 

Pummelli   Theadford 
W. 

Reynolds,    Fred   J. 

Roy,   Pierce  M. 

Rudd,   Harper  O. 

Smalley,  Horace 

Smith,    Chester    F. 

Smith,   William  F. 

Spero,  Joe  G. 

Steele,   Harry    B. 

Taylor,    Hobert    J. 

Todd,  Horace  E. 

Waite,   Raymond 

Ware,   Noble   O. 

Welborn,  Jolhn    G. 

Welch,   Arthur 

Wright,   James  Marion 

Wvobleski,   Aleck 

Wyrick,  Charles   E. 


Captain, 

William   A.    Smith 
1st  Lieutenant, 

J.   Pierce  Kane 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

John  H.   Pleasants 
1st   Sergeant, 

Nesselhof,   William 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Roberts,  Phillip  B. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Peters,on,  Andrew  Ci 


COMPANY  E 

Kansas  City 

Sergeants: 

Shropshire,  John 
Henry 

Leniton,   Errol  D. 

Rugh,  Elmer  O. 

Fades,   Floyd  A. 

Crambert,   William 

Coughlin,   Harry 

Searles,  Jack 
Corporals: 

McDonnell,   Edward 
M. 


Swain,   Wilhelm  W. 
Lozier,    Adrian    C. 
Brainard,    Earl    A. 
Stratton,   Homer 
Curtis,   Clark 
Cordill,   William   B. 
Dawson,  Harold  L. 
Borchert,   Leo 
Forrester,  James  A. 
Pemberton,    Tom    Cutis 
Marchant,    Clifford 


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Cooks: 

Moon,    Willard    W. 

Hatcher,   Fred  C. 
Mechanic, 

Buell,   Ralph   B. 
Bugler, 

Miller,   Edward   S. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Caulk,   Ross  R. 

Cordill,   Amos  F. 

Dahl,   Harry 

Everett,  Halley  L. 

Fox,  Mott  L. 

German,   Walter 

Glover,   Edward   E. 

Goodman,   Morria 

Breves,   Leo 

Hollis,    James    Arthur 

Kitchell,   Ralph  J. 

Kubicki,  Felix   C. 

Leaf,   Murvel  J. 

Lucie,   Stva 

McGee,   Lee  L. 

Mayne,  William  J. 

G'Reily,   Frank 

Potheles,    George 

Tower,  'Ransom   E. 
Privates : 

Allen,  Thomas  E. 

Anderson,   James   K. 

Appleby,  Neuton 

Bell,  James  V. 

Bennett,  Joseph 

Boulton,  Ray 


Bresneham,  James  J. 
Brumbaugh,  John 

William 
Bubhe,   Steve 
Buchman,  Ralph  E. 
Carter,  George  W. 
Cisneros,   Felix 
Cisneros,   Louis 
Cordill,   Russell  M. 
Cundiff,   Chester 
Curren,    William 
Dailey,  Charles  O. 
Dailey,    Elton   M. 
Danford,    Charley  O. 
Davis,   Jewell 
Davis,    Robert   W. 
Dean,   Albert  Rollins 
Rurel,  Caron  A. 
Fain,   Tom 
Ferry,   Harrison   H. 
Fleming,    Frank 
Foster,   Robert 
Franklin,    William   H. 
Frizzell,   Byron  H. 
Goetting,   Ph'ilip    O. 
Green,   Charles  M. 
Hendricks,   Lee  R. 
Hill,   Oscar'  K 
Hunt,   Philip 
Harris,   Walter  H. 
Husken,   Carl   Edward 
Ingles,    Robert    G. 
Linton,   John 
Long,   Harry  C. 


McDarmon,  Thomas 

G. 
McDonald,  Howard 
McDonald,   Roy  L. 
Mariner,    Walter   J. 
Matney,   George   W. 
Milner,  Leo  R. 
Moore,  James  A. 
Mount,   Harry   E. 
Mounts,  Roy  E. 
Mouritson,    Anton 
Owens,    James 
Peterman,    William    P. 
Pryor,   Charles   Shelby 
Ray,  Harlan  J. 
Richardson,  Arthur 

Harold 
Ruvolos,  Joseph 
Shankester,   Claude   G. 
Skinner,    Ethell   W. 
Slein,  Abe 
Smith,   Harry"  J. 
Smoot,  Elmer  E. 
Steere,  Glen  H. 
Stoward,   Owen  B. 
Travis,   Charles  L. 
Trigg,  James  L. 
Troube,  Herbert 
Turner,   Ruby   L. 
Vineyard,    Lee   McK 
Walthan,  Frank  V. 
Williams,   Roger 
Wilmot,  Robert  P. 
Young,  John. 


Captain 

Jefferson   M.   Dunlap 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Rhodes  F.   Arnold 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Frank  H.    Grigg 
1st    Sergeant, 

Lancy,   Thomas   E. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Koch,  Fred  A. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Chamblin,   Robert  L. 
Sergeants: 

Asbury,  Luther  L.,  Jr. 

Kingsley,    Ralph    W. 

Graen,    Eldon     P. 

Henry,  James  N. 

Hagen,    Fendell    A. 
Corporals: 

Vitt,   Albert  M. 

Calfee.    John    Clark 

Gallery,   Ralph  E. 

Walsh,  John   R. 

Baughman,   Arthur   B. 

Hallett,  Charles  M. 


COMPANY  F 

Kansas  City 

Cons,    Clarence    F. 

Stinson,   Julian   T. 

Gray,   Roljert  H. 

Snyder,    Buel    C. 

Belt,    Alfred    E. 
Cooks: 

Manning,    William    H. 

Zimmerman,    Wesley 

Ham,   William   W. 
Buglers: 

Bennett,  Chester  A. 

Bell,  Guy 
Mechanic; 

McGerr,  Joseph  W. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Anderson,   Chamblin 

Beckman,    Ralph    P. 

Brantner,    Claude   L. 

Breckenbridge,    Dewey 

Brown,   Andy    A. 

Chamblin,  Lee   P. 

Charlton,    Rowland    H. 

Deggett,    William   H. 

DeWitt,   Arnand   A. 

Dye,    Raymond    E. 


Gray,   Herbert,    C. 
Hughes,   Phillip   H. 
Lembeck,    William   H. 
Needles,    Charles   H. 
Niess,   Herman 
O'Connor,    William   D. 
Peniston,   John   E. 
Richter,   Roy   A. 
Rickets,   Carl  V. 
Sadewhite,  John   C. 
Sandy,  John  W. 
Sheley,    Edward    L. 
Stocker,   Robert  C. 
Taggart,  Forest  S. 
Torp    M.    Dewey 
VanGilder,    Clarence 
Van    Winkle,    Floyd 
Wallace,   Robert  A. 
Williams,    Claude    E. 
Privates: 
Alak,   Ed. 
Ball,   Sneed 
Barrett,   William  F. 
Black,    Herbert 
Blackwell,   Charles   T. 


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Booker,  William  H. 
Boyer,   Otis  L. 
Bright,   Joseph  J". 
Briscoe,   Delo   M. 
Calvin,    Paul    C. 
Claypole,    William 
Coll,    Harry 
Collins,    Emil    Z. 
Crist,  George  N. 
Darrah,  Lee 
Diemer,    Frank 
Dingey,    George 
Dodd,    Carl    W. 
Etzler,   Richard   J. 
Fitzpatrick,    Clifford   E. 
Fletcher,   Edward   S. 
Gibson,    Albert   G. 


Gleason,   Leo  F. 
Gurney,  Frank  S. 
Haley,    William   J. 
Hannon,    Noel    B. 
Hanyon,   William   A. 
Hart,    Sam    B. 
Hornaday,    Thomas   R. 
Lane,    Jack    A. 
Lindsey,   Ben   B. 
Linenberger,   Anton   P. 
McClure,    Burl 
McMahon,   Joseph    B. 
Martin,  John   P. 
Marts,   Lindon,   E. 
Michal,    John 
Miller,    Clyde   E. 
Mort,    Leo   M. 
Needles,    Clifford    C. 


Pickett,   Griffith   H. 
Rhodes,  Virgil 
Rittenhouse,   Frank  A. 
Rupp,  Leonard  W. 
Russell,    Harry    E. 
Scully,  James  H. 
Shool,    Paul    W. 
Trigg,    Steven 
Vandiver,    Joe    V. 
Vineyard,    John    A.    L. 
Warren,   James  G. 
Williamson,    Allen    E. 
Wilson,   Arthur  L- 
Wilson,  John   W. 
Wood,   Jesse   F. 
Wright,    Harry   D. 
Yadon,  Joseph   M. 


Captain, 

Henry   E.    Lewis 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Fred    C.    Wilhelm 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Harry  A.  Pilcher 
1st  Sergeant, 

Wingate,    John    R. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Keffner,    Edward   W. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Nix,    William    T. 
Sergeants: 

Mineah,    Harold   J. 

Hutchinson,   William 
S. 

Burke,  Edmund  M. 

Graves,   Harold   F. 

Holcomb,   John   A. 

Stewart,   Cleo   H. 

Munger,    Earl    L. 

Leeper,    Charles   L. 
Corporals: 

Tuckfield,   Ralph  G. 

Needles,     Ralph    E. 

Rogers,    Edward    L. 

Brockman,    Gilbert    G. 

Byard,    Ernest   L. 

Ely,   Sims 

Pelton,   Fred  N. 

Quigley,    Robert    C. 

Best,   John   L. 

Buck,    Clarence   R. 

Jackson,    William    S. 

Smith,   Penn. 

Johnson,    Charles    L. 

Beckett,  Paul  B. 

Hogan,   Sidney  M. 


COMPANY  G 

Kansas  City 

Cooks: 

Hogan,  Lineas  G. 

Gabbert,  Aubrey 

Beacher,   Alfrea 
Artificer, 

Baker,   William   C. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Bandel,   Morris   A. 

Bierman,   Joseph    W. 

Binz,  Fred  H. 

Digman,   Emmet  J. 

Dollar,    David,    B. 

Enberg,    Raymond    O. 

Forkner,    Artie 

Friess,    Charles    R. 

Gault,    John    M. 

Hancock,  Paul  F. 

Huerter,    Francis    E. 

Huerter,    Victor    J. 

Jones,   Rodney  P. 

Lemon,    Roy 

Lewis,    William    M. 

McPherson,    James    H. 

Pierson,    Lorenzo   B. 

Perry,   Ear] 

Pritchard,    Earl   J. 

Ruby,    Frank 

Sanders,   Burr 

Sloan,    Elmer   M. 

Smith,   Thomas   B. 

Walling,     Russell 

Waters,   Carl 
Privates: 

Beasley,  Everett   C. 

Benham,   George    S. 

Boatman,    Clarence    D. 

Brvant,    Ray   H. 

Carroll,   Hubert   W. 

Cashman,    John   J. 

Clement,    Danns 

Clucky,    Charles 


Coberly,    Leonard 
Connor,     Blaine 
Coons,    Daniels   E. 
Cooper,    Victor 
Copeland,     Ross 
Daniels,    Charlie 
Dobrela,    George   J. 
Dyer,    Pat. 
Eads,   Dow   L. 
Elliott,    Harry    E. 
Evans,    Elmer   E. 
Flack,    Roy    E. 
Gilbert,    Wilbert 
Glenn,   Don 
Gray,    Ralph 
Hall,  Lester  C. 
Hatch,    George    C. 
He'sev,    Trvin    A. 
Hirschfield,    Harry    C. 
Hogan,   Willis   W. 
Hukill,   Earl 
Kenney,  Charles  A. 
Larrabee,    Vernice 
Leutkemeyer,  John  F. 
Lewis,    Merton    E. 
Lewis,    Milton   O. 
Low,  Earl  R. 
McCarty,  John  H.    E. 
McNabb,    Leon 
Marshall,    Edward 
Meyer,     Charles    M. 
Mellor,    George    I. 
Michael,    James 
Miller,   Jacob   J. 
Morehead,   Charles   A. 
Murphy.    Thomas 
Mvers,   Worthv   C. 
Osterhaut,    William    B. 
Otott,    Edward 
Patterson,    Ted    R. 
Payne,    Frank 


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Pim,    Myron    D. 
Porstman,    Walter    IJ. 
Preston,    George    W. 
Radz,    Walter    J. 
Richardson,    Samuel 
Roberts,    Kmmet    S. 
Roberts,    Herbert 


Rodman,   Richard   F. 
Rogell,  Herman 
Samuels,    Clarence 
Sewell,    Don    E. 
Shearer,    Paul    C. 
Sowers,    Floyd    E. 


Steele,   Harry   H. 
Trent,  Tony 
Walker,    Lincoln 
Walls,   William 
Wees,  Herbert  R. 
Wich,    Christ 
Wilkins,    Charles   M. 


Captain, 

William   R.   Hardin 
1st  Lieutenant, 

John   R.    Smiley 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Frank  P.  Farrar 
1st   Sergeant, 

Farrar,    Robert    M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Stone,    Dudley    S. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Taylor,    George   B. 
Sergeants: 

Mace,  John   H. 

Beistle,   Tiffin   O. 

Swinney,  John  J. 

Thomason,  John 

Baker,  Robert  H. 
Corporals: 

Watts,  James  L. 

Baker,  William  N. 

Richardson,    George 

Owens,  James   E. 

Martin,    Thomas   J. 

Eidson,   Robert   V. 

Hoover,    Earl    F. 

Yingling,    Oda    M. 

Uiiger,    i5njamin 

Freeman,  Tanner  H. 

Summers,    Rothie 

De Young,    John 
Cooks : 

Smith,    Fred    G. 

Warren,    Ollie 
Mechanic, 

Kennedy,   Frank   R. 
Bugler, 

Rowland,     Lestr 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Berry,   Orion 

Bratcher,  Lee  Roy 

Deatherage,    Virgil    P. 

Ray,    Russell    D. 

Roberson,   John   G. 

Schiller,    Joseph 

Snow,    Isaac    R. 

Tatham,  Arthur  R. 
Privates: 

Arnold,    Walter    P. 

Ashby,    Floyd   B. 


COMPANY  H 

Liberty 

Ball,    Harry 
Barclay,   John 
Beck,    Cecil 
Beery,   Wilkerson   C. 
Benson,    Vivian    K. 
Bowers,   Joseph   M. 
Bradley,    Roy    M. 
Breachinridge,    Eddie 
Broderick,     Waldo    O. 
Campbell,    Eugene    O. 
Campbell,   George   A. 
Carey,    Ira   N. 
Columbia,     Harmon 
Corum,   Alonzo 
Cummins,    Raymond 

W. 
Dagley,    Scott 
Davis,    Chester 
Davis,    Everett 
Davis,    Fred   J. 
Davis,    William    J. 
Deen,   Cleo   C. 
Dennis,    Ruby 
Douglas,   James 
Elliott,    Graham 
Evans,    Cecil    D. 
Fairchild,    Milon 
Fields,    Rufus   A. 
Fisher,  Alfred   E. 
Flaherty,  Joseph  F. 
Foley,    Luther    B. 
Foley,    Roy    P. 
Foley,    Samuel    R. 
Gawlak,  Joe 
Giles,    Ben    R. 
Gouris,    Efthemeous 
Harris,    Lester    C. 
Harris,   Marion  L- 
Heavenhill,    Clint   G. 
Heinzman,   Merle 
Hendrix,    Arthur  W. 
Hessenflow,   Jesse 
Hess,   Ernest 
Hill,    Harry 
Johnson,   Albert  J. 
Jones,   Fred   H. 
Kehew,  George  H. 
Kelly,   John   P. 
Kennedy,    Joseph    L. 
Kirtley,  Willard 


Kollar,   Joe    S. 
Larkin,   Charles  J. 
Lemanski,    True    J. 
McClintoch,  Hurley  J. 
McMillen,    Luther    V. 
Maloney,   Robert  E. 
Markham,    Clarence    I. 
Mayers,   John    D. 
Moore,    Harry   L. 
Mores,    George 
Morris,    Preston   P. 
Meyer,    Charles    C. 
Nelson,    Charles 
Nelson,   Herman   P. 
Nickolich,    Fred 
Ov^erman,   Benjamin 
Owens,   Clarence 
Owens,    James    Lee 
Palmer,  John   R. 
Paradise,    William 
Parker,    Lee 
Patrick,    William    L. 
Perkins,   Leo 
Portwood,    Tom 
Potter,    Clayton    E. 
Potter,    Ray    L. 
Purcell,  Gregory  E. 
Reel,    Charles 
Rigley,   Floyd  H. 
Rigley,  Harry   E. 
Roberts,    Roy    E. 
Sires,   Clyde 
Sloan,  James   E. 
Smith,  LeRoy 
Smith,    Roy 
Smith,   Russell  D. 
Still,     William 
Stone,   George   B. 
Talbott,    William    N. 
Taylor,    Daniel   W. 
Thomas,    Brack   A. 
Tritt,    John_ 
Walker,   Guian  L. 
Waring,    George 
Weaver,    Ralph    E. 
Williams,   Albert   L. 
Wills,    Hilary    J. 
Willvard,   Rufus   L. 
Windsor,   John   L. 
Yates,    Lewis   D. 
Zagar,    Frank 


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FROM    VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Captain, 

Walter   H.    Williams 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Rolla   B.    Holt 
2d   Lieutenant, 

John   V.   Stark 
1st  Sergeant, 

Hanes,    Samuel    M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Cooperider,    Noel    L. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Rogers,   Guy   G. 
Sergeants: 

Boehler,    Adolph 

Haberstroh,    Ray 

Hight,   Floyd 

Hynes,    George    I. 

Lupton,    Clifford   L. 

Tilley,   Orval  C. 
Corporals: 

Brown,   Clyde  M. 

Dry,    Clarence    C. 

Downing,   Elmer   C. 

Hammen,    Arthur    W. 

Hill,   Cecil 

Kiso,   Hugh   J. 

Loveless,    Merrill 

McFall,     Harry    E. 

Scott,   Claude  J. 

Stein,   Claude   N. 

William,    Frank    W. 
Cooks : 

Brown,    Henry 

Truesdale,   Ross   R. 
Buglers: 

Kaiser,    William 

Keys,   Burson  T. 
Artificer, 

Leavitt,    Jacob    W. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Clark,    Virgil 

Dennis,   Otto 


COMPANY  I 

Kansas  City 

Flora,    Norman 
Heineman,   Alfred  D. 
Jarrell,     Sandford 
Jensen,   John   J. 
Southern,    F,dward 
Young,  Lamar 
Privates: 

Abbott,    Floyd    H. 
Anes,    William    R. 
Bernhard,  Fred  G. 
Bradley,    George 
Brothers,    Edgar 
Brummitt,   Carl 
Conroy,   John 
Coe,  Bennie  H. 
Dancy,    Paul 
Davis,    Paris 
Don    Carlos,    Robert 
Farley,    Clarence    E. 
Ferguson,  Joe  E. 
Gail,   Augustus  O. 
Garthwait,    Roy 
Gibbons,    Austin 
Goodridge,   David 
Graves,    Russell    D. 
Graves,    Wesley 
Greer,  Noah 
Gregg,   Gaylord   F. 
Haist,    George 
Harrington,    Phillip 
Hays,  Guy 
Henderson,  John  F. 
Henkel,   Anthony 
Herron,    Arthur    O.    D. 
Hickerson,   Temple   R. 
Holl,    Steven   E. 
Jacks,  John  W. 
Jester,   Albert 
Johnston,    Harvey    T. 
Tones,    Frederick    A. 
"Kelly,   John   F. 
Kennedy,   Miller  R. 
Kreditch,    Michael 


Laird,    Edward 
Langan,  Harry  W. 
Lanternier,  Joseph 
Lisenbee,   Clifford 
McCarthy,  Louis   E. 
McClure,    Moody 
McGinniss,    Joseph 
McKee,    Samuel 
Martin,  Alva  C. 
Maddox,    Earl   J. 
Micles,  Mike 
Moriarty,   Will   T. 
Morse,    Harry   C. 
Page,   Frank 
Parish,   Lee   R. 
Pence,   Robert   E. 
Perkinson,  James   C. 
Perry,     Albert     C. 
Petty,    Owen   J. 
Pittenger,    George    W. 
Pursel,    Dewey 
Ragan,   Arthur    F. 
Raischel,   Bias 
Roberts,    Boyd    PI. 
Robinson,    William 
Rogocinski,     Stefan 
Ross,   Charles   W. 
Ruiz,    Florencio 
Rush,   Frank 
Sanoff,   Sam 
Saymore,    Robert 
Sharkey,    Jack    H. 
Snodgrass,    Earl    M. 
Spano,   Gus 
Spender,   James    E. 
Swanson,     Walter 
Van  Brunt,   Ode  F. 
Van  Kirk,  Albert 
West,    Frank   B. 
Wilson,   Lin 
Winston,    William    W. 
Wolley,   Runie 
Zagar,    Anthony 


Captain, 

Walter   R.    Barnes 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Samuel   W.    Hender- 
son, Jr. 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Orville  S.  Bowman, 
Jr. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Raynor,   Rolf 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Penrod,   Cecil   R. 


COMPANY  K 

Kansas  City 

Sergeants: 

Hill,    Clinton    V. 

Bateman,    William    D. 

Saunders,  Fred 

Rogers,    Harry    B. 

Breckenridge,    John    C. 

Ortell,   Earl 

Rassmusen,  Anton 
Corporals: 

Seller,    William 

Cuberly,   Fred   R. 

Kane,    Robert    E. 

McKenzie,  Albert 


Dover,    Robert 

Shipley,    Dean 

Bodwell,   Paul 

Eubanks,    Hale    B. 

Railsback,    Bryan 

Beers,    Forrest    H. 

Swain,  William  J. 
Cooks: 

Jones,   George  W. 

Robinson,  Albert   E. 
Buglers: 

Bateman,   Walter 

Mercer,   Wesley 


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00  I 


Mechanic, 

Barnes,  Homer  J. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Boyce,    Herbert 

Butterfield,    Charles    Iv. 

Cornell,  Frank 

Evans,    Floyd   A. 

Fitzpatrick,   Lee 

Fowler,    Samuel    C. 

Hammontree,   Virgil   I. 

Hunter,   Alec 

Little,    Louis  L. 

Miller,   Roy   B. 

Penrod,    Harry 

Stapleton,    Frank   II. 

Starling,   Jay  J. 

Tanner,    Ralph 

Tompson,    Herbert    W. 

Totzauer,     William 

Turley,  Jacob 

Turley,    Robert    M. 

Wolfe,   Joe 
Privates: 

Armstrong,    George   R. 

Arnett,  Harold  J. 

Ashbaugh,    Arthur   A. 

Baker,  Joseph 

Baker,   William   R. 

Battles,   Robert  D. 

Begey,    Ben  F. 

Bishop,   George   B. 


Bokis,    Charley 
Brents,  Henry  D. 
Burns,   Neil 
Buslovitz,    Adam 
Byrne,   George  T. 
Coberly,    John    A. 
Cook,   Edward 
Cox,    J.    Lloyd 
Craven,  Herman 
Cronhardt,   Frank 
Davis,  Judson 
Day,  Edward 
Fitzpatrick,     Raymond 

R. 
Funck,    Paul 
Gaddy,  Monte 
Gaupp,  Gus   O. 
Golledge,    Frank   T. 
Hadley,    Walter    D. 
Hampton,    Leon    V. 
Hill,   Virgil   H. 
Homburg,    William 
Hughes,    Charles    L. 
Huppert,    Elwin 
Johnson,     Harrison 
Kinney,   John 
Lindlow,    Charles   O. 
Lucas,    Wesley    C. 
Lunbeck,    Herbert    F. 
Lusk,  Thomas 


Lynch,    Thomas 
McBee,    Lawrence    G. 
McConnell,    Edward   J. 
McNatt,    Virgil   E. 
Magula,    Frank 
Marshall.   Gilbert   E. 
Mathews,  William  j. 
Mode,    William   J. 
Neely,  Arthur  D. 
Owens,    William    M. 
Parker,   Harold   W. 
Perkins,    Harold    W. 
Pierce,    Yancy 
Pocost,  Harry  B. 
Reeves,    Ernest  C. 
Rode,   Albert 
Sciabarrasi,    Mariano 
Sexton,  Levi   S. 
Sheehan,    Daniel 
Sheehan,    Phillip 
Smith,    Harley 
Starbeck,    Hugh    A. 
Stockwell,    Elmer 
Strole,    Walfred 
Taylor,   Lester   G. 
Tucker,   James 
Tum,  Sam 
Ulshoefer,   Anthony 
Vanetten,    James    E. 
Vickrey,    Sidney   L. 
Young,    Frank 


Captain, 

Murray   Davis 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Russell    C.    Throck- 
morton 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Stephan    O.    Slaughter 
1st    Sergeant, 

Waltman,    Chester    A. 
Supply    Sergeant. 

Lake,   Arthur   W. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Richards,   Floyd   E. 
Sergeants, 

Smith,    James    G. 

Blocher,    Joseph    S. 

Dreeben,    Harry 

Elbs,    George  J. 

Smith,    Norman    R. 
Corporals: 

Adkins,    Melville    H. 

Robinson,    Albert   E. 

AUee,    Moses 

Brockman,     Carl 

Collins,    Milo    R. 

Waymire,    Jacob    H. 

Degraffenreid,     Joe 

Stark,   Bert 


COMPANY  L 

Kansas  City 

Roche,  Joseph  V. 

Newman,   Charles 

Gossard,    Hampton    D. 

Hoover,    Henry 
Mechanic, 

Summers,  Walter  D. 
Cooks: 

Lane,    Burnam 

Posh,    Phillip 
Buglers: 

Mitchell,    John    F. 

Rothband,  Wolff 

Coakley,    William 

Coffin,   Charles   W. 

Frisbie,.  Leland 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Heliums,     Lawrence 

Helmick,    Andrew   J. 

Higby,    Clarence    P. 

Kelly,    Thomas    B. 

LaVelle,    Grover    J. 

Leonard,    John    P. 

Lewis,    Aubrey    S. 

Lieskie,    Joseph 

Marshall,    Harold 

Mehl,    Fred    C. 

Nevins,    William    J. 

Slick,   Bennie   R. 


Sparks,  John  W. 
Stadler,    Charles    E. 
Steiner,    Walter    S. 
Stone,  Wilmer 
Thayer,    Lester    M. 
Youngberg,    Chester 
Privates: 

Ahern,    Daniel 
Bender,    William 
Bledsoe,    Russell 
Brothers,    Edward 
Carr,   Noflet  B. 
Cook,    Teddie    R. 
Corbin,    Dean 
Coughlan,   John   M. 
Cowgill,    Walter    W. 
Dumas,    Hugh   L. 
Fox.   Charles   E. 
French,    Michael 
Gregory,    William    S. 
Grenrood,   Joseph    F. 
Hancock,    Leonides 
Hamby,    Elmer 
Harmon,   Martin 
Hassler,    James 
Hay,  Thomas  G. 
Herman,    Edward 
Hervey,    Edward 


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Huff,  Alonzo   C. 
Hulbert,    Ralph  D. 
Jacobson,    Ruben 
Johnson,   Rufus   P. 
Jones,    Karl 
Jordan,    Charles    L. 
Lee,  William  R. 
I/loyd,    Samuel    G. 
Lossone,   Frank 
McCracken,   Dent 
Maderick,   George 
Marsh,    Homer 
Maule,    Harold 


Meily,    Guy    Ora 
Menardi,    George 
Meyer,   Henry 
Moore,   Day  D. 
Mott,    Marvin 
Nail,   Roly   R. 
Newby,   Milton 
Oliver,   Kamp   I. 
Paulsen,    Marimus 
Pennell,    William 
Phaling,    Edward    S. 
Powell,    Dewey    M. 


Rayner,    William 
Rees,  William  A. 
Rice,    Sidney 
Rogers,    William    A. 
Sherman,   Harold   H. 
Slick,    Harry 
Thatcher,   Wheeler   B. 
Trigg,   Beldon  H. 
Van    Briggle,   Walter 
\'^anITecke,    Arthur 
Wiseman,    Erie   L. 
Woods,   Karl   M. 
Zuber,   George   Andrew 


COMPANY  M 
Kansas  City 


Captain, 

George    T.    Pfeiffer 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

William    J.    Baxter 
1st    Sergeant, 

Arnold,  William  H. 
Supply   Sergeant 

Culberson,    Stacy 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Winfrey,   Ray   B. 
Sergeants: 

Erwin,    William    E. 

Woodtjury,  Frank  B. 

Odom,  Walter  E. 

Ritter,  George  F. 

King,    Lee 

Streeper,    Thomas 
Corporals: 

Donohoe,   James   W. 

Samide,    Rudolph   J. 

Scott,    Edward  J. 

Moon,    Charles   L. 

Ormsby,    Richard    C. 

Shaw,    Ray    H. 

Bird,    Arthur    C. 

Paskrich,    John    J. 

Liebst,    Kasper    M. 
Cooks: 

Gresham,    Floyd    A. 

Granzella,  Viver 
Musicians: 

Layman,    Ray 

Heinold,    Proctor    L. 
Mechanic, 

Staebler,   Anton   B. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Arnold,    William    L. 

Bryan,    Harry    M. 

Chamberlain,  Harrv 

Chandler,    Robert   B. 


Collins,    Otis   F. 
Frith,   Roy   N. 
Fuqua,   Edgar 
Harris,    Robert    L. 
Hays,   John    W. 
Hickenlooper,    Thomas 

W. 
Hopkins,  Paul   F. 
Kratville,    Milo 
Overstreet,    Walter  L. 
Painter,   Orval   C. 
Patchin,    Levey    Gould 
Roberts,  John   R. 
Schriver,   Joseph    M. 
vShaw,    Wilson   B. 
Slemmons,    William    G. 
Tate,    Clarence    E. 
Troxel,    Joe 
Waddle,  Alva   P. 
Privates: 

Arbuthnot,    George    W. 
Bailey,    Floyd    F. 
Barnes,    Walter 
Blevins,    Ernest    V. 
Bockhahn,    Alfred 
Bryant,    Richard    S. 
Buford,   Ted   L. 
Buford,  William 
Calvert,    James    W. 
Cleeton,  Linzie  V. 
Clevy,    Clarence    T. 
Cole,    William   A. 
Collum,    Ralph    B. 
Daugherty,   Lewis   B. 
Deis,    James    F. 
Dennis,    Waldo    C. 
Ellis,     Charles    H. 
Fitzmaurice,    Robert    E 
Foulks,    Walter    O. 
Fuqua,    Samuel   O. 
Gaffney,   William    P. 
Gildea,    Francis 
Green,    John 
Hatcher,   Charlie  L. 


Henkel   William    J. 
Hosford,   Guy   T. 
Hosterman,    Roland    R 
Johnston,  John   H. 
Keith,    Benjamin 
Kindig,  Frank  R. 
Klouski,    Stanly 
Knoch,    Joseph 
Knoch,    Luther    B. 
Korpnick,  John  L. 
Layman,    Roy 
Lee,    Charles    E. 
Lewis,    Ira    Everett 
McMullin,   Dent  M. 
Mathews,    Clarence    J. 
Miller,    Ray   J. 
Mossman,    Eugene    L. 
O'Hare,   Howard  P. 
Owen,  James  M. 
Owens,    Dewey 
Phillips,   Vera 
Puttroff,    Archie    L. 
Ray,    Chauncey    W. 
Rice,   Coke    S. 
Roseberry,    Carl    F. 
Rosenfield,   Milton    B. 
Sarver,    Jacob   D. 
Shepherd,  Virgil  V. 
Smith,   George    W. 
Severn,   Claude   1,. 
Stefanski,    Franz   J. 
Stone,    Allen    J. 
Sullivan,    William   J. 
Swain,   John   O. 
Taylor,    Alonza    C. 
Thatcher,    Garrett    M. 
Thompson,  James   E. 
Turner,    James 
Watson,    George    D. 
White,    Floyd 
White.   Frank  T. 
Winston,   Hugo   A. 
Woods,  Louis  A. 


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SANITARY   DETACHMENT 
Kansas  City 


Major, 

Ernest  W.   Slusher 
Captain, 

Archie  W.  Johnson 
1st   lyieutenant. 

Glen   H.    Broyles 
1st    lyieutenant, 

Edwin  C.  White,  Jr. 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 

Johnson,   Sydney  J. 
Sergeants: 

Dillon,    Joseph 


Haus,   Frank 
lyiebst,    Charles   A.    Jr. 
1st    Class    Privates: 
Burchett,    William    F. 
George,    Hollis   A. 
Howey,    Paul   H. 
Kirchodd,    Charles 
Krenzer,    William    W. 
Lewis,    Homer    M. 
McDonald,  Theodore 
Meuller,   Ralph    E. 
Reynolds,    Harold   J. 
Smith,   Norman  R. 


Snyder,    Melville 
Warner,   Claude   M. 
Williams,     Ernest    W. 
Wilson,   Harry   L. 
Privates: 

Carr,  Charles  L. 
Carroll,  Jack 
Darby,    Wells 
Davis,   Harry   S. 
Jeans,  Chester  D. 
Lane,    Clark 
McGaugh,    Homer 
O'Meara,   Tom  J. 
Patton,   Wade  K. 


FIFTH  REGIMENT  INFANTRY 

FIELD  AND   STAFF 
St.  Louis 


Colonel, 

Leroy    K.    Robbins, 

Commanding 
Lieutenant   Colonel 

Edmund   J.   McMahon 
Major, 

August  R.   Sauerwein, 


Major, 

Fred   C.   Husman 
Major, 

James    L.    Barngrove 
1st    Lieut.    &   Bn.   Adjt., 

Frank    B.    Avery 


1st   Lieut.    &   Bn.   Adjt., 
Gerald  C.   Barnes 

1st   Lieut.    &   Bn.    Adjt. 
Walter    A.    Hill 

1st    Lieut.    &    Chaplain, 
Harold  L.    Reader 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

St.   Louis 


Captain   &  Adjt., 

Algernon    S.    Cale 
Rgt.    Sgt.    Major, 

Braum,    Louis    W. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Major, 

Harrington,   Gerald  D. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Major, 

Kaysing,    Harry    C. 
Bn.    Sgt.    Major, 

Hutchinson,   Paul 
1st    Sergeant, 

Watson,  Percy  L. 
Color    Sergeants: 

Barnett,  Walter  F. 

Krone,    Clarence    F. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Kenefick,  James   G. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Robertson,   Roscoe   C. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Cohen,    Herbert 
Sergeant, 

Hunt,   Wilson   P.,  Jr. 
Horseshoer, 

Finazzo,    Salvatori 


Cooks: 

Blowquist,   Erick   G. 

Harskovitz,   Peter 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Chapman,   James   M. 

Orbach,    August    J. 

Stansbury,   Louis  W. 

Ward,  Thomas  H. 
Privates: 

Brady,    Raymond   H. 

Clayton,    Alvah    W. 

Davis,    Charles    G. 

Dolen,    Fletcher    T. 

Gentles,    Howard 

Glader,   Charles  H. 

Johnson,    Clifford   H. 

Kenefick,    William   H. 

Madden,   Arthur   R. 

Magnam,    Thomas    W. 
B. 

Simpson,   Raymond    F. 

Trowbridge,    Voorhees 
Asst.    Band    Leader, 

Strother,    Samuel   H. 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Schleicher,     Oscar 
Band    Sergeants: 


Nichols,   Lee   C. 

Frank,    Samuel 
Band    Corporals: 

Allen,    George    M. 

Bailey,    Fred    E. 

Neukomm,    John    M. 

Schreier,    Lawrence    O. 
1st   Class   Musicians: 

Bernacchi,    John    H. 

Roettger,    William    A. 
2d    Class   Musicians: 

Huber,    Arnold    B. 

O'Donoghue,   John 
3d    Class    Musicians: 

Bealmer,    Lester 

Beinke,    Franz    R. 

Blest,    Ernest  J. 

Dapron,    Albert   C. 

Flaskamp,    Fred    A. 

Jannopoulo.  Acnilles  K. 

Morrison,    Howard   B. 

Nicolosi,     Sam 

Shue,  Willard  E- 

Snowden,    John    G. 

Villers,   Jean 

Weast,    Courtney    F. 

Whitson,   Marvin    F. 


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Captain, 

William   E.  McGaughey 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Arthur   K.   Johnson 
Egt.    Sup.    Sgt. 

Robert    D.     Turner 
Wagoners: 

Ank,    George   T. 

Bank,   Sol. 

Barteau,    Henry    IJ. 

Blick,    William   H. 

Boyer,   Ben 

Breck,    Edward    C. 

Brassier,    Frederick    R. 

Bressler,    William    M. 

Clark,   Frank  W. 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 
St.  Louis 

Collins,    Richard   D. 
Craft,   Harold    F. 
Daniel,  Arthur  M. 
DcMoulin,    George 
Downing,    Edward    L. 
Forsyth,    Grant   G. 
Frees,    Ferris    C. 
Frost,    Richard    G. 
Harper,    Floyd 
Hart,    Charles 
Henseik,    Alfred    T. 
Holmose,   William 
Kaffenberger,    Edward 

G. 
LaZear,    William    J. 
Lutteke,   Christ 


Marsh,   George  H. 
Marsh,    Walter    H. 
Moll,   Louis   H.,   Jr. 
Needham,    Albert    P. 
Noble,   Walter 
Ogle,    Marion    E. 
Pollard,    Joseph    S. 
Pollard,    Thomas    L. 
Rogers,    Arthur   V. 
Shaw,    Edward    R. 
Shaw,   John    W. 
Skidmore,   Arthur  L. 
Sullivan,    James    M. 
Toettcher,   George  J. 
Ulrich,    Raymond 
Williams,   Purvin  A. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 

St.  Louis 


Captain, 

John   R.   Hundley 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Harry    Pierce 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Arthur    Poss,   Jr. 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Chauncey    Schultz 
1st   Sergeant, 

Winter,    Albert    J. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Kennedy,   John   F. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Hern,    Edgar  T. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Bear,    Clarence 
Sergeants: 

Golterman,    Herbert    C. 

Knox,   Robert  H 

Mathews,  Jesse  O. 

Reader,    Harry   A. 

Smith,   Arthur  J. 

Winter,   Urban   A. 
Corporals: 

Carney,    James    T. 

Gannon,    Bernard    J. 

Goehausen,     Walter    J. 

Hagee,    Edward   W. 

Hilton,    Alexander,    Jr. 

McKay,    Clifford   T.  - 

Moser,    T^eo,   Jr. 

Young,   Ray   R. 


Captain, 

William   P.   Sanders 


Horseshoer, 

Hickerson,    Claude    L- 
Mechanics: 

Chappell,    Robert    E. 

Vadner,    Morton    E. 

Winters,   Clemence   A. 
Cooks: 

Gross,    Walter   A. 

Mettenet,   Paul 
Buglers: 

Bartley,    Oliver   J. 

McEnroe,    James    J. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Blum,    Edwin    F. 

Frick,   Nicholas    C. 

Knickman,   Herman    C. 

McElhiney,    Samuel    J. 

Maurice,    Richard   S. 

Mettenet,   George  A, 

Rintoul,    Morris    C. 

Rothemeyer.    Robert    A 

Slawson,    Charles    G. 

Snyder,   Harry   M. 

Tebbetts,   Alvah   M. 

Zeller,    Andrew    A. 
Privates: 

Ashby,    Cornelius    A. 

Bambrick,   Joseph   A. 

Beaver,    Carl    M. 

Beavers,    Fred    W. 

Berman,    Hymen 

Blakely,    Walter  M. 

Bourdet,    Andre    J. 

COMPANY  A 
St.  Louis 

1st   Lieutenant, 
Lawrence  P.  Wood- 
ward 


Dannacher,    David    S. 
English,   Leo    P. 
Enright,    Frank    W. 
Fahein,    John    H. 
Farnik,  John  A. 
Gage,    Leslie   F. 
Garey,    Harry    D. 
Gemmer,    Theodore, 

Jr. 
Hall,    Scott  H. 
Hall,    Walter    G. 
Harrington,    Thomas 

F. 
Hill,    Bernard    L. 
Hunt,    Robert    C. 
Jefferies,    Frank    O. 
Johnson,    James    A. 
Johnson,   Thomas   A. 
Kelly,    Alfred    C. 
Lawler,    Eugene    F. 
Lomax,    James    C. 
Meglio,  Leonardo 
Messmer,     Frederick 
Napper,    Elmer    E. 
Neville,    Earth 
Nowotny,   Lawrence 

R. 
Papin,    Laclede    C. 
Sherburne,   Leo   F. 
Suycott,  Adam   H. 
Tischler,    George  J. 
^^,^bey,    Joe   H. 
Williams,    Henry   M. 


2d    T<ieutenant, 

Elzie    V.    McGinnis 


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1st    Sergeant, 

Sheahan,    John    J. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

McMahan,   Hugh   S., 
Jr. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Senn,    Frank    R.    Jr. 
Sergeants: 

Woodward,    Richard 
h. 

Tebeau,    Albert   J. 

Bonheim,   Myron   W. 

McGoogan,    William  j. 

Scheel,   Louis 

McCune,   Charles  A. 
Corporals: 

McBride,    Sherman    L. 

Schless,    Alphonse    A. 

Combs,    Denny 

Mooney,   Ralph   E). 

Moran,   Joseph 

Hortiz,    Raymond    J. 

Kickham,    John    L. 

Krone,    Emil    F. 

Laffler,    John    J. 

Reid,    Roger    E. 
Cooks: 

Maloney,    Edward    R. 

Mann,   Robert   F. 
Mechanics: 

Belmont,   Thomas  J. 

Teckenbrock,   Walter 
P. 
Buglers: 

Dixon,    Walter    D. 

McCluskey,    Frank    J. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Averv,  Henry   B. 

Deitrich,     Albert    F. 

Distler,   Theodore  J. 


Fels,   Daniel  M. 
Goldberg,    Isadora 
Hausman,     Vincent    G. 
Ileidel,    Carl 
Ilerzog,   Fred  J. 
Klinkamper,  John 
Kruer,    Roy   A. 
Linenweber,   William 

s. 

Sweeney,  Thomas   L. 
Steinmeyer,  Charles 
Ueltzen,   Arthur   H.    F. 
Wolk,    Raymond   B. 
Privates: 

Aldrich,   Myron   W. 
Beans,    Clarence    F. 
Bertolotti,    Stephen 
Bester,    Philip 
Bigalke,    Gustave 
Boedges,    William   J. 
Boggs,  Walter  H. 
Bonk,    Alex   P. 
Boveri,    Louis 
BrowneH,     Richard    S. 
Byrd,    Medford    W. 
Burne,  Edward  A. 
Cleary,    Eward    M. 
Coney,    Palemon 
Coney,    William    G. 
Delarche,    Rene 
Dowell,   Virgil   L. 
Erkert,    Elmer 
Fetten,    Robert   C. 
Forshee,    Ivan    E. 
Fracchia,  John 
Franey,   William  J. 
Goldblume,    Harry 
Gray,    Clarence   A. 
Gudermuth,   Edward  J. 
Hawkins,    George    R. 
Huff,    Harrv    G. 
Hutter,    William 


Jarson,    Maurice    M. 
Johnson,    Ulla   F. 
Jones,   Harry   L. 
Jones,   Robert  L. 
Krauska,    Frank    S. 
Lawson,   Jess  J. 
Littleton,    Wilber   L. 
Long,    Robert   H. 
McMahan,    Earl    D. 
Marlin,    Fred    L. 
Mersman,    Charles    E. 
Middleton,   John    W. 
Moon,    James   L. 
Moon,     William 
Murray,    Charles   S. 
Overy,   Oscar  J. 
Petrie,    Herbert    I. 
Prost,    Robert    L. 
Pruett,   Charles 
Robertson,    James    W. 
Robertus,    Gotlieb    E. 
Rollman,    Claire    W. 
Ryan,    Raymond    C. 
Schaefer,   August 
Shaw,    Eldo    C. 
Slominski,   John   V. 
Sowinski,    Frank 
Specking,    Edward 
Tebeau,  Walter  H. 
Toussley,    Sid. 
Trotto,   August   F. 
Tuggle,    Henry    G. 
Ueltzen,   William    C. 

H. 
Venable,  John   W. 
Waite,    Rowland      , 
Wilcox,    Loyal    P.    Jr. 
Wilson,    Clarence    F. 
Winters,  Cash  H. 
Worley,    Edward    R. 
Yeaman.    Charles 
Yount,   Verner  J. 


Captain, 

Rodney  J.  Ludlow  Jr. 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Lloyd   O.   Brightfield 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Archie   D.   Reiger 
1st   Sergeant, 

Martin,    Frederick    B. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Brook,  James  R. 
Supply  Sergeant 

Turner,    Robert    D. 
Sergeants: 

Schopp,   Reynold   S. 

Chcrbonnier,  Lawrence 
O. 

Ilickerson,  Sandford  B. 


COMPANY  B 

St.   Louis 

Worrell,    Richard    O. 
Hopson,  John  W. 
Casey,   Andrew    F. 
Koch,   Albert 
Corporals: 

Levy,   Charles  M. 
Vahlkamp,     Gustave 
Gordon,   James    P. 
Smith,  Lloyd  A. 
Reid,    Harry    C. 
Smith,    Elwyn    G. 
Vaughan,    Rufus    E. 
Doxsee,    Leigh    A. 
Walker,    Edward    E. 
Johnson,   Dee  L. 
Moore,    William    S. 
Dunham,   LeRoy   D. 


Carney,   Herbert   S. 

Haill,    Arthur  H. 

Seimer,    William    A. 

Pitts,   William    S. 

Baker,  Gilbert  R. 
Cooks: 

Williams,   Edward   W. 

Ausbrooks,  Noel  H. 

Simpson,    Lloyd    J. 
Mechanic, 

Maryanovich,    Paul    A. 
Buglers: 

Schmid, ,  Ferdinand    A. 

Henley,    Howard    H. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Anderson,    Edmund    R. 

Gorman,    Robert   J. 


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Kelso,    K.    Bryan 
Lynch,    Robert    L. 
Montgomery,    William 

F. 
Pendleton,    Clyde    F. 
Pitt,   Gladstone 
Prevallet,    Val    A. 
Smith,    Elzie    H. 
Theil,    Frederick    P. 
Privates: 

Armstrong,    William 
Askrabich,     Stojan 
Barnard,   William   D. 
Barrena,     Casimiro 
Bell,    Elmer   J. 
Bertels,    George  J. 
Bornschein,    Leonard 

L. 
Broombaugh,    Emmett 

J. 
Brown,   Harry   W. 
Carter,   Elmer   G. 
Carter,    George   F. 
Chase,   Thomas   B. 
Clark,  Henry  G. 
Collyer,    R.    Cecil 
Conway,    William    I. 
Dandridge,    Leon 
Dean,   William    Fay 
Deaton,    Harry    B. 
Degonia,    William 
Derringer,    Richard    G. 
Douglas,   Robert    S. 
Dowell,    Maurice    H. 
Fangmann,    Arthur    A. 
Foley,    Francis    T. 
Forrest,    Fay    F. 
Foster,    James   M. 
Galik,   John 
Gerard,    Eugene   A. 


Gilpin,    Floyd   A. 
Gooldy,  Wm.  T. 
Gordon,    Joseph    E. 
Grace,   William  F. 
Gray,    Curtis   C. 
Griffin,   Edward   W. 
Hamby,    Thomas    G. 
Hamilton,    John    R. 
Hammond,    Rankin 
Hannon,    Thomas    J. 
Hanson,  John 
Haught,    Herman    C. 
Hay,   Darrell 
Hayes,    Harvey   J. 
Heitiier,    Charles   W. 
Heiss,    Fred 
Hereford,   Thomas   G. 
Herrick,    John    W. 
Huber,    William   J. 
Hurt,   Patrick  H. 
Jesse,    Paul    C. 
Johnson,    Harry    B." 
Johnson,     Henry 
Johnson,   William   O. 
Kitson,    William    T. 
Koch,    Edwin 
Koons,    Joseph    E. 
Leri,    Savino    V. 
McDaniel,   Frank  H. 
McGraw,    Clarence    R. 
Mager,   Thomas  J. 
Maguire,   James  J.,   Jr. 
Manilovitch,    Boje 
Masson,    Earl    E. 
Masson,    Edward    L. 
May,    Robert   W. 
Morgan,    Oliver    Vance 
Moulton,    Sidney 
Murphy,   Jess    C. 


Nuelle,  Edward  T. 
O'Connor,    Maurice 
Onstott,   Byron    C. 
Ottorino,    Debberti    V. 
Paddock,   Leroy   E. 
Pesold,    Charles 
Pohlman,   Clarence  H. 
Politte,    Sam 
Popovick,   John 
Pulliam,     William     M. 
Raff,  Harold  A. 
Reed,  Jack 
Rice,    Charles   A. 
Ridgeway,    Byran 
Ridgeway,    Wray   T. 
Roberts,  Kirk  M. 
Rutledge,    Rube 
Scharnberger,   Frank 

T. 
Schaub,   Louis  J. 
Schuedding,    George 
Scoggins,     Frederick 
Shoults,    Odis    E. 
Slater,    William    J. 
Smith,  Jesse 
Smith,    Lee    R. 
Smith,  Walter 
Steinle,  Louis  L. 
Stone,    Bernard 
Stultz,   James    W. 
Sweeney,  Mike  L. 
Szezpaniak,    Frank 
Taylor,    Herbert    S. 
Thompson,   Donald   C. 
Timmerman,   George  J. 
Tomlinson,     Eugene 
Vance,   Jesse    S. 
White,    Jay 
Wilson,    Lemuel 
Wolz,    Edward   A. 


Captain, 

Walton    S.    FitzRoy 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Andrew  J.   Moore 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Orville    H.    Cale 
1st   Sergeant, 

White,    Harry    J. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Bock,   John    S. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Bluhm,   August   B. 
Sergeants: 

Curtis,  Matthew  B. 

Jennings,    Duncan    R. 
Corporals: 

Adams,    Edwin    J. 

Bowlin,   William   K. 

Donaldson,   Charles   H. 


COMPANY  C 

St.  Louis 

Howden,  Howard  L. 

O'Flynn,    John    S. 

Rohlfing,    Philip    L. 

Stevens,   Clair  F. 

Zager,   William   F.,   Jr. 
Mechanics: 

Hannan,    Emanuel    J. 

Petot,   Thomas   N. 
Cooks: 

Mitchell,   John    S. 

Stephenson,  John  A. 
Buglers: 

Trabue,  Archie  E. 

Witler,   Walter  G. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Fornsbell,   Robert  L. 

Gieselman,   Lester  F. 

Gruner,  Raymond 

Haley,  Joseph  J. 


Holloway,  James  W. 
Lowry,    Russell    I. 
Meinhardt,    William 

G. 
Renz,   Fred  J. 
Richart,   Paul   A. 
Salter,  Chester   R. 
Sweet,    Andrew    E. 
Privates: 
Bell,  William 
Bernacchi,   Robert  J. 
Biddle,  John   H. 
Bobeen,   Joseph    F. 
Brockman,    Guy 
Brockraan,    Harry    A. 
Cluny,   Emery   E. 
Condon,    Richard    K. 
Cooksey,    David    F. 
Daley,   Frank  N. 


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Delcour,   Ralph   C. 
Diehl,    Norman    A. 
Disher   Elmer 
Dreyfus,    Edward   N. 
Dunlap,    Cecil   H. 
Fagin,    Louis 
Fizer,   Wm.    F. 
Forbes,   Maurice   B. 
Gowan,    Gordon    D. 
Greear,    Rogers    A. 
Griffin,     Peter    M. 
ITaefer,    Wm. 
TTeil,    Mat.    P. 
TIeier,    Michael   P. 
TTenley,    Millard    F. 
TTeyer,   George   W. 
Horsfield,    Thos. 
Johnson,     Monroe    H. 
Kilcoyne,    Tom 


Komocar,    Martin 
Kruse,   Julius 
Kubong,    Max    P. 
Kuehn,    Arthur    L. 
Lamure,    Henry    J. 
Laxton,    Clarence    P. 
Lee,    James    W. 
LeRoi,   Elmer  H. 
Lichtenberg,    William 

H.,   Jr. 
Lindwedel,   Frederick 

H.   Jr. 
McDonough,    Louis 
McGowan,    Charles   T. 
Machavec,   Leo   R. 
Mabery,    Walter    M. 
Mathes,    William    G. 
Miller,    John    M. 
Miner,    Arthur   L. 


Mitchell,    Edward    J. 
Nelson,    Orlin    S. 
Niles,    Frederick    W. 
Pickles,    Ralph    A. 
Pzybyl,    Walter 
Reiter,    Charles 
Schmidt,    Elmer 
Seeburger,    Louis    P. 
Sliepard,    Charles    E. 
Sobelman,    Harry    S. 
Stine,    Glen    W. 
Stumbagh,    Ralph 
Timmons,    James    R. 
Tonga,    George    F. 
Vieth,    Albert    H. 
Watts,    William    O. 
Whitley,    David   Jr. 
Williams,    Willie    P. 
Young,   Roscoe   E. 


Captain, 

Roderick,   W.    Rom- 
bauer 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William    J.     Lonergan 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Joseph   F.    McMahon 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Carr,    William   J. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Deibel,   Milton   L. 
Sergeants : 

Dolan,   Raphael   R. 

Menges,    Louis    J. 

O'Connor,    Stephen    J. 

Weber,    Frank    D. 

Neuwirth,    Alois    G. 
Corporals: 

Abbott,    Hughey    T. 

Brennan,    James    F. 

DeVoy,     Raymond     J. 

Menges,    Eugene   V. 

Munsey,   Walter   T. 

Sartorius,    Richard    J. 

Schisler,   William   M. 

Letson,   Thomas 

Scanlon,    Matthew    J. 
Cooks : 

Zwickl,    Alois    H. 

Re,   Antbony   V. 

Sullins,    Harry  J. 
Mechanic, 

Stanton,   George  K. 
Bugler, 

Davidson,   Harry   M. 
Privates : 

Bledsoe,    Tames    W. 

Bonzon,    John 


COMPANY  D 
St.  Louis 

Burke,    John    P. 
Carlton,    Elmer    M. 
Carron,   Albert  J. 
Charleville,    Harry    M. 
Collins,    Sidney    H. 
Craig,    Everett    C. 
Davis,    John    J. 
Deniston,    Clyde    N. 
Deniston,    William    H. 
Dickerson,  John  H. 
Dickie,    Andrew   W. 
Doere,    Charles    H. 
Engelbach,    Clarence 
English,    John    P. 
Fields,   Guy   B. 
Gallaher,   James    E. 
Gerstkemper,     Trevor 

H. 
Gildehaus,    John   B. 
Hahn,  Walter  H. 
Howard,    Harry  J. 
Jaenicke,    Kent    W.    A. 
Janssen,    George    W. 
Keller,   Herbert 
Kelley,    William    F. 
Kennealy,    William    R. 
Kenney,    George    M. 
Kerr,    James    J. 
Kilcoyne,    John    J. 
Koester,   Frank   B. 
Lane,    Charles 
Loftus,   William   G 
McCoy,    George    J. 
McGough,    Homer    L. 
McHugh,    George    F. 
Mclntyre,    Tames    W. 
McKenna,    Earle    V. 
Martin,    Frank    I 
Middleton,   Ward   L. 


Motsinger,    Chester 
Munsey,    Arthtir    S. 
Muren,    Irwin    D. 
Neusella,     Albert     A. 
Noel,    John    B. 
Noonan,    Michael    S. 
O'Day,    Joseph    J. 
Olmsted,    Charles    D. 
Pentz,     Virgil     C. 
Radowski,    John 
Rapp,    Arthur    P. 
Rhoades,     Walter 
Roedeger,    Frank    P. 
Russell,    Charles    L. 
SchafFer,    James    A. 
Schlueter,    Harold    H. 
Seager,    Henry    J. 
Sheerin.    Charles    E- 
Sims,    Troy    E. 
Smart,  William  H. 
Smith,    Albert 
Smith,   Eugene  H. 
Smith,    Leon    E. 
Sullivan,   Thomas   F. 
Templeman,    Francis 

W. 
Templeman,    John     J. 
Thiesmann,    Ben    H. 
Theismann,   Charles 
Tozer,    Leroy    J. 
Votaw,    Forest 
Walker,    August    A. 
Walker,     Raymond     J. 
Ward,    William    J. 
Wells,    Ozro   L. 
^^'helan,    Michael 
Wiffsins,   Lester   E. 
Williams,   Victor 
Zoller,    Herbert    T. 


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Captain, 

George   M.    Faugh t 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Kenneth   S.  Walker 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Charles    M.    Marshall 
1st    Sergeant, 

Stone,    Rotert 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Bryan,     William     S. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Barada,   Maurice   W. 
Sergeants: 

Lorenze,   Fred  C. 

Lindsey,    Walter   C. 

Compton,    Letcher 

Kracht,  "Alvin   W. 
Corporals: 

Deacon,   John    C. 

Dohr,    Fugene    F. 

Eubanks,    Will 

Gray,    Edward    L. 

Gupton,    William    O. 

Kirkland,    Lewis   D. 

Lehman^    George    F. 

Long,   Arthur 

McLean,    John    C. 

Richter,    Joseph     D. 

Reuther,    Otto    M. 

Schwacker,    Arthur    A. 

Thursby,     Walter     T. 

Walker,    Roy    F. 

Wulfert,    Lorance    F. 
Mechanic, 

Thilking,    Arthur   F. 
Buglers :    . 

Anson,   Tracy   F. 

Fth ridge,    Stephen    W. 
Cooks: 

Cleveland,    William 
F. 

Hodges,    James    A. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Alt,    Frank    W. 

Blum,  Fdward  W. 

Cook,    Columbus   J. 

Cosgrove,    Fd.    R. 

Cosgrove,     Roy     John 

Czerwinski,    Joseph    B. 

Dilallo,  Paul 


COMPANY  E 
St.  Louis 

Greene,   William   M. 
Hilton,    Clinton    H. 
Ikemeyer,    Charles    J. 
Kazban,  John 
Kopp,   Howard   C. 
Lane,   Harry   J. 
Lane,    Joseph    F. 
Moore,   Lee   F. 
Nifong,    Shirley 
Pfeifer,    Oliver    H. 
Powell,    John    W. 
Protte,    Robert    W. 
Ouinlivan,    Thomas  M. 
Redman,    Silas 
Sheridan,     Paul    J. 
Simmons,   Elijah 
Trappe,   Clarence   O. 
Walter,  William,  Jr. 
Weiss,    Louis    W. 
Privates : 

Arnett,    Robert   H. 
Bainter,   Clarence 
Boswell,    John    R. 
Bowser,    Ross    W. 
Brewington,  Joseph  C. 
Byers,   Bert 
Combs,    Oscar    F. 
Daffronj    James 
Darrah,     Fred 
Davis,   Andrew  A. 
Dietz,    William 
Ferris,    Joseph 
Fitzsimmons,     Robert 

G. 
Forcum,     Lincoln 
Foster,    James    F. 
Francis,     William 
Garth,  Thomas  K. 
Gaus,    Alfred    W. 
Graham,   George  B. 
Hanes,    Frank 
Heberer,    Arthur    F. 
Heger,    John 
Hicks,     Chauncey 
Hill,   William   C. 
Hugh,    Ben 
Hurst,    Wayne 
lahn,   Grover  P. 
Irwin,    Fannon 
Johnson,    William    R. 
Jones,    Lawrence 
Jordan,    Miles 


Kelley,  Charles   M. 
Kelley,   Stephen  J. 
Kellogg,  Donald  L. 
King,    Chester 
Kowalski,    John 
Kruse,    Edward   C. 
Lacomb,  Joseph   F. 
Lander,    Max 
Lanwet,   Louis   N. 
Loesch,    Walter    L. 
Loser,    William   C,   Jr. 
Luley,    Harvey   L. 
McCall,.  George   T. 
McCarver,    Charles 

F. 
McClurg,    Leslie    J. 
Matkins,    Ora   D. 
Mayhill^   Ralph   B. 
Merriman,    Harry    R. 
Miller,    Leland    S. 
Mills,    Thomas    E. 
Montague,    Charles   A. 
Pavinski,    Alex 
Politte,   Madie 
Reed,   Charles 
Reeves,    Fdward 
Reeves,    Marvin 
Reichman,   Benjamin 
Roesberg,    Walter 
Rogge,   Lawrence 
Sample,    Floyd    F. 
Sample,    George   W. 
Schleier,    Hermann    H. 
Schmidt,    Elmer   L. 
Scott,    Gus 
Siemens,  Joseph 
Slavick,   Steve 
Smith,  John   W. 
Thomas,    Willard    B. 
Thomas,    William    F. 
Wampler,    Harry    D. 
Warren,    Elijah 
Watkins,    Bert    L. 
Weber,    Charles    H. 
Williams,    Emmett    E. 
Wilt,   Leo   M. 
Wind,   William  J. 
Wootan,    Jerome 
Wray,    Harvey 
Wright,    Abraham 
Wysocki,     Kasmir 
Young,  Gus 


Captain, 

Eugene  F.   Lloyd 
1st    Lieutenant, 

John    E.    Mitchell, 


Jr. 


COMPANY  F 

St.  Louis 

2d    Lieutenant, 

William    H.    Bowman 
1st    Sergeant, 

Jones,  Paul,  Jr. 


Supply    Sergeant, 

Kirkpatrick,    Richard 
Sergeants : 

Fuller,   William   R. 


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Hoefer,   John   Jr. 

Huber,    George    J. 

Pastelinck,   Allan    K. 
Corporals : 

Bennett,    Ralston 

Byrne,    Charles    L,. 

Iliffman,    Arthur    A. 

Marquard,    William 

Phillips,    Oscar    M. 

Steinhoff,    Homer 

Walsh,    Patrick   J. 

Wolfner,  Walter 
Cooks : 

Beard,  James    D. 

Layne,  Claude 

Roussin,   Amos  A. 
Mechanic  : 

Alexander,   William    K. 
Privates : 

Adams,    Arthur   W. 

Althoff,   Harry  S. 

Anna,    Edward 

Baird,    George    R. 

Battreal,    Carrick    J. 

Beckett,   John   H. 

Behymer,     Vernon     S. 

Bowles,    Addison 

Browning,    Mike 

Clark,    McKee 

Click,    Arthur   F.    Jr. 

Clifton,    William    D. 

Coffman,    Leeman 

Connell,    Richard   J. 

Cunio,   Roy   E. 

Daltpn,    Albert    E. 

Dempsey,    Leo   Walter 

Derickson,    Roy 

Dickerman,   Arthur  A. 

Dobbins,   Jesse    L. 

Dreher,   Walter   F. 

Estes,    William   L. 

Farrar,    Edwin 

Fitzgerald,    George    K 

Fleming,   Charles   R. 


Flood,  Willie  A. 
Franklin,    William    H. 
Frazier,    Coleman    P. 
Gallagher,   William   M. 
Goellner,   Harry  A. 
Gormley,    Edward    P. 
Gowan,   Benjamin  H 
Hacking,    William    V. 
Hancock,  Jesse  W. 
Harris,   Henry 
Hart,    Barney 
Hoard,   Robert   M. 
Hoffman,    Richard 
Hood,   Grover  L. 
Hood,     Lawrence 
Hosch,    Alfred    H. 
Huff,   WilHam   L- 
Hulsay,    George   INI. 
Huskey,    Frederick 
Huston,     Robert     W. 
Imholz,   Harry   W. 
Jackson,    Herbert   E. 
Juliet,  John 
Knotts,    Otis   G. 
KoUwitz,    August    C. 
Kriegbaum,     Frank 
Kurz,   William   L. 
LaRose,    Peter   F. 
Laughlin,    Francis    S. 
Ivawson,     Henry    F. 
Ledbetter,   E.   Ray 
McCarthy,  John  J. 
McCreary,   John   C. 
McGee,   Corbin   A. 
McGeorge,    Carl    C. 
Mallery,   Arthur   N. 
Maness,    William    T. 
Meinhofer,    Frank 
Michaelis,    Albert 
Milford;    Minor    T. 
Moore,    Roscoe   D. 
Mounts,    George    M. 
Morris,    John    L. 
Murphy,    James    L. 
Newberry,   Charles    E. 
Ogle,   Edgar  L. 


Phillips,  Roy  Lee 
Pilger,    Elbert    L. 
Pope,    Francis  W. 
Portell,    Fred   D. 
Pounds,    Allen    E. 
Pounds,   Nimrod  A. 
Pratt,    Jesse    L. 
Ramer,    George    C. 
Raymond,    Leslie    R. 
Reddick,    Norman    J. 
Reden,   Earl 
Reeder,    OUie   C. 
Reeve,    Ernest    D. 
Richardson,    Oscar 
Robinson,     Lawrence 

L. 
Rosentengel,    Harry 

F. 
Rosentengel,     William 
Roth,    William 
Roussin,   Clyde   O. 
Scaggs,    William    E. 
Schmidt,     Charles 
Schmidt,   Raymond  A. 
Schumaker,    Fred 
Silvey,   Lawrence   D. 
Smith,  Arnold  B. 
Sommers,   William  H. 
Speidel,    Frederick    T. 
Splithoff,    Frank 
Steinmann,    Eugene    B. 
Sullivan,    Leo    F. 
Tillman,   Julius    E. 
Ulrich,    Clem    H. 
Vaughan,    Samuel    R. 
Vie,    Fred 
Wall,    Howard 
Weber,  Clarence  R 
Weber,   Val 
Westphal,    George    F. 
Williams,    Clarence    E. 
Wilson,   Lloyd   A. 
Wilson,    William   A. 
Withington,    Joseph    S 
Wunsch,  Albert  E. 
Young,    Otha   Lee 


1st    Lieutenant, 

Elmer   S.   Stradal 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Edwin   L.  Jones 
1st  Sergeant, 

Gray,    Walter   R. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Weil,    Herman 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Wies,    Gustav 
Sergeants  : 

Carter,    Samuel   S. 


COMPANY  G 

St.  Louis 

Dutton,  .Dudley  S. 
Hoffman,    Louis  J. 
Fox,   Eugene  P. 
Corporals: 
Bierman,    Ike 
Brannen,    Earl    W. 
Engel,    Soloman   H. 
Engelmeier,    William 
Fleisherj    Albert    H. 
Greenberg,    Charles   S. 
Johnson,    Henry    R. 
Piper,   Henry   E. 


Sauer,  Joseph   A. 

Preetorius,    William 
C,  Jr. 

Lvingwitz,    Martin 

Kelley,  Eugene  R. 
Mechanic  : 

Rossen,    William    E. 
Cooks : 

Grenier,  George  J. 

Ussery,    Grover 

Ortbals,    John    H. 


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FROM    VAl^QUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 


1st   Class   Privates: 
Brinkman,    George    A. 
Evans,    Victor    F. 
Hensler,    Walter    J. 
Lungwitz,    Edward    C. 
Marks,   Garnett  A. 
Owens,    William 
Smith,     William     F. 

Privates : 

Brown,    Carl   L. 
Brown,  George  P. 
Brown,    Harold    L. 
Brown,   William   H, 
Brmis,   Willliam   H. 
Chandler,    Kenneth 
Corrigan,    Leon    J. 
Davenport,    Adrian    C 
Davidson,   Clyde  R. 
Davis,    Loren 
DayboU,    Lawrence    T. 
DeF»rd,   Adrian   A. 
Desbozeilles,  James   A. 
Dieny,    Emil  J.,   Jr 
Drakeford,     James     M 
DuChesne,    Harvey    E 
Dwyer,    Joseph     J. 
Endejanj    William 
Erans,    Clarence    F. 
Fallis,    Gus   L. 


Flynn,    Louis 
Girolamo,    Guiseppe 
Glanville,   Keener 
Gottlieb,    Joseph 
Gradley,   John   J. 
Halpin,    Maurice 
Hanley,   Roy 
Harris,    Paul    G. 
Hughes,   Ralph   K. 
Hunn,   John    D. 
Jones,    Edward 
Klein,    Morris 
Kreamer,  James  J. 
Laughlin,    James 
Lawson,    Everett,    L. 
Lawson,    John    H. 
Laycob,    David 
Lazarus,    Willis    H. 
Lisch,    William    H. 
Logan,    Wallace    S. 
Louis,   Sidney 
Lyons,  Leon  N. 
McCarthy,    Ray    O. 
Manrikes,  Lawrence 
MartenSj    Charles 
Mercurio,  Phillip 
Milford,   Scott 
Miller,    Edward    T. 
Moffit,   Wilham   J. 
Moody,    John    W. 


Needles,    Sam 
O'Brien,    Michael    F. 
Palm,   Floyd   M. 
Pandall,    Louis    V. 
Peters,     Harry    W. 
Porcelli,    Peter,    Jr. 
Roberts,    Dewey 
Roberts,   Walter 
Roos,  Clyde  E. 
Rose,   Ezra 
Rottler,   August    M. 
Rozmirsky,    Edmund 

S. 
Schoemaker,   William 

J. 
Schrammel,    Peter 
Schuhz,    Jack    T. 
Sikh,   William   E. 
Smith,    Alfred    E- 
Smith,    Charles    R. 
Smith,    Percy    G. 
Smith,  William  A. 
Somerville,    Clayton 
Theobald,    Jake 
Thompson,    William 
Tracy,  Joseph   P. 
WatsoUj    Floyd 
Weber,    Frederick    I/. 
Young,    Frank   H. 
Zerillo,    Dominick 


Captain, 

Alexander    C.    McDon- 
ald 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William    H.    Leahy 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Harry  J.    JNlyers,   Jr. 
1st  Sergeant, 

Funck,    George   F. 
Sergeants : 

Koons,     Raymond     F. 

Van    Sickler,    William 
H. 

Sweeney,    William    F. 

McNicholas,    Joseph 

Taussing,    Warren    A. 

McFarland,    William 
G. 

Fullerton,    Samuel    B. 
Corporals : 

Michenfelder,     Albert 
A. 

Erman,    William    F. 

Hambuechen,    T.,ouis 
P. 

McHale,  Ernest  R. 

Hofman,    William    S. 

\A'ick,    Jerry 

Shock,    Fretwell 


COMPANY  H 

St.  Louis 

Alexander,   Harry   W. 

Fierce,    Francis    M 

Dunham,    Edward    M. 

Goddard,    Stimson    W. 

Hampel,  Roy   F. 

Malton,    William 
Mechanic: 

Kostick,   Sil 
Cooks : 

McFarland,    Ronald 
V. 

Spirros,     Louis     J. 

Clayton,    Cleo   C. 
Bugler, 

Carnella,    Joseph    M. 
Privates: 

Abraham,    George    C. 

Acki,   Joseph 

Allen,    John    G. 

Bartels,   Sidney   S. 

Brennan,    William    T. 

Brown,   Herbert   M. 

Burns,    William    J. 

Carpenter,    George    W. 

Carter,    John    W. 

Caulfield,    Eugene    J. 

Chadsey,    Hubert    A. 

Chamberlain,    Harold 
B. 


Crawford,    Tom    R. 
Dodd,   Randell   S. 
Eaton,   Harvey 
Echternkamp,    Clar- 
ence 
England,   Harry    E. 
Elder,    Howard   J. 
Fagan,    George    fi. 
Ficke,    Walter    E. 
Fitter,    Samuel 
Frick,  Joseph   G.   Jr. 
Green,    John    P. 
Griffey,    Herbert    E. 
Halpin,    Elmer    G. 
Harkins,    Clarence    V. 
Haydn,    Paul 
Heard,   Herbert 
Hill,    Landon    W. 
Hoener,    Edward    W. 
Hoffman,    Henry 
Hurst,   Andrew    E. 
Jog,  John 
Kearn,    Frank   L- 
Keller,    John    L. 
Krieshok,   John 
Lang,    Julian    W. 
Lefers,    Arthur   B. 
Leonard,    Elmer 
Lessley,    May   G. 


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lyookiebill,    William 

A. 
lyovvarn,  Jesse   R. 
McCarthy,    Thomas    K 
McCarty,   John 
McGee,   Fred    I. 
McLoney,     Robert     G. 
Meltner,   August  C. 
Metalovic,    Nickolo 
Mishaker,    Max 
O'Connell,    William    T. 
Orf,    Edward    TI. 


Owens,  Henry  C. 
Paczos,    Alexander 
Patton,   Fred  H. 
Patton,  Roy  E). 
Pendill,    Landon   W. 
Pendill,    William    F. 
Portlock,     Jefferson 
Price,    Edward   J. 
Riemann,    Edward 
Rosenbalm,    Dewey    A. 
Ruebel,    Daniel    A. 
Ryan,    Raymond    M. 


Schroer,    Edward 
Schuman,    Edward 
Shaffer,    Newell    B. 
Sprietzer,    William 
Sullivan,    William   L. 
Swain,    Frank 
Thompson,    William 

A. 
TraverSj  James  A. 
Walker,    Clarence    M. 
Wolfson,    Simon 
Zeigier,    Harris    J. 


C^aptain, 

Robert  Fulierton,  Jr. 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Samuel   H.   Allen 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Oliver   W.    Spencer 
1st   Sergeant, 

Bach,    Rudolph    C. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Ileetfield,    Raymond 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Culbertson,   Linn  N. 
Sergeants: 

Boehing,   Clarence   J. 

Burcham,    William    F. 

Keough,   William  B. 

Lobsinger,    William    F. 

Okel,  John  L. 

Semon,   Frank   E. 

Will,    William    D.,     Tr. 

Wilson,    George 
Corporals : 

Fling,   John    H. 

Frerichs,   Leo   H. 

Gockel,   John   L. 

Hall,  Charles  D. 

Ireland,     Benja\nin    L. 

Kekich,   Emil  A. 

Deough,    Frank    T. 

King,    Harry    F. 

Lang,    Ferdinand     B. 

Link,    Erwin    F. 

Niemeyer,    Fred    L. 

Oehmsted,    Donald 

Schumann,    Edward    F. 

Zapf,    Harry   C. 
Cooks : 

Martino,    Tony 

Watzig,    Edward 
Mechanics : 

Kaas,  James  T. 

Kidd,  James  L. 


COMPANY  I 
St.  Louis 

Buglers : 

McAIahon,   John   R. 

Warren,    Lorraine    E. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Bedell,    WilHam   H. 

Boatright,    Thomas 

Cassil,    Lawrence    J. 

Clark,    John    C. 

Frerichs,    William    H. 

Gates,    Morris 

Hoelscher,    Raymond 
F. 

Kiely,    Charles 

Netteler,   George   P. 
Jr. 

Penzler,    Arthur 

Powell,    Walter    W. 

Priest,   Vincil   M. 

Rose,    Pierre    W 

Ruby,  Edward  A. 

Sass,    Walter   H. 

Sauer,    John 

Thompson,    John    H. 

Tondro,   Peter   R. 

Wahoff,    Frederick 

Westing,    Albert    J. 

Wilms,    George 

Zahner,   Wilferd   J. 
Privates : 

Abramson,    Herbert    L. 

Abramson,    Sidney    L- 

Adams,    Fred    G. 

Baker,    Frank    J. 

Bannon,-  David 

Barron,    Osmond   M. 

Buchanan,    Charles    F. 

Burgolty,     George 

Bykowski,    Stanislav 

Cameron,    Anthony    ^L 

Carrico,   Wm. 

Cepicky,    John    C-.    Jr. 

Dickinson,    Lewis    A. 

Dickmann.     William 

Domino,     William 

ICpperson,  Charles  H. 


Evans,    John    J. 
F'erguson,    Troy    E. 
Fox,    lames    E. 
Galpin,    Willard    H. 
Gambino,    Salvatore 
Gard,    Charles    E. 
Gates,   Sidney 
Gertken,   Joseph 
Goosenian,   Irvin  H. 
Graha:n,    Joseph 
Gregory,    William   O. 
Heetfield,    Delmar    A. 
Hite,  James  H. 
Hughes,    John   J. 
Jesse,    Ross 
Kajszo,    Andrew 
Kelly,   James   W. 
Klose,    Raymond   A. 
Laks,    Walter 
Laurent,    Ludwig    F 
Lewis,    Joseph    E. 
Lockhart,    Homer   O. 
McCool,    Fred    W. 
McCoy,  James 
McGuigan,    James    T. 
O'Brien,    William   j. 
O'Malley,    Charles    T. 
Peters,    Clyde    J. 
Prost,    William   V. 
Rakey,    Walter 
Rausch,  Ira  A. 
Rieman,    Clarence 
Roethig,    Fred   J. 
Sears,   Joseph 
Shearon,  Roger 
Smith,    Roy    L. 
Staat,    Michael    F. 
Stahl,   Erwin   O. 
Stoll,    William    J. 
Tourville,    Archie   C. 
Uriwal,    Henry 
Ward,  John 
White,     Edward 
Wilmes,    Edward 
Zalner,    Gilbert    H. 
Zalewski,     Frank 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Captain, 

John    F.    Oberwinder 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Sylvester  C.  Judge,  Jr. 
2d   Lieutenant, 

William    W.    Suther- 
land 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Jones,    Clarence    E. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Coste,    Felix    W. 
Sergeants : 

Peller,  Joseph  R. 

Schwab,   John    A. 

Perry,    William 

Riester,  Leroy  M. 

McCole,    Dan    H. 

Temm,  William  D.,  Jr. 

iMare,    William    S. 

Halmanj    Eugene 
Corporals : 

Groffmann,    Charles 

Boelling,    Jerome    H. 

Bergen,   Howard  S 

Broyer,   Oscar,   Jr. 

Schall,    Eugene  A. 

Stanick,     Stanley 

Harrison,   John   A.,   Jr. 

Kemper,     Emerson    JSL 

Gofif,   Lee    T. 

Tapscott,    Jo    J. 

Gildersleeve,    Charles 

Bell,    Godwin    P. 

McCrady,   Roy 

Austin,    Daniel   W.  J. 

Mitcham,    Wilson    M. 

Travis,  Malcom  M. 
Cooks : 

Hoke,   William   E. 

Andrews,    Peter 

Sullivan,   John   R. 
Mechanics : 

Parson,  Dell  D. 

Schuster,   Joseph 
Buglers: 

Knight,   Donald   S. 


COMPANY  K 

St.  Louis 

1st    Class    Privates: 

Beyert,    Henry 

Carroll,   William   C. 

DeVelder,   Frank  J. 

Dillon,    Millard    D. 

Drescher,    Donald    N. 

Fitzsimmons,    Law- 
rence 

Gossler,  Harold  F. 

Grote,    Harry   A. 

Hatch,    Richard 

Hatzfield,    Walter  J. 

Jordan,    Harry    M. 

Kirchoff,    Edward    H. 

Knapp,    George    G. 

Kolar,    William,   Jr. 

Lamm,    Joseph    B. 

Long,    Harlan   C. 

Mitchell^    Charles    J. 

Moody,     Halbert 

Pappageorge,    Basil 

Rozier,   Felix  C. 

Shotwell,    Richard    T. 

Valentine,    George 

Webb,    Albert    C. 
Privates : 

Anny,    Roy   V. 

Armstrong,    William 

Barcikowski,   Wincenty 

Binger,    John   H. 

Birmingham,   Peter  M. 

Bradley,    Lawrence    H. 

Brown,    Edgar   M. 

Budzisiewski,    Stan- 
slaw 

Coffey,  William  F. 

Daly,  Thomas   F. 

Dangus,   August 

Elder,    Evert   B, 

Fanning,    William   M. 

Flynn,    Thomas    T. 

Folsom,     Arlington     J. 

Freese,   William    F. 

GolumlDienske,     Walter 

Greenberg,   Morris 

Greenwell,   James  S. 

Grimm,    John 

Groark,   John   T. 

Hager,  Frank  G.,  Jr. 


Hayden,   Herbert   F. 

Houston,    Albert 

Huber,  Allan  C. 

Huskey,   John 

Hutcheson,    Shelby    T. 

Karbe,    Hunter   G. 

Keithly,    Tohn    W. 

Kelly,    Charles   P.,  Jr. 

Kennedy,    Daniel 

Kristopoules,     Aristi- 
des  P. 

Krone,    Claude   N. 

Krumpelmann,   Wil- 
liam   M. 

Lamm,   Eldrige   G. 

McDonough,     Patrick 
J. 

Malon,  Joseph 

Meyer,   Harry    F. 

Miller,  John 

Montgomery,    Garwin 
E. 

Mumpton,  James  E. 

Murphy,    William    J. 

Needle,    Sam 

Papadakos,    Antonis 

Parker,   William  A. 

Parrish,    Glenn 

Policy,    Edward    A. 

Robinson,   Louis 

Sarason,  Joseph   H. 

Schafferkoetter,    Perry 
E. 

Schneider,    Joseph 

Schneider,    Otto    C. 

Shaw,    William    N. 

Smith,  John  L. 

Steigameier,    Edwin 

Thomas,  James  M. 

Thompson,    Garnett   G. 

Tippy,   Forrest   W. 

Wander,    Oliver    W. 

Wayland,   Charles  S. 

Weiler,    Tulius    E. 

Welsh,   Thomas 

Williams,     Charles 

Wittbrodt,    Arthur 

Wojcicki,    Wladyslaw 

Worstenhohn,     George 


Captain, 

bwight   F.    Davis 
1st    Lieutenant 

Leo    W.    Orf 
2d    Lieutenant. 

Theodore  Hunt 


COMPANY  L 

St.   Louis 

1st   Sergeant 

McDonough,  Arthur  L. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Kalkman,  George  W. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Hoener,  August  D. 


Sergeants : 

Arnold,   Robert   F. 
Benoist,    Theodore, 
Brown,   Sydney   W. 
Bunn,   Milo   B. 
Hughes,   Russell   E. 


Jr. 


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Major,    John    T. 

Schroeder,   Roberts  J. 

Weigel,   Karl   W. 
Corporals  : 

Blair,   Giles  A. 

Bolger,    John    R. 

Brink,    Ernest    F. 

Burnett,    Frederick   \V. 

Bushman,   Henry    R. 

Carroll,    James    J. 

Cuddy,    Oliver    F. 

Button,   Joseph    B. 

Giessenbeier,    Henry 
Jr. 

Killian,  Robert  Lee 

Richter,    John    B. 

Robinson,    Walter    D. 

Rottmann,    Eli    F. 

True,    Robert    W. 
Cooks : 

Scully,  James   P. 

Uaufe,   Richard   C. 

Stratmann,   Leo   N. 
Mechanics : 

Anderson,    Frank    F. 

Reitter,    Roland    L. 
Buglers: 

Dowell,   James   AI. 

Heckenkamp,     Joseph 
H. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Bailey,  John  W. 

Bollinger,    William 

Brinkman,    Bert 

Brockmeyer,    Edgar 
W. 

Delaney,   James    L   . 

Dierkerj    Harry   J. 

Fallert,    Edgar  J. 

Flood,  John   J. 

Fcrtin,   George  L. 

Grant,     Frank    W. 

Manning,    Oscar 

Huebner,    Robert    L. 

Kreyling,    Christian 
W. 

Matthews,    Georpre 

Peterson,    Allan 


Portmann,   Arthur  J. 

H. 
Powers,    Joseph    I\L 
Price,    Alonzo    V. 
Sass,   Carl   H. 
Shaw,    Lester 
Silver,   Max   M. 
Thomas,    John    H. 
Vander   Pluym,    Ben 
Vinyard,    Walter    L. 
Wood,   Thomas   F. 
Zeisler,   Frank   P. 
Privates : 

Allen,    Elmer    V. 
Aubuchon,   Dan  Jr. 
Aubuchon,    Elmer 
Bennett,    Benjamin    C, 

Jr. 
Bishop,   David  R. 
Bishop,   William    B. 
Borman,     Frederick    J. 
Boyd,   Edgar  L. 
Brenn,   Harry   R. 
Brennan,    Edward    B. 
Bruns,   Eugene  H. 
Bubla,    Edwin 
Cain,   Edward  J. 
Coleman,    Raymond   R 
Cooper,    William    II. 
Court,   Louis  H. 
Cunningham,   James 
Diesselhorst,   W'ilke 
Dillard,   Joseph   P. 
Eakle,    Harmon   S. 
Ebenrick,  Harry  O. 
Frentzel,    Leo    A. 
Gabriel,  Joseph 
Gauvin,    Lawrence    J. 
Giblin.    Leo    F. 
Gisi,    Herman    O. 
Goldschmidt,    Albert 
Graff,  Joseph 
Grunwald,    Herman    F. 
Guithues,    John    H. 
Haley,    Martin    J. 
Hartigan,   John  R. 
Hedtkamp,    Rov 
Hoffmann,    Edgar   W. 


Kennedy,    James   W. 

Kennedy,    Robert    J. 

Kruep,    Alois    H. 

Lamb,    Luke,    Ji. 

Landrum,    George   W. 

Lee,     Edward    R. 

Lowder,    George    H. 

Lyons,    William  J. 

McGowan,    Joseph    H. 

Maker,    Clifford    E. 

Messmer,     William     R. 

Mik,    Frank  A. 

Miller,   Harry  J. 

Ninker,  Walter  A. 

Nolle,    Glenn    W. 

O'Brien,    Edward   A. 

O'Brien,  Hugh 

O'Brien,    Thomas 

O'Donnell,    Dan 

Ogle,  Harley 

Padfield,   Russell   S. 

Phillips,    George   A. 

Pilkington,    Harry    M. 

Pitzer,    Tom    W. 

Roddy,    Elmer 

Russell,  Harold  B. 

Schaeffer,    Albert    E- 

Schaeffer,    Roy    J. 

Schleusner,    Lawrence 
R. 

Schroer,   Alfred  H. 

Schulz,   Fred   C. 

Sheridan,    Charles    C. 

Shoults,    Ira 

Sickerman,    Harry 

Slevin,  Edward  T.,  Jr. 

Smith,   James    L. 

Soberman,    Sam 

Stapf,   Charles 

Stolberg,    Kenneth    M. 

Sumner,    Elmo    T. 

Tavlor,    Max    W. 

Todd,    Robert   A. 

Vander  Pluym,   Ed- 
ward 

Wightman,  Paul  V. 

Wild,    Joseph    L. 

Young,    Harry    R. 


Captain, 

Hugh  McK.  Jones 
1st     Lieutenant, 

William   F.   Uthoff 
2d    Lieutenant, 

George   M.   Hagee 
1st    Sergeant, 

Hurley,   Thomas  W. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Sherman,    Frank   W. 


COMPANY  M 
St.  Louis 

Supply    Sergeant. 

Ryan,    Edward    J. 
Sergeants : 

Bray,  John   S. 

Murphy,    Frank   J. 

Southward,  Dudley  W. 

Payne,    William    C. 

Sidman,   Stanley   A 

Horn,    Leslie    W. 

Wieman,    Harry    R. 


Corporals: 

Bainum,   Jean   H. 
Mursinna,   LeRcy   C. 
Robertson,  LeRoy  I. 
Aubuchon,    Clifford 

W. 
Fallis,    Lyman    J. 
Stamm,    Edward   H. 
Calvin,   Thomas   C. 
Aldag,    Edgar   J. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Paisley,   William   E. 
Zimmer,    Williair.   J. 
Batdorf,    M.    Schuyler 
Knickerbocker,    Wil- 
liam  J. 
Muench,    T.    Frank 
Nelson,   Arthur   S. 
Harris,    Alfred   M. 
Reilley,    Bonner    D. 
Copeland,    Clarence    li. 

Cooks : 

Meyer,    John    H. 

Nebergall,    Beryl 

Barton,    Frank    A. 
Mechanics  : 

Riely,    Tames    W. 

Isbell,  ^Grills    W. 
Bugler, 

Mass,   Ira 
1st   Class    Privates  : 

Brooker,    Benjamin    S. 

Byers,     Kennedy 

Christopher,    \\'ilbur   I. 

Close,   John    L- 

Crosby,    Isaac   F. 

Dapron,      Oliver  L. 

Davis,    Curtis    L. 

Dornsief,    Edwin    H. 

Foster,    Hopestill 

Higgins,    Frank    C. 

Jordan,     Theodore    V. 

Julius,    William    J. 

LeRoi,    William    J. 

Mix,     Samuel    M. 

O'Brien,    Algernon 

Rather,    Victor 

Rauschkolb,    Charles 
O. 

Sellers,    Maurice   C. 

Spies,   Leo  C. 

Wandas,   Robert   L 

Warren,    Edward    A. 


Weissenborn,     Julius 

S. 
Wenneker,    Charles    R. 
Wycoff,    Ernest 
Privates  : 

Ames,    Arthur    F. 
Bartig,   Louis   I. 
Bates,    Oral    E. 
Bather,    Harley    E. 
Beucke,    Thomas    E. 
Boland,    Zona    V    . 
Bellman,    Fred  W. 
Boone,    Hudson    W. 
Breeden,    Steve 
Caton,    Paul    B. 
Clogston,    Walter    F. 
Corner,    George 
Costello,     Bernard    G. 
Davis,    Walter    W. 
Doerner,   Charles  J. 
Duckworth,  Charles  H. 
Duncan,    Archie    M. 
Duncan,    George    L- 
Evers,    Louis    E. 
Farrell,    Noble    R. 
Gephardt,    Robert   A. 
Gilliland,    Jesse    J. 
Griffin,    James   P. 
Heinsohn,    Henry   C. 
Helling,   Martin   H. 
Hensler^    John    W. 
Herz,    Aloys    J. 
Hoppe,    Charles    T. 
Hough,    Daniel    P. 
Irvin,    Edward    F. 
Tames,  Richard   K. 
Keller,    Albert    C. 
Kloppenberg,    Frank 

J. 

Krueger,     Charles 
Krueger,    William    C. 
Kussman,    Frederick 

J. 

Larson,    Gerhardt 


Lenauer,    Lawrence    C. 
McDonnell,    John    E. 
Mayes,    Roy    L. 
Mayer,  Joe  J. 
Meyers,   Charles  H 
Mountjoy,    Louis    E. 
Alyers,     Benjamin     H. 
Otis,    James    N. 
Peterson,    William    F. 
Pfeiffer,    Hugo    E. 
Pomorsky,    Waclaw 
Ptaszynski,    Constant 
Racine,    Alois  J. 
Reed,    Benjamin   W. 
Reed,   Edward 
Remm'ert,    Havrv    W. 
Roberts,   William    C. 
Roulston,     William    K. 
Schaetzel,    Walter    L- 
Scheer.   Rienhard   H. 
Schmutz,    Otto   R.   A. 
Schoelich,    William    F. 
Scott.    Stewart    M. 
Sidmon,  Edward  H. 
Smith,    Walter    F. 
Sparks,    Charles    E. 
Stadler,   Edward  H. 
Stewart,    John    W. 
Stock,    Edwin   H. 
Stockdale,    Tames   R. 
Studds,    William     J. 
Stulce,     Raymond     A. 
Thurmond,    John   F. 
Vaughn,   Robert   H. 
Walker,    John    T. 
Walker,    Seth     H. 
Wallic,   Frank 
Wedepohl,    August    C, 

Jr. 
White,   Lawrence   P. 
Willis,    Earl    E. 
Wolken,    T^ouis    R. 
Wright,   William   B. 
Zydat,    Henry 


SANITARY  DETACHMENT 

St.  Louis 


Major, 

WiUiam    S.    Lawrence 

1st    J^ieutenant, 

Roland    S.    Kieffer 
1st    Lieutenant, 

James    R.    Bunch 
1st   Lieutenant, 

James  C.   Drake 
1st    I,ieutenant, 

William      J.    Reynolds 
Privates : 

Barrett,     George    J. 

Barrett,   Richard   J. 


Brown,    Churchill    IL 

'"arr,    Frank    D. 

Catleet,    Charles    J. 

Devine,    John    F. 

Duerr,   Sidney   E- 

Freeman,    Jesse    Ed- 
ward 

Freeman,   William   J. 

Hamilton,     Edward    V. 

Heneghan,    Leo   P. 

Hildebrand,    Fred 

Kirkland,    William    M. 

Knox,    Wilbur    D. 

Lenihan,     Owen     Jos- 
eph 


McGuire,    Clyde    F. 
^Miller,   George  S. 
Moerschen,     Sam 
Niehoff,   Joseph 
Perkins,    Paul    W. 
Prather,    Robert    R. 
Presnell,   Roswell   P. 
Rayburn,    Samuel    I-,. 
Reichert,    William 
Ross,    Leland    M. 
Schumann,   Adolph   W. 
Shields,    William    H. 
Turner,    Lewis    J. 
Wolff,    Charles 
Yowell,    Albert    N. 


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FIRST  REGIMENT  FIELD  ARTILLERY 


Colonel, 

Frank  M.  Rumbold, 
Commanding 
Lieutenant    Colonel, 

Walter  J.    Warner 


FIELD  AND   STAFF 
St.  Louis 

;\iajor, 

Robert    C.    Rutlfdge 
Major, 

Daniel    F.   Joaes 
Captain, 

Horace    S.    Rumsey 


Captain, 

Franklin    S.    Wiltse 
Captain, 

Robert    M.    Crutsinger 
Veterinarian, 

Ora  P.  Davis 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 
St.  Louis 


Captain, 

James    I-(.    Turner 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Theodore    A.    Salorgne 
Rgt.    Sergeant    Major, 

Patterson,     George     L. 
Bn.    Sergeant   Major, 

Lawrence,    Frank    F. 
Band    Leader, 

Phillips,     William     N. 
1st    Sergegnt, 

McArthur,    Howard    K 
Color  Sergeant, 

Baird,     Robert    A. 
Mess   Serg^eant, 

Hamburg,    Herman 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Foreman,    Herrick    J. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Kenna,    Thomas    J. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Geyer,   Robert  D. 
Sergeants: 

Crews,    Milton    K. 

Morris,    Oscar   J. 

Boyce,    John    F. 
Band    Sergeant, 

Silberberg,   Jules    F. 
Corporals : 

^IcElwee,   Claude 

McNulty,  John    F. 

Snowde-n,    William    C. 

Parker,    Walter    D. 

Webster,    Clarence 


McKee,   Dean    F. 

Lynn,  James   V. 

Morrison,   Arthur    Q. 
Band     Corporal, 

Bartels,     Herman 
Horseshoers : 

Anderson,    Tobin 

Hillin,   Jesse   D. 
IMechanic, 

Trefz,    Walter 
Cook, 

Gillespie,   Harvey 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Beardslee,  James   F. 

CarletoUj  Hope   D. 

Jarrett,   William   M. 

;\Iorrison,    Gordon    G. 

Murphy^   Alfred    C. 
Privates    : 

Byrd,    Edward    D. 

Fvans,   Ralph    H. 

Fertig,   Arthur    T.- 
Fletcher,   Frank    H. 

French,    Benjamin 

Glancy,   James   V. 

Good,    Louis    F. 

Hawken,     Granville 

Hoester,   Charles    T. 

Hotchkiss,    Clarence 

Johnson,    Myron    T. 

Kieffer,    Alonzo   R. 

Kincannon,    James    L. 

Kleiber,    Edward  J. 

Lessing,   Eugene   B. 

McGrath,    Harold    D. 

Mahoney,    Robert 


Matkin,    Frank    W. 

Molter,    James    E. 

Monteith,   James   K. 

Norn's,   Ivan   L. 

Norris,   William    Y. 

Peterson,    Robert    D. 

Pfaender,    Paul    W. 

Pfaender,     Peter    A. 

Schrader,    Eugene    Ij. 

Smith,    Mauro    E. 

Spanuth,   Robert   W. 

Tidd,    Robert    E. 

Whipple,    Thomas    I. 

Williams,    Harry    Mc. 

Willoughby,     Edmund 
A. 

Wright,    Faines    B. 

Young,    Harold    K. 
3rd    Class   Musicians: 

Brammer,    George    C. 

Deprez,   Harold   C. 

Edel,    Arthur    H. 

Ferciot,   Charles   E. 

Hug,    Alexander 

Hughey.   Albert   S. 

Hurst,     Raymond     T. 

Jannopoulo,   Demos- 
thenes  C. 

Leinard,     Herbert     TT. 

Merker,    Frank   C. 

!\Turphy,  William   H 

Norris,   John    B. 

Pasek,    George    B. 

Pitlyk,    John    J. 

Raymond,    Harry   L. 

Sievling,    Giis 


Captain, 

Ira    C.    Money 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Joseph    J.    Maddock 


SUPPLY   COMPANY 
St.  Louis 

Rgt.  Supply  Sergeant, 
McConnell,  Charles 
P. 

Rgt.  Supply  Sergeant, 
Cord,    William    H. 


Corporals: 

McClure,    Fred    L. 
Lowenstein,  Vernon    J. 


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FKOM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Privates: 

Beaver,    William    G. 
Blind,    Charles    F. 
Case,    Howard    A. 
Dugger,    Huntington 
Goessling,    Robert    F. 
Hambley,    Harold    W. 
Harty,    Roger   J. 


Captain, 

Thomas   J.   Christmann 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Arthur  J.   Zerr 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Kenneth,   B.   Buchanan 
2d  Lieuteixant, 

Charles  A.   Barlow 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Lloyd   Coleman 
1st    Sergeant, 

Brown,    Phillip   V. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Fisher,   Geo.   L. 
Stable   Sergeant: 

Thomure,   William  A. 
Jr. 
Sergeants : 

Hill,    Raymond   D. 

Norton,    Howard    C. 

Baldenweck,   Armand 

Onions,    Clarence 

Rierdan,   John 

Bull,    David    M. 
Corporals: 

Warneke,    William    B. 

Craig,    Walter    T. 

Harrison,    Arthur    M. 

Goeble,    Edwin   C. 

Buchanan,    Edwin    C. 

Whitman,   Paul  L- 

Quinn,    John     G. 

DeBusk,  Leslie   G. 

Warner,    Francis   S. 

Cunningham,   John    P. 

Dunham,   Francis   B. 
Chief   Mechanic, 

Altus,    Edward   H. 
Horseshoer, 

Taucher,   Joseph    H. 


McCann,    Walter   J. 
McKenna,    George    F. 
McNally,    William    E. 
Malone,    Mike    R. 
Markel,    Fred    E. 
Murrell,     Samuel     A. 
Ort,    Jerry   B. 


BATTERY  A 
St.  Louis 

Saddler, 

Buehning,    Edmond   A. 
MechaniCj 

Theobald,    Edward    E. 
Bugler, 

Herr,    Raymond    R. 
Cook, 

BordonCj    Angelo 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Barry,    Francis    D. 

Barutio,     Constantine 
B. 

Boldt,   Herbert  A. 

Brethauer,     George 

Bunchman,    Harry    J. 

Bunning,    William 

Bull,   Benjamin 

Butler,    John    F. 

Cartan,    Edward    B. 

Campton,    Brittan    A. 

Dillon,   Gerald   E. 

Dodd,    William    W. 

Dolan,    Frank 

Dowling,    Patrick   J. 

Fihn,    Emanuel 

Griffin,     Emil 

Grote,    Henry    C. 

Gruner,   Ray  A. 

Hammerschmidt,     Ar- 
thur _ 

TTeitmeier,    Elmer    V. 

Holloman,    William 

Jacobsmeyer,    Sidg- 
fried 
Privates  : 

Amschler,    Joseph    A. 

Cooney^    Frank    J. 

Droney,    Thomas    T. 

Gerhart,    Frank    H. 

Joerden,    Oliver 


Punshon,    Warren    D. 
Pyeatt,   Charles   W. 
Schrader,    Lee    L. 
Stusse,    Martin 
Thompson,    Russel    E. 
Tryk,    Clarence    H. 
Venitz,    John    H. 
Zieger,    Herman 


Johnson,    John    O. 
Kane,    Hanlon 
Killian,  Roy 
Kinney,  George  D. 
Kraft,    Clifford    O. 
Learmont,    Walter   A. 
Leppert,    Otto    W. 
Lowe,    Raymond    B. 
Luconic,   Paul 
McCarthy,   John    D. 
Michener,     Walter    L., 

Jr. 
Mitchell,    John 
Mooney,    John    P. 
Morgan,    Asa    A.    H. 
Olney,    Walter    D.    C. 
Pallardy,    Edward   L. 
Parks,    James    L. 
Patterson,   Robert   G. 
Patton,    Charles   H. 
Pilkenton,    Snoden 
Raid,    Walter    E. 
Rideout,    Horace    L. 
Rosskoff,  Ray  H. 
Shore,  Horace 
Skinner,   Jason   A. 
Sullivan,    Edward   T. 
Taake,    Orville    L. 
Turner,   Verna   V. 
Van    Dover,    Hite    C. 
\'alenti,    Nick 
Veselsky,    Edward 
Vickers,   Stewart  T. 
Warnecke,    August   C. 
Warncke,    Max    O. 
Weber,   Barrett 
Webster,    Phillip 
Weibling,    Frank    B. 
Wilhelmi,    Curt 
\\'ilkerson,    Riley   D. 
Worthmuller,    Frank 


Captain, 

Harry    Perks,   Jr 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Morton   Gwin 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Donald   P.    Munro 


BATTERY  B 
St.  Louis 

2d    Lieutenant, 

Eugene  B.  Snyder 
1st  Sergeant, 

Grutsch,  Frank  L. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Lansing,   Charles 


Supply   Sergeant, 
Lero,    George    R. 

Stable    Sergeant, 
Neuberger,   Thomas 
W. 


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Sergeants: 

Fischer,    Sylvester    L,. 

O'Connor,   Thomas 

Messmer,    Edgar    L,. 

Ilunimert,    Geo.    H. 

Dodd,   Wallace  S. 

Thorburn,    Charles 
Corporals : 

Freide,   Jerome  J. 

Goge,    Seymour    K. 

Robyne,    Paul    Jr. 

Little,  Douglas  M. 

Francis,   Jack   S. 

Miravalle,    Peter    S. 

Chaudet,    Robert    C. 

P'airchild,     William    IJ. 

Long,   Glen   M. 

Saxe,    Adolph   J. 

Barnicle,    Joseph    R. 

Rothkopf,    John    J. 

O'Gorman,    Paul   J. 
Chief    Mechanic: 

Chaudet,   William   J. 
llorseshoers: 

Barton,   Oliver  K. 

Neiheiser,    William    N. 
Mechanic, 

Dodd,    William    S.,    Jr. 
Saddler, 

Phelps,    John    i\L 
Cooks: 

Mazza,  Silvo 

O'Connor,    Patrick    J. 

Ratz,   Louis   H. 
Musicians: 

Wilson,    Robert    W. 

Allard,    Jesse    H. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Anderson,    John    P. 


Bock,    John    H. 
Buehler,    Alfred    W. 
Christie,    John    F. 
Daniels,    Charles    W. 
Dodd,  John  W. 
Dyer,    Roy    U. 
Green,   William   F- 
Higgins,    Raymond    D. 
Lawson,    Charles 
Lewis,   Harry    R. 
McCkire,    Fwell   C. 
Mullins,  James  M. 
Neuman,   Sidney  C. 
Payne,    Frank    C. 
Reid,  Joseph  F. 
Rothkopf,   George   W. 
Thompson,    George 
White,   Carl   O. 
Woodward,    Knight 
Alexander,     Raymond 
Berry,   ilenry   K. 
Burke,    Andrew    K. 
Chitwood,    Roy    Iv. 
Coghill,    Lacey    B. 
Crandall,   Warren   F. 
Dameron,    Harry    C. 
DePrez,    Harold    C. 
Dunn,   Robert 
Dusard,    Rime    A. 
Flowers,    Luther 
Fournier,   Joseph   M. 

Jr. 
Franey,    John    E. 
Gillespie,    George 
Goebbels,    Lester   D. 
Goodrich,    Clarence    R. 
Gorman,    John    C. 
Grace,    Robert    G. 
Grimmer,    Edward    F. 


Harkins,    Joseph     D. 
Heil,   Charles    T. 
Hill,    Elmer 
Hines,    Walter   V. 
Kuepfort,   Adolph 
KuUage,   Louis   E. 
Layton,    Ben   M. 
Lessing,   Eugene   B. 
Long,    Charles    B. 
Lucas,    Charles 
McKeown,   Frank    R. 
McMurry,  John  W.   T. 
Mazzia,    lyionel    L- 
Moore,    Austin    J.,    Jr. 
Murnahan,    George    E. 
Murry,   John 
Nelson,    George   Mc, 

Jr. 
Parmele,    Howard   W. 
Paul,  James   E. 
Paust,    Eugene 
Peet,    Edward   C. 
Powell,    Gerald    J. 
Renick,    Elmer    F. 
Schelten,    George 
Schueler,     Otto    J. 
Schultz,    George    L. 
Shannon,   Paul  A. 
Shelly,   James    E. 
Siebert,    Gilbert    C. 
Smith,   Stewart   L. 
Spink,    Fred    G. 
Springgate,    Vester   N. 
TuUy,   John   J. 
VanDyke,    Frank 
Wade,   Anderson 
Wenneker,    Edgar    C. 
White,   Lawrence   R. 
Wynne,    James    G.,    Jr. 


Captain, 

Leon    R.    Sanford 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Frederick   L.    Zum- 
walt 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Richard   Moore,   Jr. 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Raymond    D.    Grutscli 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Raymond    E.    Delloog 
1st    Sergeant, 

Brown,    Valentine    J. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Parks,    Edward    P. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Spelman,    James    P. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Lewis,   Albert 


BATTERY  C 
St.  Louis 

Sergeants : 

Corrigan,    David   A. 

McChesney,  Ira  D. 
S. 

Johnson,  Frank  L. 

Lindsey,  Walter  S. 
Corporals : 

Maginn, '  Robert    R. 

Kurtz,    Ernest   W. 

Dunn,    Rodney    C. 

Hays,    Howell    H. 

Spilker,    Nathan    E. 

I/ciweke,    Beuno    A. 

Grady,    Clarence    T. 

Swehla,    Martin 

Fngelman,   Otto    B. 

North,    John    J. 

Hoscheid,  Theodore 
T.,  Jr. 


Newham,  Joseph   H. 

Reid,   James  A. 
Chief    Mechanic, 

Toms,    Leland  J. 
Horseshoers, 

Levvy,    Sidney    A. 
Mechanic, 

Snoddy,  Sam  R. 
Cook, 

Fowler,   William   H. 
Buglers : 

Robertson,    Page    C. 

Wood,   Samuel   E. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Daly,    John    J. 

Dempsey,    Robert    C. 

Dickey,    Charles    J. 

Dygard,    Thomas   J. 

Essen,    John    S.,    Jr. 


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Fitzgerald,    Michael    J. 

Glass,   Thomas   N. 

Gleeson,    Vincent    P. 

Hesse,   Henry 

Knight,    Orville    B. 

Kramer,    William    E. 

Kreutzer,     August     F. 

Lonergan,    Christo- 
pher  J. 

Luyties,    Carl    W. 

McGinnis,    Charles    E. 

Schiller,     Henry     F. 

Sullivan,   Bernard  H. 

Thatenhorst,     Freder- 
ick F. 

Whitelaw,    Robert    E. 

Whitney,    Ben   C. 

Wilder,    Leonard    T. 

Wilke,     Edgar    B. 
Privates: 

Clukies,    Clarence 


Drusch,    Allen    A. 
Dugger,    Lee 
Foster,    Lon 
Galleano,    Anthony    J. 
Garrett,   George    I. 
Gill,  Floyd  B. 
Hesse,   Joseph   C. 
Hoffmann,     Walter 
Jacques,   Maurice  J. 
Knibb,    Paul    J. 
Leary,    Frank 
Liberty,    George 
McCarty,    Thomas 
McCarthy,    William    F. 
Mantino,    John 
Miller,    Edwin 
Miller,   Roy 
Moormann,     Theodore 

A.  J. 
Openstein,    Karl 
Ponsetti,   Tomaso 


Powell,  Charles 
Preis,    William    A. 
Rippley,    Gregory 
Rozier,   Roy   J. 
Samples,   Edgar 
Schmucker,    Paul    G. 
Schroeder,    Charles   A. 
Sinock,    Rudolph    H. 
Sisk,  Andrew  J. 
Smicker,   William   G. 
Sponemann,    Paul    F. 
Steele,   Roy 
Steingrubey,    Harry   F. 
Stevens,    Acy    Lee 
Stiers,    Herman 
Stoker,    Thomas 
Tirrell,   Arthur 
Tryke,   Andrew    P. 
Tuma,    Joseph    A. 
Wilson,   Joseph   R. 
Yadon,  John 


Captain, 

Edward    Fehlig 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Eugene    C.    Ferrenbach 
1st   Lieutenant, 

August  H.   Hanold 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Frederick   T.   Thor- 
burn 
2d   Lieutenant, 

George    B.    Cunning- 
ham 
1st    Sergeant, 

Gates,    Joseph    S. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Vaughn,  Harry  H. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Hamilton,    Samuel    C. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Curley,   Leo   W. 
Sergeants : 

Jones,   Alanson   B. 

Johnson,    William    S. 

Maguire,  James  JL 

Drew,    Francis    A. 

Rannells,    Warder 
Corporals: 

Chase,    Ralph   K. 

Bakewell,     George 

Leimkuehler,    Francis 
R. 

Bannantine,    George 

Moll,   Paul 

Todd,   Wilson 

Price,   Louis   H. 

Straube,    Louis    H. 

Gray,    Charles   A. 

Espy,    Cullen 


BATTERY  D 
St.  Louis 

Mechanics: 

Aldridge,   Charles   A. 

O'Neill,    Raymond    A. 
Horseshoers : 

Bruemleve,   Walter 

Klag,    Clarence 
Saddler, 

Schneider,   JuUus    F. 
Buglers, 

Reed,   John    W. 

Dockery,    Joseph    T. 
Cooks: 

Watkins,  Charles  J. 

Witholder,    Ben    F. 

Waffensmith,  George  F. 
1st     Class    Privates: 

Bown,    Walter    T. 

Craden,   John    P.   Jr. 

Dunlap,    Paul    R. 

Edelmann,    Samuel   H. 

English,  John   M. 

Hoffman,    Fred    C. 

Holden,    John     W.,    Jr. 

Holdman,   Lee  O. 

Horine,     Harry     T. 

Johnson,    James    P. 

Kane,    Edmund   N. 

Lavin,  '  Samuel 

Lucas,    Morton 

McBride,   John    T. 

McGowan,    James   T. 

McNulty,   George   A. 

Scanlon,  Lee  D. 

Sprdling,     Earl 

Stewart,    Eugene    H. 

Veinfurt,    Harry    F. 

Wilson,    Walter    T. 

Zeitinger,    Edward    A. 


I'rivates; 

Anderson,    Clayborn    L 
Beattie,   Orren  C. 
Bendyk,    Frank 
Biederman,    Joseph 
Bock,    Leo   J. 
Boen,   Noah   S. 
Boyd,    Isaac    N. 
Brockmeier,    Fred 
Brooks,    Emmett    H. 
Prune,   Ben   T. 
Buffington,    Walter   G. 
Burford,   Fred 
Butler,   Charles 
Callaway,    Clayton    V. 
Cantin,    Frederick  J. 
Caruthers,    Stanley   R. 
Coldewe,    Frank    R. 
Condon,  John  F. 
Conley,    John    J. 
Conrad,   Louis 
Cook,  James   A. 
Crecelius,   Oliver   W. 
Crews,   George   W. 
Davenport,    Harold    A. 
DeWitt.    William    C. 
Eads,   James  H. 
Eckelkamp,    Leander 

V. 
Ellison,    John    T. 
Fisher,    Edgar   C. 
Forshee,    Amiel    A. 
Funke,   Theodore   11. 
Garvey,   Sylvester 
Gray,    Charles    M. 
Hannefin,    Daniel    J. 
PTardcastle,    Georee   C. 
Hicks,    William    H. 


ROSTER  OF    MISSOURI    NATIONAL   GUARD 


549 


Holt,   George   W. 
Holtmeier,    Louis 
Jaeger,    Arthur   H. 
Johnson,  Harry  A. 
King,    Charles    W. 
Kirkpatrick,     Walter 
Kopf,    George   C. 
Krafft,   Edward   C. 
Lansing,   Geo   W. 
Lauman,     William     G. 
Lazarides,    Kirakos 


Lestmann,  Archie  E. 
Lynch,    Lloyd    Iv. 
Newell,  Harry  A. 
Newton,    Robert    B. 
Norrish,    Alfred    H. 
Rathert,    Paul   A. 
Sawyer,    William    J. 
Schultz,    Kmil 
Schultz,    Rupert   R. 
Schultz,   Walter  H. 
Simon,   Henry  J. 
Smedley,    Harry    K. 


Stevens,    Joseph    E. 
Sullivan,    Fred    G. 
Sutherd,    Eugene    C. 
Trawick,    Claude 
Walz,    Mathew 
Watkins,    David    A. 
Wilder,    Joseph    D. 
Williams,    Perry 
Williams,     Samuel    V. 
VVodiker,    Sylvester 
Wyrozynski,    John 


Captain, 

Leslie  L.   Bucklew 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Edward  C.   Reilly 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Alfred    L.    Sawyer 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Chester   L.    Mars 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Robert    J.    McMurray 
1st   Sergeant, 

Snyder,   Joicy    R. 
Sergeant, 

Gattrell,    William    S. 
Corporals: 

Ching,    Earl    R. 

Claypool,    Hugh 

Barnby,    Archibald    W. 

George,    Edwin   A. 
Johnson,   George   E. 

Johns,    Harry    C. 

Kempton,   Lenord  H. 

Zeigler,    Herbert    F. 
Privates: 

Abbott,  Ruvia  A. 

Alexander,   Karl   V. 

Anderson,    Elza   E. 

Baldwin,    A.    Brown 

Barnett,    Earl 

Baucom,   Floyd 

Beyer,    Romaine 

Bigus,    Isadore    L. 

Bilyeu,    Claude    J. 

Boes,    Thomas    E. 

Brady,    Charles  A. 

Breitag,    Arthur    H. 

Brock,   Buford  B. 

Browning,  Robert  E. 

Burke,    George    T. 

liurke,    Jerome    J. 

Campbell,    ICdward    R. 

Garden,    John    W. 

Carey,   Dennis   J. 

Carpenter,    Walter    B. 

Carpenter,    Walton 


BATTERY  E 

Kansas  City 

Carver,   Joe   E. 
Chenoweth,    Rice    B. 
Chenoweth,    Stephen 

D. 
Clemments,    Robert    T. 
Coddington,    David    I. 
Compton,    Chas.    O. 
Conrick,    Robert    F. 
Cook,    Charles   S. 
Davies,   Joseph    O. 
DeHart,     Paul    E. 
Demeke,    Clarence    E- 
Dietzel,   Louis  H. 
Dillon,    George    B. 
Dorman,  Lee   C. 
Duncan,   Lee 
EH,    Henry   W. 
Fields,    Hollie 
Fletcher,    Rollie    E. 
Friend,    Robert    E. 
Geenens,    August 
Geenens,    Charley 
Gentry,    Giles    R. 
Githens,     Fred     C. 
Greaves,    Robert    H. 
Groves,   John 
Guedry,    Charley  A. 
Hargrove,  Tosenh  D. 
Harrington,    Oliver    C. 
Harrfs,    Ravmnnd 
Hartness,    Ralnh 
PTartnett,   Paul  F. 
Henneberry,    Nicholas 

J. 
Hoffman."  Harrv 
PTogan.    Edward    D. 
Hollingshead,   George 

S. 
Horigan,   Joseph   T). 
PTorner,   William   W. 
TTnward,    Orville    A. 
Hubbard,   Andrew  F. 
Terk.    Arthur   C. 
Tohnsnn,    Clarence    E. 
Tohnson,   Wilb'nm    E. 
King,    James  W. 
King,    Orville    E. 


Langstaff,    William    O. 
Lashbrook,    Mai    J. 
Laskey,    Harry    M. 
Leemans,    Prehm    F. 
Leitner,    Frank    M. 
Lewis,    Willam    C. 
Linsley,   Milton   G. 
Little,    Charles    A. 
Little,    James    E. 
McKinstry,    George    C. 
Mackintosh,    Thomas 

E. 
Madigan,   John    B. 
Marshall,   Robert  H. 
Matherly,  Marvin   P. 
Maxville,    William    D. 
Maxwell,    Stanley 
Miller,    Jesse    L. 
Miller,   John    G. 
Miller,    John    J. 
Mohart,    Charles    T. 
Morgan,    Edward    V. 
Morgan,    James   R. 
Mulford.  Floyd  H. 
Murphy,    Donald    A. 
Nay,    Leon    D. 
Newcomber,    Guy    B. 
Noland,  James  L. 
Olson,   William    L. 
Parker,  Harry  J. 
Pickens.    William    C. 
Pottorff,    Woodson 
Powell,    Donald    H. 
Rafiner,    Elmer   L. 
Randell.    Arlo    E. 
Raybrook.    Edward   L. 
Redona,   Juan    B. 
Rice,   Freddie   L. 
Rosa,   Carl    A. 
Rosa,  Agapito  M. 
Rothgeb,    Roy    R. 
Rundell.     Howard     O. 
Russell.    Walter    W. 
Scath,   Walter   C. 
Sevcrence,    Horace    W. 
Shanklin.    Herbert    E. 
Shore,    Maurice    L. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Smith,    Edward    D. 
Smith,    LeRoy 
Spurlock,   Arthur  H. 
Stanford,    Edward    H. 
Stoenner,    Edwin    T). 
Strader,    William    E. 
Strother,  William  L. 


Captain, 

Tom    L.    Gibson 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Jack    Sabo 
1st   Lieutenant, 

David  W.   Graham 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Edward    P.    Stauder 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Thomas    E.     Horner 
1st   Sergeant, 

Grote,  Henry  C. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Meehan,    Cornelius   E. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

McMahon,    Frank    V. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Harbison,    George    M. 
Sergeants : 

Heward,   Charles   H. 

Bradley,    Charles    R. 

Boehmer,    Maurice   A. 

Creaseyj    Roy 

Scanlon,     Thomas    A. 

Wynne,    George    K. 
Corporals : 

Busch,    Howard    G. 

Barton,  Roger 

Branch,    Carleton    C. 

Muench,    Oscar    A. 

Bryan,    George    F. 

Harris,     James     L. 

Darling,    Frederick   W. 

Blume,    David  A. 

Smith,   Herbert  R. 

Kniest,    Frank    V. 

Morrissey,   Charles   R. 

Tudor,    Owen 
Chief    Mechanic, 

Gartland,     Paul    A. 
Mechanics : 

Angell,    McKinley    L. 

Ames,   Lee    D. 

Groth,    Ben 


Sutton,   William   E. 
Taliaferro,  Benjamin  T. 
Taylor,    Leslie   E. 
Thatcher,  Chris  C. 
Thompson,  James   G. 
Van    Den    Busselle, 
Paul 

BATTEEY  F 
St.  Louis 

Cooks : 

Campbell,    Ralph    A. 

Stevens,  Adolph 
Horseshoers  : 

Springston,  Elmer  J. 

Rodgers,  Louis  E. 
Saddler, 

Dahlberg,    Arthur 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Abbot,   Alfred   A. 

Agnew,   Howard   B. 

Adam,  Jules 

Adams,    Eugene   J. 

Ahlmeyer,    Edwin    J. 

Albertson,    Albert    G. 

Arbuchon,    Leon    J. 

Barton,   William   M. 

Bayer,    Gus 

Black,    George    D. 

Black,   William   A. 

Blanton,   Jesse   W. 

Boardman,   Charles    H. 

Bowles,'  Thomas    M. 

Bradbury,   Albert   E. 

Bradley,   Frank  A. 

Bray,    William    H. 

Buddemeyer,     Walter 
C. 

Buffington,    Taylor    M. 

Baessler,  Fred 

Becker,  Charles  F. 

Campbell,    James    S. 

Calcaterra,     Fiorella 

Cassidy,    George    W. 

Cody,    Charles    F. 

Combs,   Edward   I. 

Cope,    William 

Craig,    John    R. 

Croak,   John    E- 

Crow,  Herman  J. 

Crutsinger,    John    M. 

Cuba,  Tony   E. 

Dallas,    Barth 

Davis,    Edwin    G.    Tr. 

Doyle,    Shelby    H. 


\"an    WoUeghem, 

Maurice 
\'asey.    Earl 
Weeks,  John   W. 
West,   Robert  Jr. 
Wimer,   Lester  C. 


Etcheson,    Oscar 
Feldmiller,    William 
Furry,   Leon 
Headrick,    William    T. 
Hamilton,  John  H. 
Henglesberg,   George 

C. 
Heyssel^   Alonzo   E.   C 
Howard,    Elmer 
Howard,    Harvey    L. 
Higgins,    William   J, 
Hischier,  Herman  A. 
Huber,   Joseph   E. 
Jones,    David   P. 
Kaliha,    John 
Kettingher,    John    A. 
King,    William    J. 
Kinsella,   Raymond   S. 
Klusmeyer,    Elmer    A. 
Limbaugh,    Martin    G. 
AlcDonald,    Chester    C. 
McMillen,    Charles    E. 
Malby,   James    T. 
Pierce,    Rice    A.,    Jr. 
Prevallet,   Emmet   L. 
Quinn,    Edward   J. 
Reed,    Anthony   J. 
Rehm,    Carl    G. 
Sarrels,    Horace    E. 
Schmuke,    Aloysious 

V. 
Schwentker,   Charles 
Seals,    Martin    W. 
Shapard   David 
Sheehan,  Charles  J. 
Smith,    Cordell    S. 
Steffen,   William  J  ,  Jr. 
Stevinson,     Isral    B. 
Stoerkel,   Carl 
Stumborg,   Frank   T. 
Stulce,  James   D. 
Todd,   Joel   D. 
Vance,    William    J. 
Vandefriffe,    Emmet    S. 
Wellenkamp,  Henry  F. 
Woodruff,    Emery 


Major, 

Louis    T.    Pirn 


SANITARY  DETACHMENT 

St.  Louis 


1st    Lieutenant, 

Arthur    J.    Murphy 


1st    Sergeant, 

Bloom,   Clifton  T. 


ROSTER  OF    MISSOURI    NATIONAL    GUARD 


351 


Sergeants : 

Peatross,  Samuel   B. 

Korte,    Francis   J. 
Privates : 

Breathauer,  Charles   G. 

Clardy,    Zeno   B. 


Cour,    Claude    J.    A. 
Crews,    Norman    E. 
Duchouquette,    John 
Dunn,    Hugh    I,. 
Glynn,  John  T. 
Moellman,     George    J. 


Muller,    John    Kmil 
Salzgeber,    Herbert 
Slattery,    WiHiam    H. 
Waugh,    Turner    Iy. 
VVayman,  Frederick  D. 
Young,   Thomas   F. 


SECOND  REGIMENT  FIELD  ARTILLERY 


Colonel, 

Karl    D.    Klemm, 

Commanding 

Lieutenant    Colonel, 
Arthur   J.    Flliott 


FIELD  AND   STAFF 

Kansas  City 

Major, 

John  L,.   ^liles 
Major, 

Marvin    H.    Gates 
Captain  &  Rgt.  Adjt. 

Fielding   L.    D.    Carr 


Captain  &  Bn.  Adjt., 
John   H.    Thatcher 

Captain   &   Bn.   Adjt., 
Harry    M.    Beyer 

1st    lyieut.    &    Chaplain, 
Curtis   L,.   Tierman 


HEADQUARTERS    COMPANY 

Kansas  City 


Captain, 

Chauncy   G.    Butter- 
field 
1st   Iwieutenant, 

Fugene    T.    Rainey 
Rgt.    Sergeant   Major, 

Poindexter,    Francis 
Bn.   Sergeant   Major, 

Sapp,  Kitt 
1st   Sergeant, 

Curtis,     Fdward     T. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Riffle,    Russell    II. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

McManigal,   Thomas 
J. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

White,  Homer  C. 
Sergeants : 

Florance,    John    D. 

Meyer,   Carl  J. 

Johnson,     Gordon     I/. 

Hurlburt,    Frank    A. 
Corporals  : 

HugheSj   Seibert   M. 

Ware,    Herbert    F. 

Fnglish,    Frank- 
Burns,    Ralph    C. 

Byars,  Cooper  F. 


Kirk,    Minor 

Lane,    Hobart     F. 

Leigh,    Harry    B. 

Henry,    Houston    T. 

Godley,    Fugene 

Berryman,   James   C. 

Hale,    Arthur   A. 

Routh,    Cedric    F. 

Bowman,   Fred  J. 
Horseshoer, 

Gee,     Harry    I. 
Mechanics : 

Carlile,    Charlie   C. 

V'ining,    Lewis 
Cooks : 

Jackson,    Fvert    R. 

Van   Tine,   Elmer   L. 
Bugler, 

Rice,   Earl  S. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Creasey^   Albert    R. 

Guthrie,   William   F. 
Jr. 

McClune,    Murven 

Mercer,     George    S. 

Mulvihil'l,    Edward    F 

Wallace,    W.   Raymond 
Privates: 

Broaddus,   William    E. 


Corder,   Jackson 
Davidson,     Carl     F. 
Dobel,    Jerome    P. 
Downey,     Leo    C. 
Geer,     William    A. 
Hall,     Fugene    F. 
Hockensmith,   Fred   D. 
Horine,  Stanley   j\I. 
Jackson,    Floyd    W. 
Jones,    Burnam    R. 
Kelly,    Harry    T. 
Krehm,    James   M. 
Lancaster,   Ray  A 
LeBow,    Max   R. 
Lewis,    Alan   A. 
McGuire,   Frank  T. 
Maier,    Laurence    A. 
Moore,   Paul 
Norman,   Bond  Hughes 
Roseberry,    Thomas    C. 
Runner,    Rolla    W. 
Schmidt,   Walter   P. 
Silcott,    Robert    F. 
Smith,    Clarence    B. 
Smith,    Mike 
Stout,    Duval    D. 
Tamblyn,    William    L. 
Taylor,    Lewis    E. 
Wilson,   Frank 
Woods,   Sylvester  F. 


Band    Leader, 

Crawford,    Charles    P. 


BAND  SECTION 
Kansas  City 

Asst.    Band    Leader, 
Boyington,    Howard 


Sergeant,     Bugler, 
Gregory,   Roscoe   D. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 


Band    Sergeants: 

Lay,   Harry    C. 

Evans,  Ernest  A. 
Band    Corporals: 

Way,    Robert 

Ridgell,    Edwin    C. 

Pitts,     Shirley 

Skelley,  Joseph  A. 
1st     Class     Musician 

Blood,    Sidney 


2nd    Class    Musician, 

Jenkins,  Spencer  B. 
3rd    Class    Musicians: 

Bonar,    Harry    T. 

Brown,    Kdwin    N. 

Bulis,    Harry    C. 

Cowan,  William  J., 
Jr. 

Davis,    Harold    B. 

Duncan,     Everet     R. 


Gale,    Hobert 
Greene,    Robert    A. 
Hert,    Frederick   H. 
Hill,    Earl    E. 
Mathews,   John   G. 
Satteriield,    Lawrence 
Smock,   Lee  A. 
Storms,    Arthur    P. 
Tillery,    Forest    A. 
Weakley,    Denver   L. 


Captain, 

Harry    C.   Jobes 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Charles    C.     Bundschu 
Supply     Sergeants: 

Breitenstein,    Herbert 
W. 
1st     Sergeant, 

Winkler,    Lewis    C. 
Sergeant, 

Cockrill,  Norbom  F. 
Corporals: 

Campbell,    Phillip    D. 

Winters.   Thomas   M. 
Mechanics: 

Myers,    Ora   C. 


SUPPLY   COMPANY 

Kansas  City 

Cooks: 

Hoffs,   Henry 

Wheeler,   William   O. 
Horseshoer, 

Fleshman,    Geo.    W. 
Wagoners: 

Adams,   John   O. 

Allen,    William    C. 

Demand,    Lafayette    S. 

Ewing,  Albert   G. 

Farrow,   Earl    W. 

Fortner,   Alexander  C. 

Fortn?r,    George   C. 

Hudelson,    Gordon 

McCuIlah,  John  W. 

May,   Joe 

Morrow,    Louis    J. 

Murphy,   William  H. 


Pendleton,    Rice   L. 
Powell,    Richard   G. 
Prussing,   Max   M. 
Rowland,   Benjamin    R. 
Schroeder,    William 

W. 
Wyatt,    Joseph    E. 
Yarrington,    Alvah    C. 
Privates: 

Baker,   Jacob 
Denton,    Roger  H. 
Ham,    Holman    T. 
Hartman,   John    W. 
Haynes,    Harvey    M. 
Moots,    Frank 
Smith,    Fred    A. 
Stevens,     Earl    A. 
Walters,    Patrick    M. 


Captain, 

Roy    T.    Olney 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Walter  G.   Slagle 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Charles    S.    Wengert 
1st   Sergeant, 

Robey,   Rolla  G. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Oakley,    Cyrus    K. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Aspinwall,   Vernie  L. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Hulen,    Charlie    C. 
Sergeants, 

Bohrer,    Everett    L. 

Sullivan,   Michael 

Poe,    William    H. 

Weir,    Floyd    A. 

Major,   Joseph   F. 

Pearson,    Jack 

Dyer,    Charles    M. 

Cox,    James    T. 

Haynes,   Maurice    E. 


BATTERY  A 

Kansas  City 

Corporals: 

Bloomer,   Arthur 

Dyer,   Lowell    W. 

Colby,    Walter    IT. 

Dobinson,    Elza   J. 

Blackburn,    Robert    C. 

Priest,    Donald    F. 

Allison,    Harold 

Shelton,    Charles   J. 

Browning,    Royce   B. 

Maxfield,    Leslie   R. 

Dougherty,     Lynn 

Reed,     Harold 

Pugh,    Benjamin   D. 

Carver,    Lorenzo   P. 

Fling,   Raymond  J. 

Pratt,    Clarence    W. 

Holcroft,    Harry     S. 

Lippman.    Morris    M. 
Cooks: 

Rolls,   Raymond   J. 

Garten,    Carl    T. 

Kelly,   Jim 
Chief  Mechanic. 

Fike,   Austin   W. 


Saddler, 

Moore,    James    F. 
Ilorseshoers: 

McComas,    John    A. 

Cummings,    Robert   T. 

Mann,   Carl 
Mechanics. 

Davis,   Henry   H. 

Cameron,   James    S. 

Bishop,   Arthur   E. 
Buglers: 

Saulisbury,   William   L- 

Smith,    Edward    R. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Bender,    Robert    W. 

Dennison,    Ralph    E- 

Dickhut,   Lloyd 

Divelbiss,   Lyman   E. 

Earnheart,    Paul 

Eddins,    Bryan 

Evans,    Charles    B. 

Fallstead,    Coral    C. 

Friedman,    Sam    C. 

Hill,    John    W. 

Huestis,  Roy 


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Jones,    Frank    W. 
L,apides,  Clarence  L. 
Lee,  Roy  N. 
Maienshein,   Andrew 
Miller,   Arthur 
Miller,    Keith 
Minter,    Herman    E. 
Mooney,   Robert  L. 
Moore,    Frazer    D. 
Nies,  Frank  R. 
Odell,  Jesse  C. 
Olney,  David  H. 
O'Neill,  Ray 
Pearson,    Lawrence 
Perry,    Stewart 
Pollock,    Joseph    H. 
Rodgers,    Glenn 
Schwarzel,     William 
Shaw,   Ralph  E). 
Shav,   William  M. 
Sutton,    Charles    V. 
Unland,   Edwin   L. 
2nd    Class    Privates: 
Acker,    Sidney    H. 
Allen,  Clyde  S. 
Altman,    Homer 
Babin,   Joseph   P. 
Baker,   Fred 
Baker,    LeRoy 
Barrington,    Fugene 
Barrington,    Fred 
Battliner,  Andrew  R. 
Beaty,    Clarence    A. 
Beckett,    Finis 
Berry,    Carroll   W. 
Bigus,    Morris 
Blunk,     Floyd    C. 
Boland,  Michael 
Bosworth,   Leslie  B. 
Boyd,    James    M. 


Campbell,  Harold  C. 
Carroll,    Claude   J. 
Cash,    Allen   J. 
Cheulakes,   Jim 
Chisham,    Irving 
Church,    Lawrence    T. 
Clemence,   Thomas 
Connors,    Thomas 
Cooley,    Ralph    F. 
Cooper,    John    F. 
Coplan,    John    L. 
Coxhead,   Clinton  H. 
Craig,   John   F. 
Crowther,    G.     Newton 
Delaplain.   Richard 
Flliott,    Ralph    C. 
Ferguson,    Fugene    R. 
Finn,     Charles     H. 
Flora,  Isaac 
Funk,    Jesse    F. 
Gamble,   John 
Gartman,    Louis 
Grover,     Benjamin    W. 
Hall,    Charles    A. 
Harper,    Roy 
Hendrix,   Archie 
Holland,    Monta 
Holwick,    Charley 
Johnson,    Thomas  J. 
Jones,   Jesse 
Joyce,     William    P. 
Kelley,    George    O. 
Kent,   Walter  J. 
Krueger,  Ralph  O. 
Lansing,    John    N. 
Lyon,    Otis    R. 
Lyon,    Sam    F. 
McDaniel,    Frank 
McDonald,    Roy   L. 


McGrew,    George    W. 
Maguire,  Paul 
Maroney,  Patrick 
Martin,    John    P. 
Marvin,   Dean 
Menze,  Milton  F. 
Moore,   Fulton 
Morgan,    Kirby   L. 
Murphy,  Alfred   W. 
Musselman,   James    C. 
Newkirk,    Everett   F. 
Opitz,    George    W. 
Palmer,   Earl  E. 
Pawling,     William    H. 
Pendergast,  James   M. 
Percell,   Donald   A. 
Phillips,   Harvey   C. 
Pounds,  Joel  L. 
Pugh,   Edward   E.   Jr. 
Reagan,    Vance    W. 
Richmond,    Milford    I. 
Rigg,    Charles    H. 
Rowland,   James    L. 
Safly,    Roy    V. 
Shepherd,   Clarence  H. 
Stauver,    Frank   L. 
Stone,    Adolph    C. 
Stump,    David    O. 
Sydenstricker,    Cecil 
Thomas,   Sullivan 
Thornhill,    Byron   E. 
Tozzi,  Joseph 
Waechter,  Edward  H. 
Walton,   Wendell   G. 
Wearer,    Esco    R. 
Webb,    Victor    O. 
Wilmoth,  Walter  F. 
Wilson,   Blake  L. 
Woodruff.   Doyl   B. 
Young,   Andrew   G. 


Captain, 

Thomas   S.   McGee 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Theodore  Marks 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Teasley,    Walter 
1st    Sergeant, 

Seligman,    Frederick 
H. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Chesterfield,   George 
Stable     Sergeant, 

Rule,    Curtis    T. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Dozier,   Homer   C. 
Sergeants:, 

Bannister,    William    H. 

Davis,    Condit    H. 

Fisher,    Frank 

Jewell,  Howard  W. 


BATTERY  B 
Kansas  City 

Harvey,    Leo    E. 

Ferguson,    Robert 

Hibbs,   Howard  L. 
Corporals: 

Meador,  Robert  F. 

Shreck,    Boyd    R. 

Barwick,    Walter 

Myers,    James    L. 

Uhlenhop,    Rudolph 

Ranson,    John    W. 

Chilson,    Clyde    C. 

Weeks,     Mark    L. 

McDonald,    Harry    W. 

Freitag,  Walter  R. 

Wooldridge,  Glenwood 
F. 

Miller,  Jacob  A. 
Musicians: 

Ridge,   Joseph   A. 

McCauley,    Lonnie    W. 


Cook: 

Welch,  Leo 
Chief  Mechanic,^ 

Branch,    Montie 
Mechanics: 

Stafford,    Logan 

Robertson,   Harry 

Bradley,   Delbert   H. 
Saddler, 

Dyer,  Fred  W. 
Horseshoer, 

Frothingham,     Alfred 
M. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Allen,    Marvin    E. 

Banholzer,  Clarence   C. 

Bennett,    Earl    S. 

Clarke,    Floyd  H. 

Cone,  Thomas  N. 

Darling,    James 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Davis,    Hobart   H. 
Erickson,    Alfred    J. 
Fosdick,    Beaulord    Y. 
Hanna,    Raymond   J. 
Hans,  John    H. 
Hart,     Charles    D. 
Hilgardner,    Fred    C. 
Mitchell,   Harry   M. 
Nichols,    John    E). 
Pillow,    James    H. 
Provencher,    William 

A. 
Richards,   Robert    L. 
Riley,    Augustus    M. 
Sawtell,    Hobart    C. 
Scott,    Fred   A. 
Sechrist,    Floyd    H. 
Taylor,  Joy  O. 
Worster,   Joseph    R. 
Privates: 

Askins,    Claud 
Balz,    Alfred 
Banks,    Williams   J. 
Beck,   Robert  R. 
Becket,    Clinton    C. 
Boltman,    Harold    L,. 
Boggs,   Thomas   A. 
Bowden,   Howard   T. 
Bowman,   Harold  J. 
Bowman,    Wayne    D. 
Branch,   Montie   B. 
Brown,   Clarence  O. 
Brown,    Kibble    J. 
Bucklew,     Charles     K. 
Burkhardt,    James    A. 
Canine,  George  M. 
Carrier,    Harvey   O. 
Cohen,    William    H. 
Cole,   Morris    R. 
Craig,    Paul    H. 
Cunningham,    Jesse    J. 
Dancy,    Keith    W. 
Devfn,  Harry  K. 
Dietrick,   Harold   C. 
Donnelly,    Edward 
Dozier,    Homer    C. 


Dyer,   Cleon  L,. 
English,     Frank 
Erb,    Kennett    D. 
Fogel,   Sidney  M. 
Poland,  Ray  V. 
Frazier,    Walter    S. 
Fuller,   George  M. 
Fuller,    Wesley   J. 
Galloway,     Alexander 
Gauldin,   Alva   C. 
Greenstone,     Morman 
Haguewood,    Spurgeon 
Hanna,    John     P. 
Hare,    Harvey   E. 
Harmon,    Phillip 
Hereford,    Francis    W. 
Hildebrand,    Lawrence 

J. 
Hill,   Ernest 
Hinchman,    Edwin    L. 
Horniday,    Jesse   R. 
Howard,    Jack 
Hughes,    David 
Hyatt,    Joseph    R. 
Ingolia,    Sam 
Irvin,   Henry 
Jennings,  John   H. 
Lang,    Roy   J. 
Ledgerwood,    John 
Linman,    Oscar 
Love,  James 
Lucas,  James  O. 
Lutz,   William   O. 
McClung,  Wm.   T. 
McGrath,    Allman 
Macdonald,    Donald 

E. 
MacDonald,   Frank  E. 
Martin,    James    E. 
Maxwell,   Joseph   F. 
Milan,  Earl   E. 
Milm,    Fred    C. 
Moore,   Joseph    E. 
Morrison,    Earl    W. 
Myers,    Harry    S. 
Nelson,  Joe 


Noggle,  Lawrence  C. 
Norris,    Fred 
North,    Robert    J. 
Norton,    Frank    J. 
Norton,   Thomas   R. 
Odell,  George  W. 
Olson,    Oxel    P. 
Page,    Charles    G. 
Plumb,   Edward  W. 
Pottcamp,    Rudolph 
Powers,    John    H. 
Rankin,    Arthur    B. 
Richardson,     James    A. 
Roesler,    Ray    G. 
Rose,    William    S. 
Rotemund,     Frank 
Ruger,    Fred    J. 
Russell,  Thomas  H. 
Ruttinger,    Frank    B. 
Sandifer,    Edw.    L. 
Sands,     John 
Sanstra,    Edward    L. 
Sanstra,    Jesse    F. 
Scott,  Vol 
Scrivner,    Errett 
Smith,    Francis    C. 
Smith,    Ralph    J. 
Stewart,   Elza  L. 
Stubbs,   Sherwood   O. 
Sutton,     Etsel     C. 
Swearinger,    Harley    E. 
Taylor,  John  H. 
Tiramons,    Alfred   E. 
Tomlinson,   Thomas   V. 
Troutman,    Harry 
Tucker,    Horace 
Tutcher,   Emmitt 
Ward,    William    R. 
Welch,    Leo 
Wildt,    Nickodemus 
Wilson,    William    R. 
Wood,  John   D. 
Yancey,    Paul    W. 
Young,   Cogshall    C. 
Zavlanes,   Tony  Z. 


Captain, 

Roger  T.   Sermon 
1st     Lieutenant, 

Kenneth    V.    Bostian 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Edgar   G.    Hinde 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Frank   Jones 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Arthur     N.     Johnson 
1st    Sergeant, 

Searcy,   Roy   M. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Martin,  Asa 


BATTERY  C 

Independence 

Supply    Sergeant, 

Sands,    Irving    H. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Cushwa,  Clay 
Sergeants: 

Montague,   Ralph   H. 

Ford,    Tirey   J. 

Jones,   Roy  W. 

Jackson,  Joseph  O. 

Coady,   Michael 

Knight,    Arthur 

Tindall,    Frank    C. 

O'Neill,    Harry    C. 

Dietterich,  Frank  E. 


Corporals: 

Brown,  Ira  L- 
Rice,    Guy   N. 
Spradley,   Charles  K. 
Crayton,   Earl   C. 
Sands,    Maynard    M. 
Lowe,   Floyd   R. 
Yankee,   Compton 
Gilmore,   Lloyd 
Street,  Arthur  R. 
Thacker,  Ralph 
McFarland,   Gilbert   F. 
Johnson,    William    R. 
Smith,    George  A. 


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Sibale,  William  L,. 

Farrington,   Buford   E. 

Roberts,    Ernest    W. 

Duff,   Arnold  J. 

Linenbringer,    Oliver 

McDonald,     Webster 
C. 

Burnham,    Edward  E- 
Cooks: 

Davenport,   Charles  B. 

Loback,    Chester   B. 

Newton,   George   H. 
Chief   Mechanic, 

Rice,   iJarry  E. 
Mechanics: 

Bazzill,   Harry   C. 

Ford,    Dorrel    L. 

Mclnturff,   Eugene 
Horseshoers: 

Hamilton,    Earnest   L,. 

Ramm,    Ferdinand 

Chandler,   Glenn 
Saddler, 

Kennedy,  Thomas  F. 
Buglers: 

Delafield,    Floyd   D. 

Malbaff,   Joseph 

Mansell,    Emmett    L. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Bacon,    George    H. 

Brady,    Otis   R. 

Brown,    Charles  •  E. 

Carmichael,    Edgar   M. 

Courtland,    Mack    C. 

Dehoney,    Clarence    D. 

Doty,   Roy 

Durrett,   Pearl   B. 

Garrett,   Fred 

Gilmer,    Garnett 

Gualt,  Edom  A. 

Hedges,    William    D. 

Tudkins,    Tames    R. 

Kittle,    Edgar 

I<anham,   Raymond 


Martin,   Emile  L,. 
Matthews,    Kay 
Mayfield,    Robert   K. 
Phelps,    Edward   F. 
Ressler,   Maurice  M. 
Semler,   William 
Shook,   Robert  E. 
Shrock,    Keith    P. 
Sims,   J.    Russell 
Smith,    Hershel    R. 
Smithson,   David 
Sullivan,    McKinley 
Temple,  Orta 
Throtyear,    Dee    t,. 
Walters,    William    C. 
Westwood,  David  H. 
Wyatt,    Hershel 
Privates: 

Alderman,    William    A. 
Allen,  Eeslie  E. 
Alley,    Perry    O. 
Bach,    Henry 
Baley,    Orbie    L. 
Beavers,  Lester  F. 
Bell,    Warren   A. 
Bittle,   Fred   W. 
Byars,    James    T. 
Carter,    Robert    C. 
Cleveland,    Willard 
Collins,    Tames    R. 
Cook,  EaVl  H. 
Crocker,   Carl 
Duncan,    Frank 
Ellis,    Gilbert 
Everett,    Newell 
Farrow,    George    R. 
Farrow,   Harvy 
Farrow,  Jesse 
Ferril,    Lloyd 
Fraas,    Prank    X. 
Fulton,  Selmo 
Gibson,  John   W.   Jr. 
Hall,   Edward 


Haycraft,    Emmett    S. 
Hostuttler,    John    E. 
Huddleston,     Joseph 
Hughes,   Alfred   W. 
Lamberton,   James    F. 
Lane,   Lester   A. 
Lasley,    Frederick    L. 
Lee,    Elmore    S. 
Love,  Terrence  IN. 
McGinnis,  Owen 
Mills,    Harry    H. 
Moore,   John    E.   L. 
Nave,    Thad 
Nokes,   Eugene  T. 
Owings,   Ernest  D. 
Owings,   Walter  H. 
Porter,    Erman   A. 
Rice,   Chester  A. 
Robey,    William    M. 
Rudd,  Francis  V. 
Ryan,  Richard  R. 
St.   Clair,  Joseph  H. 
Sams,  D.  Milford 
Sanders,   Otis 
Sappenfield,    Felix    G. 
Sheets,    Earl    A. 
Shepherd,    Oscar 
Showers,  John 
Slusher,    Arnold    F. 
Smith,    Roy    A. 
Sterritt,   Anthony  B. 
Stewart,  John 
Swearingen,    Zack 
Sweet,     William    H. 
Tousley,    Melvin    L. 
Truesdale,    Hugh   A. 
Ware,   Clarence   D. 
Wilkes,   Robert   L. 
Winton,    George   M. 
Winton,    William    C. 
Wood,    Herman 
Wood,  James  L. 
Wood,   Ralph 


Captain, 

Charles    B.    Allen 
1st    Lieutenant, 

George   M.   Arrow- 
smith 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Newell  T.   Paterson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Michael  J.   Flynn 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Morris  G.   Riley 
1st   Sergeant, 

Eggleston,    Giles   L. 
Supply  Sergeants, 

Keenan,    Leo   P. 


BATTEEY  D 

Kansas  City 

Stable    Sergeant, 

Winners,    Joseph   A. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Entrekin,   Lewis   C. 
Duty   Sergeants: 

Bell,   Arthur  H. 

Burkhardt,  James  A. 

Downey,    Godfrey   C. 

Junior,   Fred   E. 

McKim,   Edward  E. 

Miesburger,    Edward 
P. 

Murphy,  Thomas  E. 

Taylor,    Tom    L. 

Wickline,  Elmer  E. 


Corporals: 

Brice,    George    E. 
Chaney,   Verne   E. 
Groff,   Harry  V. 
Hoffman,    Frank   J. 
Kelley,    Harry    M. 
McGowan,    Francis 
Malmfeldt,     Theodore 

J. 
Murphy,  Harry  E. 
O'Hare,    William    A. 
Rielly,    Carl   J. 
Rodgers,  John  G. 
Shaffer,    Daniel   L. 
Schmidt,    Fred  J. 
Schmidt,   Ernest  ly. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Smith,    Curtis   C. 
Stanley,   Frank 
Tierney,    William   F. 
Werner,   Carl 
Wiedermann,    Fred    J. 

Chief  Mechanic, 

Becker,    l,awrence    F. 
Mechanics: 

Wooden,   McKinley 

Gladstone,    Abraham 
M. 

Pratt,   Harry   G. 
Horseshoers: 

Edelman,    Lawrence 
H. 

Quinn,   Charles    L. 
Cooks: 

Nix,   Edwin  T. 

Blankemeier,  Charles 
F. 

Jackson,    Everett   E. 
Buglers: 

Ridge,    Albert   A. 

Van    Gilder,   John   W. 

West,   Harold   A. 

Jamison,    Frank    H. 
Privates: 

Baker,   Roy 

Banning,    Roland    R. 

Baum,   George   R. 

Bollin,   Frank  J. 

Bonner,    Patrick   E. 

Brannon,   Francis  A. 

Bray,   Lauren   E- 

Breen,    William   J. 

Bryant,    Mitchell 

Burdge,    Charles    L. 

Campbell,    William    B. 

Carnie,  James  M. 

Casey,   James    E. 

Casey,     Patrick    E. 

Coleman,   Leo  A. 

Conbly,    Francis    I<. 

Condon,    Edward    V. 

Conway,  James   B. 

Coyle,    Joseph    F. 

Cunningham,    Fred    C. 

Curto,  John   P. 

Dabner,    Harry    J. 

Dantzig,    Samuel 

Detling,    Cleary    M. 

Doherty,   James   J. 

Hon  nelly.    Eugene    P. 

Duren,  Robert  L. 


Evans,  Milton  R. 
Faulkner,    Quincie    J. 
Flaherty,  Daniel  L. 
Flint,   Roy 

Fredericks,    Aubrey    L. 
Fredericks,    Charley   L. 
Gadwood,  James   W. 
Gent,  Leo  J. 
Gerye,   James    E. 
Gibbs,    Chester 
Goosey,   Orrie   B. 
Gordon,  John  L. 
Grady,   John   J. 
Hall,  John  B. 
Hampton,    Woodie    L. 
Hardaway,    Joseph    B. 
Hardy,  George  A. 
Heillman,   Lee  A. 
Higginbotam,   John   J. 
Holmes,    Mossie   M. 
Hornaday,    Ralph   C. 
Horstman,  Henry  B. 
Howard,    Frederick    L. 
Hughes,   Robert  E. 
James,    Charles    R. 
Jeserich,    Emil 
Joyce,    Robert    E. 
Kelley,   Genaro 
King,  Ray 
Knight,  Winfrey  E. 
Kunz,    Frank  J. 
LaMaster,    Emmitt    D. 
Lavery,  Joseph   L. 
Leeman,    Earl 
Leibnitz,   Paul   W. 
Leigh,  Vere  C. 
Leming,    Daniel    B. 
Llafet,  Jesse  D. 
Logan,   James   P. 
Lucas,    Lucien   L. 
McCarty,   Harry   A. 
McCarty,    William    H. 
McClung,   William    W. 
McConnell,    Harry    T. 
McDonald,    Fred    H. 
McDonald,   Thomas   F. 
McNamara,    James    F. 
McNamara,    Wm.    T. 
Malonev,    Timothy    V. 
Maret,    Charles   B. 
Maxey,   Barney 
Maynard,    Tack    W. 
Maynard,   Russell 
Meiners,    Herbert    C. 


Meredith,   William   B. 
Merefee,   Walter  B. 
Miller,    Harold 
Milton,  Donald  L. 
Moore,  John   E. 
Moore,    Ralph    W. 
Moore,   William   A. 
Mosby,    Emerson    A. 
Mutschler,    Robert    L. 
Nease,  Hilbert  R. 
Nuckles,   Kent  B. 
Oberndorff,   August 
O'Hare,    Thomas 
O'Rourke,  Andy 
O'Sullivan,    John    A. 
Page,   Clarence  L. 
Parkin,    Ralph   J. 
Percintina,    Roy 
Phillips,   Lonnie 
Pierce,   Lenord 
Riley,  John  H. 
Rogerson,   William   T. 
Sargert,   Frank 
Schmitt,   Edward  H. 
Schweizer,    William 

W. 
Seaman,  Richard  W. 

Jr. 
Seiben,   Paul   T. 
Sherman,  Leon  H. 
Sherlock,  Joseph  W. 
Smith,    Chester 
Smith,    Raymond 
Spiria,    Frank   E- 
Stewart,   Ralph   R. 
Stewart,    Walter    K. 
Stuart,    Edward    V. 
Surface,    Elmer   R. 
Tate,   Raymond  L. 
Trotter,    Oliver  L. 
Uncles,    John   J. 
Van   Buskirk,   Earl 
Van    Haversveke,    Al- 

fons  L. 
Wallegham,  Joseph  K. 
Walton,  James  T. 
Whited,  Paul  L. 
Wilkison,   William  J. 
Williams.   Dwight    L. 
Woods,    George   P. 
Woods,   Glen    B. 
Yeager,    Francis   D. 
Younkers,    Frederick 

L. 


Captain, 

Spencer  Salisbury 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Ralph    Crenshaw 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Dexter    S.    Perry 


BATTERY  E 

Independence 

2d    Lieutenant, 
C.   Wallace  Kelly 

2d   Lieutenant, 
Robert  L.   Phelps 

1st  Sergeant, 

Lynch,  Joseph  H. 


Stable    Sergeant, 
Cleveland,    William 

Supply    Sergeant, 
Sturges,   Harry  A. 

Mess    Sergeant, 

Dunn,    William    C,   Jr. 


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Sergeants: 

Carroll,    Edwin    S. 

Bowles,   Vincent   M. 

Soapes,    Fred   L. 

Sollars,    Eugene  K. 

Van  Smith,  Herbert  C. 

McClure,  Herbert  C. 

O'Toole,    Edwin   V. 
Jefferies,   Joseph   L,. 

Mize,    Charles  R. 
Corporals: 

Bryan,   Jean    P. 

Humphrey,   Lee   M. 

Ifymes,    James    E. 

Plardin,    Elmer    R. 

Kaplan,    Max 

Knight,   Rufus   W. 

McRhae,  Marion 

Miles,  Arthur  R. 

Wallace,   Jefferson    D. 

Jones,   Roy  H. 

Guard,   Frank  K. 

Stevens,    William    E. 

Lauderback,    Frank   D. 

Lewright,   Harold    L. 

Stoneking,    Clark 

Ragan,    William    E- 

Raymond,    Harry 

Maret,  Carl 

Davis,  Tom 

Johnson,    Roily 
Cooks: 

Smith,    Zenas    E. 

Wheeler,    William    O. 

Robinson,   Joseph    H. 

Chief    Mechanic, 

Martinek,  Harley  L. 
Mechanics: 

Schlie,    Arnold    F. 

Wrzeciona,    August    A. 

Wrzeciona,  Alphonso 
B. 

Horseshoers: 

Young,  Joseph  A. 
Conway,  Orville 
Greer,   William   F. 

Saddler, 

Hammontrec,    Howard 
M. 

Buglers: 

Burdick,    Ben 
Pemberton,  Jeff  D. 
Fleming,   Earl  M. 

1st    Class  Privates: 
Basham,   Ernest 
Brizendine,    Lanie 


Clasby,   George 
Cook,  Robert  P. 
Crump,    Howard    M. 
Gard,  George 
Gillispie,    Clarence    R. 
Hawkins,   Gailyard 
Henson,  Frenchie 
Huff,  Grover  A. 
Jefferies,    Albert 
Kehoe,  Martin  B. 
Kinneman,  Clarence  E. 
Lasister,   Waldon  H. 
Lasley,   Floyd 
Lutjen,    Sam    J. 
McGinty,  Archibald 
Maness,    Carl   T. 
Moyer,   Lester  W. 
Myers,  William  H. 
Nazer,  Ernest  L. 
Perdue,   Wallace 
Rice,   Martin   D. 
Radmall,   Marian  G. 
Raymond,  Homer  N. 
Reed,   Earl 
Roof,   Walter   M. 
Sisco,    Riley 
Sommers,    George   C. 
Souder,   Elmer  L. 
Strickler,   Harry   G. 
York,   Buford   I. 
Youngman,    Bruce 

Privates: 

Armstrong,    William    J. 
Beason,  Allen  W. 
Beck,   Lee 
Bell,   Albert 
Bloom,   John 
Bryant,    Geo.    S. 
Burgess,    Stanley    W. 
Bush,  Jess  J. 
Cameron,   Wallace 
Campbell,   Thos.   A. 
Carlow,  John  F. 
Conolly,    Charles    C. 
Crawford,    Melvin 
Banner,  Homer 
Davis,   Joseph 
Earle,    Arnold 
Edwards,  Claude 
Emory,  Sam 
Fay,  John  J. 
Ferguson,    Willard    L. 
Fess,   Earl  F. 
Gingrich,    William    H. 
Gladish,    Harry    E. 
Glynn,    Charles    W. 
Gossett,  Walter 


Hamby,   George   W. 
Harry,    Clements    M. 
Hillstade,   Fred 
Hines,   Fred  M. 
Huber,  George  E. 
Hutchinson,    John     B. 
Ivy,    Charles   N. 
Jacobs,    Russell    C. 
Jenkins,   Walton   P. 
Johnson, Charles    H. 
Johnson,    James    E. 
Jones,   Joseph 
Kilgore,   Jesse   E. 
Klotz,   Dewey 
Lacey,   Thomas  A. 
Lafferty,   Gilbert    D. 
Leahy,  Daniel 
Lubert,   William  II. 
McDonald,   Fred   L. 
McPherson,     Scott 
Moberly,    Stanley    F. 
Monroe,    Robert    L. 
Moss,    Elmer   L. 
Moss,   Nesell 
Myers,    Harry 
Nadow,   Thomas   L- 
Nichols,    Charles    A. 
Nixon,  Harry  M. 
Noakes,   Elmer 
Noakes,    Eugene 
Palmer,    Albert   O. 
Pemberton,   Charles  II. 
Perry,   Leroy 
Prussing,   Max   M. 
Putcheski,    John    J. 
Raub,   Paul  M. 
Reed,   Walter   P. 
Reeves,    Charles   H. 
Reynolds,    Paul    F. 
Rodgers,    Claude 
Sprenkle,   Samuel  L. 
Stewart,   Bryon  E. 
Stewart,    George 
Stinnet,    Edward    S. 
Sturges,  Ralph  A. 
Terrill,   James   S. 
Thompson,    Vernon    M. 
Toohey,    Hollis 
Unkefer,   Homer   L. 
Wallace,  Victor  F. 
Walls,   Russell  A. 
Warner,   William 
Watkins,    John 
Welch,   Harold   W. 
Whitman,    Leslie    R. 
Wilhelm,    Leslie    D. 
Williams,    Harry 


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Captain, 

Harry    B.    Allen 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Jay  M.   Lee 
1st    Lieutenant, 
.  Harry  S.  Truman 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Herbert  J.    Hale 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Clyde  C.   Clark 
1st   Sergeant, 

Dickinson,    Cedric    M. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Page,    Florian    S. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Moore,   Charles  F. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Springer,  Paul  M. 
Sergeants: 

Campbell,  Bruce  K. 

Hubler,    Charles    P. 

Duvall,   Harold 

Thayer,    Norton 

Moore,  David   N. 

Johnson,  Harry  W. 
Corporals: 

McCabe,    George    H. 

Schwartzberg,    Harry 

Dowell,   Ora   A. 

Broaddus,   John    A. 

Buchannan,    Grover    C. 

Gableman,   Fred  Jr. 

Clegg,    Arlington    L. 

Haseman,   Otto    F. 

Blewett,   Ralph  A. 

Snodgrass,   Thomas    F. 

Seifert,  Frank  L- 
Chief    Mechanic, 

Wolfe,   Charles   W. 
Bugler, 

Brickley,   John   R. 
Privates: 

Allbee,    Ernest   R. 

Anderson,    Earl    M. 

Baldwin,     Charles    A. 

Barnes,  Murle  C. 

Barnett,    Robert 

Bayer,    Otto 

Beaven,   Joseph   A. 

Beck,    Clyde   O. 

Bell,   John   F. 

Bell,   Thomas   L.    D. 

Benson,   Ernest  H. 

Berry,  Francis 

Binkley,    Otto 

Boner,   Harry 

Bradshaw,    James 

Brown,   Robert   Lee 

Caleb,   Philip   I. 

Card,    Zera   C. 


BATTEEY  F 

Kansas  City 

Carder,    Clem   C. 
Carter,    Cecil    H. 
Chinn,  Burton  E. 
Cibula,    Jake    J. 
Clav,   Louis  M. 
Collins,    Hubert    C. 
Cronemeyer,    Frede- 
rick   E. 
Dabeane,   Alois 
Denni,   Harry 
Deschazer,   Elmer  S. 
De  Talent,  Lyie   E. 
Disselhoff,    Willie 
Dooley,    Edgar    C. 
Dusky,   Jack    R. 
Earnhart,    Harry   I. 
Edwards,    Fred   J. 
Elliot,  Joseph  B. 
Emery,   Herbert  T. 
Farley,  Neal  H. 
Farris,   Fred   A. 
Faulkner,  Eugene 
Fitzpatrick,    Clement 
Ford,   John   R. 
Fulton,   Edd 
Galle,   Fred 
Gold,   Louis 
Griffith,    Rolland    J. 
Hachinsky,    Stanley   M. 
Hackley,    Porter    L. 
Harding,   Will.'am   V. 
Harland,    Frank   G. 
Harper,    Charles   E- 
Henderickson,   Evar 
Henley,   Michael  A. 
Hibbert,    Chester   A. 
Hoffman,    Jake 
Hollman,   John 
Housley,    Gilbert    O. 
Irish,  Fred  F. 
Jacobs,   Eugene 
Jacobson,    Edward 
Jarvis,    Robert    L. 
Jennings,    Edwin    S. 
Johnson,    Adolph 
Jones,  Wilbur  M. 
Keith,    Francis    O. 
Kobs,    Adolph   J. 
Landman,   Raymond    H 
Lang,  Fred  M. 
Littler,  Jesse  C. 
Long,    Ray   E 
Lucas,  John   I. 
McAUan,  John  F. 
McDowell,    Landi?    D. 
Mailen,    James    H. 
Mandl,    Frank   J. 
Mang,   Carl    C. 
Mattack,   James   F. 
Mikesell,    Loy   G. 


Milan,    William    E. 
Miller,  Harry 
Miller,   James   B. 
Mohesky,    Tony 
Moore,   Hugh   C. 
Morgan,   Harold   N. 
Murray,    Benjamin   R. 
Newall,  James  A.  L. 
Occhipinto,    Dominic 
Otis,   Thomas   A. 
Parker,   Roy   H. 
Phillips,  Harvey   C. 
Pryor,    Roy    E. 
Richeson,   Louis  H. 
Robinson,   Earl 
Ruger,   Fred  J. 
Russell,  Thomas  H. 
Salloom,   Philip 
Sanford,  John   R. 
Scott,  Walter  W. 
Shanklin,     William     N. 
Sickel,   John 
Sidoreus,    Hilon 
Smith,    Elza   C. 
Smith,  Michael  J. 
Springer,   John    T. 
Stearns,    Morris    L. 
Stone,  Arthur  L. 
Strode,  John  R. 
Sturdy,   Orvis  A. 
Stutenkemper,    Her- 
bert  F. 
Swartz,  Milton  E. 
Talbott,   Jack 
Thiell,  Rex  F. 
Thomas,    Donald   R. 
Thomsen,    Emil    H. 
Toomey,  Victor 
Trumbull,   Ralph   W. 
Ulrey,   Ernest 
Ulrey,   Henry    L. 
Urick,    Hoyt 
Van  Luchene,  Rene 
Wachtel,    Siegmund 
Wagner,    William    L. 
Warren,   Henry  L. 
Warriner,    Homer    W. 
Watson,  Leon 
Weber,   Paul   J. 
Wells,  Guy  O. 
White,   Joe   H. 
Wiggans,    Roy  W. 
Winfrey,    Guy    M. 
Williams,    Starkey    L- 
Wilson,   Edmund   W. 
Wilson,    Elsworth    W. 
Wood,    Earl    N. 
Wright,     Chandler     P. 
Wren,   George 
Young,   Eugene   L. 
Zander,  Paul  D. 


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SANITAEY  DETACHMENT 
Kansas  City 


Major, 

Charles    E.    Wilson 
1st    Lieutenant, 

James  T.    Brown 
Veterinarians: 
2d    L,ieutenant, 

Timothy  Riley 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Carl   Parker 


1st    Sergeant, 

Falk,  Harry  S. 
Privates: 

Anthony,   John   B. 

Bohlken,   Ed  M. 

Cadman,    Lester    E. 

Coover,    Clay   C. 

Eckerle,    Leo    J. 


Hensley,    Marshall    A. 
Key,  J.    Glenn 
McKelly,    Robert   C. 
Merritt,   John    P. 
Pearson,   Lavell  D. 
Phillips,    Georg-e    K. 
Redding,    James    J. 
Thomson,   Virgil   G. 
Walker,    Henry 


FIRST  SEPARATE  BATTALION  ENGINEERS 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

Kansas  City 


Major, 

Edward    M.     Stayton, 
Commanding 


Capt.  &  Adjt., 
Frank  R.  Jones 

Sergeant  Major, 
Burgess,  Elbert  E. 


Master  Engineers,  J.   G. 
King,    Sherwood   R. 
Kryder,    Kenneth   E. 
Sparr,    Russell  J. 


Captain, 

Arly   L.   Hedrick 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Bert  R.  Mullen 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Frank   E-   Lewis 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Amos    D.    Johnson,    Jr. 
Sergeants: 

Phillips,    Loren    D. 

Cloman,    Frank    W. 

Lasson,    Joe    R. 

Nash,    Maurice    IC. 

Neil,  Wallace  M. 

Degen,    Albert    G. 
Privates: 

Abbandonato,    Tony 

Adams,   James   F. 

Allen,  Harry  D. 

Armstrong,   William 
W. 

Arnold,     Frank     A. 

Bailey,    Robert    P. 

Bartholomei,    George 
D. 

Batliner,    Aloysius    R. 

Becker,    Charles   A. 

Beckett,   William  C. 

Belman,    John    A. 

Berlew,    Gilbert    G. 

Bolton,    William    M. 

Boyle,    Robert    W. 

Brooks,   Benjamin   F. 

Cantwell,  James   F. 


COMPANY  A 

Kansas  City 

Carson,    William    G. 
Cashman,  Hugh  B. 
Child,   Allen    P. 
Cook,    Ralph    W. 
Curtis,    George    L. 
Douglas,    William   R. 
Duckworth,   Albert 
Dwinnell,    Paul    F. 
Edwards,    George   A. 
Kisel,    Lester    F. 
Elkins,    James    R. 
Ernst,   Arthur  J. 
Filley,    Ralph    E. 
Floyd,    Earl   B. 
Fox,   Albert   L. 
Ford,  Daniel  J. 
Frederick,    Will   A. 
Friel,   Joe  J. 
Gabrielson,    Arthur 
Ganzer,    Ernest    A. 
Gardner,  James  M. 
Greene,    Frank   M. 
Gundelfinger,    Forrest 

C. 
ITagerty,    John    Pler- 

bert,   Jr. 
Hanson,    Berger    E. 
Hays,    Louis    R. 
Henderson,    George    P. 
Herndon,   Roy   B. 
Hicks,    Willard    W. 
Hoech,    Howard    H. 
Houk,    William    T. 
Huber,   Scott   F. 


Hymer,    James   A. 
Jones,   William   D. 
Kannally,    Wm.    P. 
Kelley,  Edward  L. 
Kemp,   Ward   C. 
Kimbrough,   Roch   L. 
Lord,  James  B. 
Ludwig,    Henry   J. 
Lute,    Floyd   A. 
McBride,   Mead  W. 
McConnell,   Donald  F. 
McCormack,   Roger  W. 
McFall,   Danief  L. 
McGinnis,   Milton   S. 
Magtutu,   Pedro  L. 
Messing,    Benjamin    R. 
Mowan,   Howard   F. 
Myers,    Deo   P. 
Newlund,    Vern    L. 
Nichols,   Alex   R. 
Occhipinti,    Sebastain 
Palmer,    Elmer    L. 
Pearce,    Richard 
Pearson,   Clarence   T. 
Phillips,    Willie    K. 
Portman,    Harry 
Pottorff,   Fred   C. 
Reynolds,    Charles 
Reynolds,  Joseph  W. 
Richards,    Samuel   E. 
Rider,   William   G. 
Scharf,   Charles  R. 
Scharf,  Henry  W. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Schmeltz,     Joe     A. 
Schramm,     Edward 

R.   J. 
Schumacher,    William 

H. 
Sewell,     Quay    Donald 
Simmons,     Maurice 

M. 
Smith,    Floyd    E. 
Snyder,   Walter  C. 


St.  Clair,  Haston  L. 
Steeber,    William    O. 
Steele,      Ezekiel   K. 
Stewart,   Charles    H. 
Tallquist,     Harold    A. 
Tillery,  James  W. 
Tommasini,    Joseph 
Turpen,    Oliver   Phillip 
Veberg,     Charles     D. 
Vickers,  Jas.  M. 


Vogel,   Edwin   John 
Waters,    Charles    W. 
Watterson,     Olgie 
White,    Chester   A. 
White,    Edward    Ever- 
ett 
Whitney,  Edward  Lee 
Williams,  Thomas  H. 
Wills,   Arthur   E- 
Wilson,    Ernest   D. 


Captain, 

Edward  E.  McKeighan 
1st  Lieutenant, 

James  A.   Moore 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Lawrence  G.   For- 
sythe 
2d  Lieutenant, 

Roy   C.    Hedges 
1st  Sergeant, 

Dunwoody,    Charles 
G. 

1st    Class    Sergeant, 

Arnold,   Gerald   O. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Wiershing,    Roy 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Pypes,    Columbus    D. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Hogue,     Clarence    H. 
Sergeants : 

Spalding,    Gilbert    M. 

Chockley,    Frederick 

Nielsen,  Chris 

Lent,   John   R. 
Corporals ; 

Laudermilk,  Jerome  D 

Pearson,    Henry   E. 

Perry,    William    H. 

Hodnett,   Oscar  M 

Hazlett,    William    S. 

Simms,    Byron   V. 

R'g'gs,    John    E. 

Bell,    Thaddeus    Henry 

Johnson,    Iver    K. 
Privates : 

Adams,  Arthur 

Adams,   William  R 

Allen,     Bert    S. 

Armstrong,    George 
W. 

Borden,    George  A. 

Bryant,     Emmett    G. 

Bumps,   John   W. 


COMPANY  B 
Kansas  City 

Carey,    Walter    R. 
Carney,  Rufe  H. 
Childs,   Edward  B. 
Chinn,    Charles 
Cordell,    Carl    L. 
Courts,   Earl 
Crockett,    Roy    L. 
Dailey,    Vincent 
Degen,    Albert    G. 
Dougherty,    Ralph    E- 
Douglass,    Earl   J. 
Duggins,    Hubert 
Dunn,    Virgil    L. 
Evans,    Francis    E. 
Fenton,   Jasper   B. 
Flowers,    Printes 
Fortune,    Joseph 
Foster,    Richard 
Geiger,    Robert    F. 
Gilmore,    George    F. 
Givens,   William  O. 
Golver,    Ralph    E. 
Gowan,   William   M. 
Green,    Earl    C. 
Groceman,    William    E. 
Hallam,  Charles  W. 
Haynis,    John    H. 
Hetherington,   John   V. 
Hirsh,  Emil 
Hodel,    William    I. 
Ivan,  Louis  C. 
Jackson,    Donald    G. 
Johnston,    Osby 
Kelley,    David    E. 
Krebs,    Walter    K. 
Lakey,   Leonard   A. 
Lapetina,    Tony 
Lattner,     Wendalyn 

H. 
McAshan,   James    E. 
McCandlish,  Robert  M 
McCIaflin,   Bert  W. 
McNaught,    William 

H. 
Madsen,    Michael    F. 
Magee,    Will   C. 
Mann,    Orrin    R. 


Mapted,    Frederick 
Mercer,    Emory 
Merrill,     Starr    S. 
Miller,    Charles    G. 
Miller,    Lewis    W. 
Miller,    William    E. 
Minshall,     Wyatt 
Mitchell,     Charles     G. 
Mitts,    Frank    H. 
Morris,    Walter  L. 
Newby,    Harry    S. 
Odgaard,     Henning    P. 
Ogletree,     William    T. 
Page,    William    L. 
Peterson,   Rector   E. 
Pipes,    Byron    C. 
Pizinger,    Chas.    A. 
Prewett,    Harry    C. 
Remey,  Thomas  G. 
Rew,  Frank  W. 
Richmond,    Chester    L. 
Robinson,     Edward    E. 
Robinson,     George     H. 
Scott,   Gerald 
Shelton,    Wm.    F. 
Shirkey,     Charles     M. 
Smith,    William    I. 
Stoffle,    Jewell   J. 
Straw,    James    F. 
Supple,    Patrick  J. 
Thompson,    Marion    G. 
Todd,    Joseph    W. 
Tompkins,    Harry    M. 
Turner,    Walter    B. 
Tutt,  Arthur  C. 
Twin,    Louis 
Valasz,   Jose 
Veach,    Bert    W. 
Vincent,    Eddie    M. 
Walker,    Barnett    E. 
Wamsley,  George  J. 
Wilkinson,    Gilbert    M. 
Willis,    Charles    E. 
Wright,   William   S. 
Young,    Bert 
Young,     Ernest     R. 
Zondler,    Albert    Chas. 


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Captain, 

Walter  K.   Palmer 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Richard    W.    Cunning- 
ham 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Charles   F.   Curry 
2d    Lieutenant, 

John    K.    Noonan 
1st    Sergeant, 

Keifer,    Joseph    W. 
Sergeants : 

Withers,    Clarence    W. 

Nash,    Harold 

Schneider,    George    A. 

Stone,    Charles    R. 

Campbell,     Harry    A. 
Corporals : 

Martin,    Fred    B. 

Cohn,    Reuben    R. 

Oetken,     Walter 

Colvin,    Charles 

Berger,    Clyde    D. 

Higdon,     Allen     B. 
Privates  : 

Adams,    James 

Adams,     William 

Adler,    Charles 

Allred,   Kenneth    L. 

Angel,     Oscar    L. 

Angel,   William   IJ. 

Baer,    Fred    C. 

Baker,    Charles   A. 

Baldwin,    Paul    R. 

Brandt,    Ernest    H. 

Braymer,    George    W. 

Braymer,  Leslie   L. 


COMPANY  0 
Kansas  City 

Bryant,    Chauncey    L. 
Bugbee,    Harvey    H. 
Burelli,     Carmino 
Burns,    Densil 
Campbell,    Bertie   J. 
Cashman,    Patrick    J. 
Clapper,    Robert 
Collins,    Whitman    G. 
Cox,   Charles  B. 
Crow,    Russell    P. 
Elliott,    Loren    J. 
Flagg,   Dalzey  C. 
Fulkerson,    Charles    E. 
Golden,    Arthur    L. 
Hatton,    Lester    H. 
Herman,    Fred 
Helton,    John    Henry 
Hostetter,     Frank     L. 
Hughes,    Joseph    N. 
Hughes,   Thomas  J. 
Jarrell,    Earl 
Johnson,    Frank 
Johnson,     William     W. 
Kinsey,   Harry  W. 
Lane,    Marquis    M. 
Lawrence,   Ewing  M. 
Lee,  Harley 
Legg,    E.    M. 
Leibourtz,    Jacob 
Little,  Russell 
McBee,    Frank   W.    W. 
McCaleb,    Flavins   M. 
McCracken,   Ronald   E. 
McCormick,    Walter 

H. 
McLaughlin,     Patrick 
McWilliams,    Harry 

Paul 
Marcelly,    Roxey    J. 


May,    Francis   A. 
Meeks,   Everett 
Meyers,   Alfred   L- 
Mitchell,    Lige 
Moldovan,    Nicholas 
Moore,    James    H. 
Niswander,   William 

E. 
Olson,  Harold 
Payne,    Harold    B. 
Petre,    Joseph 
Reeves,    John 
Regnier,    Felix 
Remper,   Earnest  C. 
Rigg,    Otto    P. 
Riley,    Earl   L. 
Rohwer,  William 
Skaggs,   Ray 
Smith,    Charles    O. 
Smith,    Emery    J. 
Smith,    Norman 
Staff,    Ralph    E. 
Sturtevant,   Ira  A. 
Sutherland,   Lyle  W. 
Sutton,    Edward   T. 
Sutton,    Oscar  O. 
Thomas,   Arthur   L. 
Thompson,    George 
Turner,    Allan    F. 
Turner,    Leland    G. 
Turrentine,    George 

S. 
Watts,   Otis   L. 
Wilhelm,   Henry  L. 
Williams,     Claude 
Williams,    Clyde 
Williams,    Gordon 
Wilson,    Edgar   O. 
Wilt.    Walter    C. 


MOTOR  SUPPLY  TRAIN 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

St.  Louis 


Major, 

Carl  O.  Houseman, 
Commanding 
1st    Lieut.    &    Bn.   Adjt.,     1st    Class    Sergeant, 

Lawrence    C.    Sherrill  Trayser,    Lew 


Q.     M.     Sergeants : 

Hereford,  James  E.  Jr. 
Page,  James  D. 


1st    Class   Chauffeurs: 
Ruler,   Orville  V. 
Zirwes,    Adolpli 

Asst.    Chauffeur, 
Walker,    George    E. 


TRUCK  COMPANY  NO.  1 
St.  Louis 


1st    Lieutenant, 

Horace    B.    Fitzwil- 
liam 


1st   Class   Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 
McHugh,  Darius  M. 


Sergeants,    Asst    Truck- 
masters  : 
Curran,    Irvine    F. 


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Hays,   William   O. 

Hagerman,   Harry  A. 
Sergeant,     Clerk, 

Young,   Stephen    B. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Lipschultz,     Jack     H. 
Sergeant,     Mechanic, 

Finney,  Joe  C. 
Cooks: 

Morse,   Reed   P. 

Queensen,    Arthur    O. 

1st   Class   Chauffeurs: 
Armstrong,    Ardra    B. 
Baltz,    George    W. 
Barnhart,  Francis  L. 
Brashear,    Harry    J. 
Brock,    Louis    R. 
Connors,    Albert    J. 


Cox,    Frnest    Virgil 
Crouch,    James    Nick 
Daney,    Fugene    M. 
Farthall,    Otto    Arthur 
Farnum,  Albert  J. 
Fisch,    Raymond    F. 
Flannery,    Charles    E. 
Gallagher,   James   J. 
Haeberle,   Alois   G. 
Henerforth,    Charles 
Hoge,  Oliver  C. 
Kassing,    Fred,    Jr. 
Kenney,    Joseph    S. 
Kieran,    John 
Lingle,    Lester    L. 
Prass,   Hugo   W. 
Ritchie,    William    J. 
Roehl,    Otto   J. 


Schwieder,    Andrew   D. 

Siedentop,    William 

Simon,   Bernard   H. 

Simpson,    Sidney    E. 

Stupp,  Walter  E. 
1st    Class    Privates,    Asst. 
Mechanics: 

Hahn,    Howard   F. 

Key,    George    A. 
Privates,  Asst.   Chauf- 
feurs : 

Allen,    James    W. 

Moore,    Eugene   W. 

Ostrander,    James   H. 

Owen,   Archibald   C. 

Pfiffer,    Stephen    E. 

Portz,    Walter   J. 

Schworm,    George 

Wagener,    Abon    E. 


TRUCK  COMPANY  NO.  2 


1st    Lieutenant, 

Charles    J.     McElhiney 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 

Scott,   George  M. 
Sergeant,   Clerk, 

Ashcroft,   Jerome    L. 
Sergeant,    Asst.    Truck- 
masters: 

Keyes,    Arthur    A. 

McCormack,    Maurice 
A. 

Parker,  King  L- 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Roth,    Paul   A. 
Sergeant,    Mechanic, 

Barrett,    John    B. 
Cooks : 

Doerr,    Harry 

Wellman,    Henry    G. 
1st   Class   Chauffeurs: 

Bollwerk,    John    J. 

Buse,    Edwin    P. 


St.  Loins 

Canning,  Robert  J., 

Jr. 
Chandler,  Leon  H. 
Chorlins,   William   A. 
Cobb,    Virgil    Guy 
Dietz,   Benjamin   G. 
Driemeyer,    Fred    A. 
Freeman,   Thomas    W. 
Greenwood,    Daniel    F. 
Grote,    Edward    H. 
Gunn,    Howard    P. 
Hoehn,    George   S. 
Jahns,    Raymond   J. 
Jehle,    Charles,    Jr. 
Johnston,    William   A. 
Kaler,    Basil    F. 
Kelley,   James    D. 
Krieger,   Edward  J. 
Kuechler,   Edward   G. 
London,    Oscar    G. 
Lynch,   Joseph    T. 
McFall,    Edward    L. 
Martin,    John    R. 


Meyers,   Robert  D. 

Nelson,   Arthur   A. 

Robertson,    Lloyd   J. 

Roetter,   William  W. 

Rombach,   Emil  F. 

Ronowsky,    Frank 

Schindler,    Edward    F. 

Schutten,   Melvin   C. 

Shilling,   Bernard   J. 
Privates,    1st   Class   Asst. 
Mechanics : 

Hasekamp,  Harry  C. 

Joaquin,   Nathan    E. 
Privates,    Asst.    Chauf- 
feurs : 

Beeler,    William    B. 

Dahl,   Vester 

Goetzhain,    Oscar   A. 

McCarthy,    Walter 

McMillan,    Louis   A. 

Miehlhaures,    Fred 

Spaulding,    Michael    H. 

Straub,    Charles    P. 


TRUCK  COMPANY  NO.  3 
St.  Louis 


1st   Lieutenant, 

Charles    H.    Wells 
1st   Class   Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 

Arendes,    Gustave    M. 
Sergeant,    Clerk, 

Bonnet,    William 
Sergeant,      Asst.      Truck- 
masters  : 

Grimes,    Charles    F. 

Harms,    Erwin    C. 

McKinney,    James    M. 


Mess    Sergeant, 

O'Donnell,  Edmund  A. 
Sergeant,    Mechanic, 

Atkinson,    Robert    J. 
Cooks : 

Feagan,   Henry   C. 

Zumbro,    Edward    E. 
1st    Class    Chauffeurs: 

Altmansberger,    John 
F. 

Barrett,   Harry  J. 

Barry,   William 


Cunningham,    Frank 
Fly,  Arthur  M. 
French,  Thomas  H.   P. 
Grieb,   John    O. 
Hardesty,    Fred   J. 
Hennessy,    Stephen    T. 
Hrdlicka,  Joseph   F. 
King,  Wilson 
Kirkwood,    Raymond 
Kirsch,    George    F. 
Krudup,    Herman    H., 
Jr. 


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Lightner,    Edward 
Ivockridge,    Charles    S. 
Long,   Curtis 
May,    Lawrence    E. 
Quinn,    Lon    E. 
Reynolds,    William    B. 
Rogers,    Willard    S. 
Schlothauer,    Henry 
Schwartz,    Elmer  J. 
Sheeks,    John    E. 
Sieving,    Martin 


Smith,    Walter    M. 
Spangler,   Harry    E. 
Speier,   Jerome 
Stuart,    Allen    P. 
Wallace,    Herbert 
Waltman,    John    C. 
Ward,    William    J. 
Watson,   Raymond   L. 
Privates,    1st    Class   Asst. 
Mechanics : 
Hallback,    Aaron    P. 
Redden,   Allen  C. 


Privates,    Asst.    Chauf- 
feurs : 

Bergman,    Frederick 
Blume,    Elmer   F. 
Fox,    Dewey    L. 
Gurley,    Thomas    E. 
Kelley,    Charles    R. 
Kemp,  William  J. 
Marshall,    Murrell    E. 
Rhoads,   Harry   G. 
Stern,    Harry    J. 


TRUCK  COMPANY  NO.  4 
St.  Louis 


1st    Lieutenant, 

George  A.   Griffith 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 

Absolom,  James  H.,  Jr. 
Sergeant,    Clerk, 

Steding,   Harry   M. 
Sergeants,    Asst.    Truck- 
masters  : 

Hutchison,  James  A. 

Gegenbauer,    Joseph 
A. 

Vance,  Chester  A. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Steding,    John    A. 
Sergeant,    Mechanic, 

Anderson,    William    R. 
Cooks: 

Pace,   Charles 

Alt,    Albert    J. 
1st   Class   Chauffeurs: 

Anderson,  James  C. 


Bakula,    Edward 
Bankson,    Randolph    T. 
Bess,    Eugene 
Bisgen,    Joseph    A. 
Burks,    Walter   L. 
Cowdery,    Archie 
Coultas,    Wilson    J. 
Day,    Raymond    J. 
Dinkle,    Joseph    A. 
Dixon,    Raymond    G. 
Files,    Wilbur    R. 
Frank,   Joseph,   Jr. 
Gillham,    Willard    C. 
Gokenbach,    Walter    P. 
Hamilton,  Albert  D. 
Kester,   Joseph    R.,    Jr. 
Lawrence,    Boyd    E. 
IVtarquitz,    Oliver   C. 
Martin,    Carl    W. 
Rafferty,    Gerard    A. 
Reed,    Eugene    B. 
Reis,    O.    Louis 
Richardson,    Irvin    L. 
Rebley,    Lester   C. 


Rossman,  Edwin  F. 

Ruschenberg,    Oliver 

Schmidt,    Charles 

Schnaus,    John    F. 

Spies,    Clarence 

Votova,    John 

Wiedmer,   William    F. 

Williams,    Phillip   A. 
Privates,    1st    Class, 
Mechanics  : 

Byrne,  Frank  P. 

Thompson,    Roy    M. 
Privates,    Asst.    Chauf- 
feurs: 

Jaeckel,    Frederick    W. 

Kolwvck,    Richard    P. 

McGill,    John    T. 

Mathewson,     Warren 
H. 

Morrell,    Jesse    R. 

Moss,    Daniel 

Rausendorf,    August 
H. 

Walsh,    Frank   J. 


1st   Lieutenant, 

James    A.     Wright 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 

Ketchel,     Leon     J. 
Sergeant,   Clerk, 

Morgan,     Lindsay    A. 
Sergeant,   Asst.    Truck- 
masters  : 

Dugan,   Edward   M. 

McHugh,  Jerome  L. 

Tharp,   Lon   O. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Greer,  Henry  P. 
Sergeant,   Mechanic, 

Mundell,  Ralph   E. 


TRUCK  COMPANY  NO.  5 

Springfield 

Cooks : 

Weaver,   Ernest  H. 

Morey,  Cyril  M. 
1st   Class   Chauffeurs: 

Arnold,    Edwin    E. 

Beidenlinden,    William 
A. 

Carter,   Otis  W. 

Council,    Alexander    C. 

Crouch,   William  M. 

Fearl,    Robert    C. 

Fowler,  Harry  P. 

Hastings,    William    O. 

Johnson,   William  A. 

Kintrea,    Edwin   R. 

Kirkey,    Clarence    W. 

Klosson,   Helmet   C. 


Miller,  Paul 
Morgan,   Jesse   O. 
Palmer,    Charles    C. 
Patterson,    Leslie 
Pierce,  Abial  R. 
Pilkinton,    William    H. 
Roberts,  John  P. 
Shadburn,    Thomas    P. 
Shannahan,     Eugene 

W. 
Shockley,    Richard    S. 
Shavely,   Ralph    H. 
Spencer,    Bonnie 
Stine,    William    K. 
Stolp,    Elmer   S    . 
Thomas,    Elmer   V. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Thompson,   Charles  N. 
Tisdell,   Lee    E. 
Turner,   WiUiam    E. 
Walker,  John   D. 
Whittington,  Ralph  M. 
Privates,    1st    Class    Asst. 
Mechanics: 


Clark,  John   E. 
Workman,   Ross,  Jr. 
Privates,  Asst.,  Chauf- 
feurs : 
Blanchette,    Lawrence 
Dickinson,   Llewellyn 


Emery,    Claude    S. 
Hamel,   Joshua    W. 
Malone,  Leonard  B. 
Murphy,   Robert   A. 
Voris,    Green    H. 
Young,    Ernest    J. 


TKUCK  COMPANY  NO.  6 
St,  Joseph 


1st   Lieutenant, 

Max   P.    Habecker 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 
Truckmaster, 

Vinburg,  Anthony  F. 
Sergeant,    Clerk, 

Marcell,   Albert 
Sergeant,    Asst.    Truck- 
masters  : 

Hedges,   Harry   G. 

Knudson,    Charles    G. 

Sherwood,    Joseph 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Hopkins,    Robert   T. 
Sergeant,    Mechanic, 

Fishel,    Melzer    W. 
Cooks: 

Banes,  Arthur 

Lee,    Fred 
1st  Class  Chauffeurs: 

Allen,    Howard   K. 

Bova,    William 


Bower,     Carl 
Brown,   William   G. 
Casey,    Edward   P. 
Castle,    Minor 
Castle,    Orie    E. 
Courtney,   James   M. 
Drummond,    William 

L. 
Farris,    Herbert    G. 
Garrod,   Robert   O. 
Hanke,    Henry    J. 
Hanke,    Paul    J. 
Herndon,    Ray    C. 
Hinde,    Thomas    M. 
Irsik,   Leo  M. 
Jackson,   Howard 
Jager,   Clarence   J. 
Koch,    Charles    R. 
McKinney,   Albert  M. 
Madinger,     Otto 
Muster,   John 
Ogden,    Clyde    W. 
Reury,    Fred 


Schmitt,    P'rank    O. 

Starmer,    Bringle    W. 

Steidel,    Harry    J. 

Stueck,   Herman   C. 

Tooey,    Robert    B. 

Walters,   Vailey   M. 

Wiehl,  Gerard 

Wiley,    Beuford   J. 

Worland,  John 
Privates,    1st   Class   Asst. 
Mechanics: 

Beihl,   Louis,   Jr. 

Hemenover,  Cort  H. 
Privates,    Asst.    Chauf- 
feurs : 

Elliott,   Joseph   F. 

Harmon,    Jesse    M. 

Hudson,    Haden    S. 

McCoy,    Albert    A. 

Madden,    Johnny 

Russell,    Earl    R. 

Schaff,    Charles   F. 

Tays,  Wilbur 


1ST  SEPARATE  TROOP,  MPSSOURI  CAVALRY 
St.  Louis 


Captain, 

Edward  J.   Ruf, 

Commanding 
1st  Lieutenant, 

John     A.     Hatfield 
2d   Lieutenant, 

William  C.   McCarron 
1st   Sergeant, 

Smith,    Ruskin    A. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Williams,   Edwin  C. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Guyot,    Charles   A. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Ross,    Edward    B. 
Sergeants: 

Tranel,    Anthony    H. 

Schenk,   George  E. 

McCormick,    William 
F. 

Patterson,  Coombs 

Hamma,   Carl   A. 

Feiner,    Geo.    W. 


Corporals: 

Williams,    Victor    E. 

Huff,    Hugo    F. 

Sain,    Frank   J. 

Kamm,    Carl    B. 

James,    Kessler 

Espy,   Albert    L. 

Chauvin,  Charles   B. 

Young,    William    C. 

Pollard,    Geo.    H. 
Horseshoers : 

Dunlap,    Orlie 

Anderson,  Arthur  C. 
Buglers : 

Moore,    Silas    S. 

Newman,  Arthur  E. 
Cook, 

Ehrman,    Karl 
1st    Class    Privates:     ■ 

Brown,    Hayward 

Burnley,   Boniface  J. 

Desmond,    Elmer    H. 

Kretzer,    John    F. 


Linton,   Melville   L. 
Palphrey,   William   G. 
Rodgers,    Milton 
Teason,    Clifford   J. 
Ulrich,    Elmer  L. 
Woodard,  James  E. 
Privates : 
Axtell,   Hall 
Beal,  Bruce  A. 
Bebee,    Joseph    A. 
Becker,    Howard    R. 
Bell,   John    H.,   Jr. 
Bockhurst,    Charles 

W. 
Bradshaw,    Erwin    J. 
Brewster,   Harry    E. 
Cantwell,    Harry   J., 

Jr. 
Cardwell,   Elmer  F. 
Carter,    Robert    L. 
Cooley,   Charles   F.,  Jr. 
Dickey,   Clifford   E. 
Donnel,    Everett   M. 


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Edmondson,    L,eonard 

K. 
Ehrman,  Karl 
Ellison,  Augustus  B. 
Fowler,    Alonzo    F. 
French,    Schuyler    S. 
Gautier,   Pierre   T. 
Giblin,    Edward    J. 
Goeble,    Frederick  J. 
Hancock,    Lesleigh 
Hancock,    Murray  J. 
Howe,   Neal   A. 
Huck,    Louis    A. 
Jackson,   Herbert    M. 
Jeffers,   Jack   A. 
Jeffries,    Charles    R. 
Jordan,    Davis    I. 
Junge,     Frederick     A. 
Kretzer,    Elmer    L. 


Lanigan,    Earl   M. 
Liess,    Daniel   R. 
McCann,  Edward  J. 
Montfort,    Earl    D. 
Morgan,    John    A. 
Murphy,    Melvin   J. 
Nathan,    Frank   E. 
Newman,    George    VV. 
Nies,    Frederick   J. 
Noonan,    Allan    S. 
Overman,    John    R. 
Parker,    Robert    B. 
Parker,    Thomas 
Penning,    Carl   A. 
Prendergast,    George 

E. 
Rapp,   Arthur   G. 
Rodgers,  Atwell 


Schoen,    Carl    H. 
Selkirk,     Benjamin    J. 
Sennewald,    Ferdinand 

W. 
Sindel,  Thomas   F. 
Smith,   David  J. 
Speed,    Lloyd   J. 
Spencer,   Charles   S. 
Stone,  J.    Boyd 
Sullivan,    Richard    W. 
Tivy,    John    B. 
Uehlie,    Walter    E. 
Van    der    Lippe,    Paul 

F. 
Vetter,    John    E. 
Walker,    George    B. 
Wall,  George  C. 
Watson,    Melvin   G. 
Wootten,   Rieff 


FIRST  MISSOURI  FIELD  HOSPITAL 


Major, 

Oliver  C.    Gebhart 
Captain, 

Thomas   J.    Lynch 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Charles    Greenberg 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Robert    E.    Crabtree 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Otto  A.    Schmid 
1st    Class   Sergeants, 

Dorsey,   Robert   M. 

Dorsey,    Stephen    A. 

King,    Cortez,     E- 
Sergeants: 

McDaniel,  James   E. 

Classen,    Edwin   J. 

Carter,    John    M. 

Daggett,    Boone   L. 

McAleer,  Hugh  D. 
Cooks : 

Hinckley,   Irving   M. 

Septka,   Harold   F. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Alsfasser,    Mathias 

Baertels,     Gerhard    J. 

Bassing,    Francis    J. 

Bauerlein,    James    G. 

Betts,   Thomas   R. 

Bolton,   Alexander  J. 

Boyle,  Clifford  S. 

Boyle,    Wave    P. 


St.  Joseph 

Bramel,    Glenn    C. 
Brooks,   Louis    V. 
Burvenich,    Oscar    A. 
Dornhoffer,    Louis   J. 
Ehler,     William    R. 
Gardner,   Robert   L. 
Hadley,    Leslie   F. 
Hanavan,    Charles    T. 
Hatch,    Pearne    P. 
Hutton,    Carl    S. 
Kimber,    Harry    E. 
King,   Sabe 
Kuehn,   Curt    E. 
Optican,    Abe    G. 
Palmer,    Virgil    B. 
Policy,    Albert    D. 
Pursel,  Dean  C. 
Randall,    Adolph    L. 
Retzer,    Edgar   F. 
Shaw,    Robert   L. 
Showers,  George  F. 
Shubert,    John    J. 
Slaybaugh,  John   B. 
Whitehead,    Edward 
A. 
Privates : 

Adams,   Charles   M. 
Binnicker,   Ray   E. 
Binnickqr,    Walter    A. 
Black,    William    II. 
Borden,    Duncan 
Butler,    Ralph    M. 
Cardry,  William  R. 


Carter,   Perry  W. 
Cole,    Lawrence    V. 
Collins,    Ernest    B. 
Compton,     Earl    B. 
Conard,    Raymond 
Consodine,   Thomas   J. 
Doherty,    Charles    G. 
Fisher,    Robert    H. 
Foster,    Thomas    W. 
Garlich,    Emil    J. 
Garvey,    Lawrence    J. 
Grieshaber,    Rudolph 

c. 

Henry,    Charles    L. 
Hinckley,    Warren    H. 
Houck,   WiUiam    E., 

Howard,    Frederick    E. 
Hurst,    Norman    W. 
Jones,    Henry   M. 
Kier,    Thomas    B. 
Logan,    Cecil    E- 
Lowry,   Merle  A. 
McDonald,   Leo   F. 
Moeck,    John    B. 
Sellers,    Eugene   H. 
Shafer,   Harry   C. 
Sherman,    Arthur    P. 
Showers,    William    B. 
Smith,    Frank    R. 
Throckmorton,    Harry 
Wilson,   John   W.,  Jr. 
Windsor,    Frederick   T. 


SECOND  MISSOURI  FIELD  HOSPITAL 
Chamois 


Major, 

William    W.    Gilbert 


1st    Lieutenant, 
Hans   Schaerrer 


1st    Lieutenant, 
Isaac   G.    Cook 


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FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


1st  Lieutenant, 

Henry    L.    Rothman 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Cyrus    P.    McRaven 
1st   Sergeant, 

Pahmeier,    Robert    H. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Stomer,    Ralph    D. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Parks,  Cecil  R. 
Sergeants : 

Meyer,    Bernard    C. 

Ehler,   Otto 

Lindhorst,    Loyd    G. 

McDaniel,   Buell   VV. 
Corporals : 

Kahmann,   Ray 

Spreckelmeyer,   Ches- 
ter  O. 

Odor,    Carlyle   K. 
Cooks : 

Dessieux,     Paul     Berry 

Roberts,    Luther 

Rinne,     George    H. 
Horseshoer, 

Malan,    Cyrus    C. 
Saddler, 

McDaniel,    Ray    B. 
Farrier, 

Brandt,    Irving    A. 


Mechanic, 

Walker,   Major   R. 
Trumpeters : 

Lecurn,    Hugo   Hubert 

Griffith,   Harry   E. 
Privates : 

Baclesse,  Louis  A. 

Baclesse,    Guffrie    E. 

Baker,  Joseph   D. 

Bascom,    Harold    C. 

Boyce,   Boyd  R. 

Boss,   Emil  P. 

Branson,    Lewis 

Branson,   Tim 

Branson,    William 

Carnes,    Stanley    R. 

Childers,     Elmer 

Clark,    Irvie    L. 

Clover,    George    A. 

Cramer,     Buell     B. 

Curtit,    William    C. 

Deakins,   William   B. 

Ferguson,    William    A. 

Glavin,    Thomas    E. 

Haynes,    Floyd    E. 

Hesch,    Walter    P. 

Hug,   Paul  Walter 

Kampschweder,    Harry 
M. 

Kleithermes,    Joseph 
H. 

Lalk,   Oscar  B. 


Lannon,    Harry   J. 

Leonard,    William 

McDaniel,    Charles    L. 

McKnight,  James  T. 

Maxwell,   Ezra  T. 

Miller,    William    L. 

Neumann,     Arthur    M. 

Nichols,   John    S. 

O'Brien,  David  W. 

Patterson,    Edward    L. 

Patterson,    Marvin 
•Potter,   Stanley   C. 

Renfro,    Gus    Haskell 

Renfro,  William  J. 

Rhodes,   Lawrence 

Roark,   James   Way- 
man 

Rogers,  Den  H. 

Rogers,    Marvin 

Rother,    William 

Sask,    Otto    Fritz 

Smith,  William   E. 

Stiers,  Adolph 

Thompson,    William 
E. 

Thulis,   Werner   J. 

Turner,    John    Dewey 

Vaughan,    Guy 

Vehlewald,   John   L- 

White,    Elmer 

Wright,    Rudolph 

Zewicki,   Augusta   W. 


FIRST  MISSOURI  AMBULANCE  COMPANY 

Kansas  City 


Captain, 

William    L-    Gist 
Captain, 

Frank   Hurwitt 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Dorriss     E.     Wilhelm 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Halsey  M.  Lyie 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Raymond  H.  Fox 
1st    Lieutenant, 

John    F.    Howell 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Joseph   M.   Hancock 
1st   Class   Sergeants: 

Zillisch,    Hubert    E. 

Quinn,    Theophilus    J. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Wilson,    William   H. 
Sergeants: 

Rohr,  Jake  P. 

Mason,   Lyman 

Evans,   Henry   L. 

Hansen,    Carl    T. 

Sarrisin,'  Cheri 


Corporals : 

Nicholson,    Claud 

Nicholson,    Vivian 

Casper,   Clyde 

Orvis,   Harold   W. 

Rauter,    Ballington    A. 
Cooks : 

Staley,    George    P. 

Shinkle,    Osa    L. 

Yoder,   Charles  A. 
Horseshoer, 

Peterson,   William  A. 
Farrier, 

Hare,   Frank 
Mechanic, 

Hill,    Samuel    J. 

Saddler, 

Carbin,    Dennis 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Arbuckle,    William    C. 

Ausman,    Roy    E. 

Bird,    Edward    H. 

Boyer,    Guy    M. 

Browne,    Arthur    O. 

Coltrane,    Ockley 

Crangle,   Herbert  C. 


Ewing,   William   J. 
Finster,     Carl     G. 
Gibson,    Kenneth 
Gilzean,   John   F. 
Hatch,    George    E. 
Hillgardner,    Harold 

K. 
Hoffman,  John 
Hofmann,    Alfonso 
Huber,    Louis   A. 
Irwin,    Donald    G. 
Johnston,    Fred 
Johnstone,  Newman  E. 
Love,   Edgar 
McMullen,    Frank    D. 
Meyer,    Carl    A. 
Miles,    Robert    R. 
Nelson,    Emel 
Perrin,     Guy    M. 
Polk,   Orrin   L. 
Pubanz,     Ernest    A. 
Shema,    George   W. 
Shepp,    John    H. 
Skaer,   Carl 
Towner,    Floyd    P. 
Vinick,   Sam 


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Weaver,   Charles  A. 
Welch,  Charles  A. 
Wherritt,    Albert    R. 
Williams,    Richard    C. 
Privates : 

Arnold,    Mason 
Asotsky,    Louis   J. 
Bennett,    Ellis    S. 
Biddison,   Lewis   C. 
Biddison,   Roy   C. 
Brand,    Amos    R. 
Brown,   Carl   C. 
Brune,    Gustave   H. 
Bryson,   Arthur  R. 
Bundren,  Isaac  M. 
Burress,     Clifford     D. 
Bussey,    Melville    G. 
Buttomer,   Joseph    C. 
Collins,   Joseph    P. 
Cordes,    Henry    C. 
Crane,    Garnett    E. 
Crevier,    Edgar    F. 
Damron,    Andrew    J. 
Dishman,   George   B. 
Ellmaker,    Claud    D, 
Evans,    Lenly    C. 
Fisher,    Roy    E. 
Fox,   Vernon   F. 
Gillis,    Charles    M. 
Glazier,    Glenn    O. 
Golden,    Melvin 
Gordon,  Abe 
Green,    Joseph    A. 
Hackler,    Harvey    H. 


Houston,    Sid 
Irons,    Parker    R. 
Kella,    Harry    Y. 
Kerst,    Mark    A. 
Knuth,   William  J. 
Laboy,    Samuel 
Lewis,    Charles   A. 
Lewkowitz,    Leopold 
Lincoln,    Lewis  D. 
Liter,    Omer   M. 
McClean,    Steele    C. 
McCormick,     Leonard 

R. 
McLaughlin,    John    J. 
Martin,   Joseph    F. 
Miller,    Monroe    P. 
Moore,   Cassius   A. 
Moore,    Clifford 
Mullen,    Dudley    A. 
Mundie,   Thomas   I. 
Murphy,    Edward    E. 
O'Connell,    William    J. 
Peterson,     Plarvey     E. 
Poindexter,    Claude    F. 
Quinn,    William    N. 
Rautert,  Harold  H. 
Reed,  Charles  H. 
Reeder,    Vernon    C. 
Reid,   Truman   V. 
Rickert,    Leonard    A. 
Rincker,   William 
Ritchey,   Wilber 
Robards,  George  N. 
Rogers,   Ray  H. 
Rolfers,     Frederick    E. 


Rope,    Harry    L. 
Rosenberg,  Herman   P. 
Ross,    George    L. 
Rucker,    EH   F. 
Rucker,  William  L. 
Rutledge,     John     D. 
Samide,    William    J. 
Sharp,   Arthur 
Shipley,    Dwight   A. 
Sinims,    Harry    E. 
Siney,    Ralph    T. 
Smith,     Earl     C. 
Steinert,    Perry    L. 
Stettler,    Jesse    E. 
Stevenson,    Homer   B. 
Stevenson,    Ross   J. 
Strain,    Robert    L. 
Teepen,  Joseph   B. 
Thompson,    Walter    F. 
Van    Gorden,     Everett 

H. 
West,    Rogers    C. 
Whiles,   James    B. 
Williams,    Henry    M. 

No.   I. 
Williams,   Henry   M. 

No.   2. 
Withers,   Frank 
Wolf,    Robert    C. 
Woolery,    Clyde    P. 
Woolverton,     Robley 

C. 
Worthington,    Lewis 

A. 
Zing,    Henry    F. 


SECOND  MISSOUEI  AMBULANCE  COMPANY 


Captain, 

Tom    R.    Gammage 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Charles    T.    Border 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Knowles    K.    Carr 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Richard    P.    Lewis 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Joseph   C.   Jones 
1st    Class    Sergeants, 

Ramsey,    William    H. 

Boyd,  William 
Corporals : 

Wood,   John   K. 

Stutsman,  David  B. 

Bleimes,     George     R. 

Dennis,    Lawrence    B. 

Spalding,    Leo    A. 

Tower,  Paul  A. 

Ballew,    Neual    Wes- 
ley 

Mason,  William  S. 


Kansas  City 

Privates : 

Andrews,    William 
Argo,    Edgar 
Bagby,   David 
Bargefrede,     Herman 
Bennett,    Forest    L. 
Bongiavannia,    Antonia 
Bowan,    Ralph    E. 
Byron,    Charles    B. 
Carter,    Frank 
Casanovia,   Frank 
Childers,     Fred     S. 
Clark,    Albert    C. 
Clossen,   Eugene   E. 
Cordes,    Carl   J. 
Cox,  Joe   L. 
Cutler,    Clyde 
Dawson,   John   T. 
Diehl,  Joe  J. 
Dohrer,    Emil    W. 
Doohan,  John   M. 
Dooley,     Jewell     E. 
Dwyer,    Frank   R. 


Echols,   Leslie 

Falcone,   Jasper 

Ferguson,   Albert   R. 

Flaherty,   James   H. 

Foust,    Wilburn 

Gardner,     Stropher    H. 

Genova,    Frank 

Gove,    William    F. 

Gray,    George    Raly 

Gray,  William  Clin- 
ton 

Halperin,    George 

Halpin,    Joseph    G. 

Hansen,    Oluf    R. 

Harger,    C.    Guinn 

Harris,     Elmer    J. 

Harvey,     Clarence     O. 

Haulk,   Albert    E. 

Hedderman,   James   M. 

Hedderman,  William 
P. 

Hessler,    Harvey 

Higdon,    Odell    W. 


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Highley,    James    R. 
Hyvonian,    Herman 
Innman,   Charles 
Jeffries,   Russel   B. 
Johnston,    Clarence 

F. 
Johnson,  Wayne  H. 
Kanatzar,    Herman 
Keil,    Fred   J. 
Kennedy,    John    W. 
Keys,    John    Lloyd 
Keys,    John    W. 
Kinkaid,    LeRoy 
Kvmkel,    Lawrence    W. 
Loftus,    George    A. 
McClintock,    Theodore 

McCool.    William    P. 
McCracken,    Frank    F. 


McElvain,  William  A. 
McGarter,  Oliver  W. 
McKissock,    Samuel 

A. 
Matthews,    Don   H. 
Miller,     Dewey 
Moore,    William   R. 
Mulcay,  William  C. 
Muskrat,    Harvey    R. 
O'Brian,    Richard   J. 
Palmersenia,     John 
Parsons,   Herbert   L. 
Phemister,    Art 
Rainey,    Walter    E. 
Rains,   Elmer 
Reese,    Claude    A. 
Rich,    Edgar   H. 
Ritterhoff,    Stanley    W. 
Rivers,    John    F. 


Rosebrough,   Charles 
Roth,    Charles    A. 
Russell,    Undril    U. 
Sansone,    Anthony 
Seaman,    Fred    II. 
Siegrist,    Henry    II. 
Slabocsky,    Joe 
Smith,    Jennings    B. 
Smith,     Lloyd    C. 
Stagg,    George   A. 
Stimmell,    Mariam 
Stroud,    Robert 
Thompson,    Harry   W. 
Vansandt,    Elzy 
Vansandt,    Lorenzo 
Walsh,    Roy    S. 
Weber,    Harold    E. 
Wholey,    Andy    J. 
Wilcox,   Clarence  C. 


QUAETERMASTER 'S   CORPS  DETACHMENT 


1st   Class    Sergeant, 
Powers,    Frank    A. 

1st  Class  Private, 
Walker,  John   A. 


Privates : 

Brown,    Paul    M. 
Duke,   James   A. 
Hupp,   George   H. 
Ison,    Oren    C. 


Jackson,   Seba  W. 
Kinney,    William    E. 
Moudy,    Alfred    W. 
Wayland,  Ashby  G. 
Wilson,    Chester    A. 


ROSTER 

OF  THE 

NATIONAL  GUARD  OF  KANSAS 


This  roster  of  the  Kansas  National  Guard  is  official  as  to  all  officers,  or- 
ganizations and  men  at  midnight  of  August  4,  1917,  immediately  before  mob- 
ilization of  the  guard  under  proclamation  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States.  These  are  the  guardsmen  with  the  ranks  they  held  when  they  were 
inducted  into  the  Federal  service.  The  Ammunition  Train  became  part  of 
the  42d   (Rainbow)    Division. 


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KANSAS  NATIONAL  GUARD 


HEADQUAETERS 

TOPEKA 

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 

Arthur  Capper 

Governor 

THE   ADJUTANT   GENERAL 

Brigadier  General     Charles   I.   Martin 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  REGULAR  ARMY  ON  DUTY 

Major, 

Alvarado   M.    Fuller 

STAFF  CORPS  AND  DEPARTMENTS 
ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT 


Major, 

Clad     Hamilton 


Maj  or, 

Harry    W.    Shideler 


INSPECTOR   GENERAL'S   DEPARTMENT 

Maj  or, 

Dennis    J.    Sheedy 

JUDGE-ADVOCATE  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT 

Major, 

William   J.    Watson 


QUARTERMASTER  CORPS 


Major, 

R.    Neill   Rahn 
Major, 

J&rry   C.    Springstead 


Maj  ors : 

Henry   T.    Salisbury 
Carl    Phillips 
Seth   A.    Hammel 
Henry  D.   Smith 
Charles   S.    Evans 
Emanuel    N.    Martin 
Charles  W.  Jones 

Captains: 

Ira    E.    Durant 
Charles    M.    Siever 

1st   Lieutenants: 
Joseph    S.   Alford 
Claude   C.   Lull 


Captain, 

Joy    S.    Sanders 

MEDICAL  CORPS 

Edwin  R.  Tenney 
Charles    C.    Hawke 
Merrill    K.    Lindsay 
Henry    S.    Rogers 
Dana   O.    Jackson 
Harold     H.    Jones 
Ralph    E.    Barnes 
William    L-    Rhodes 
Clark    W.    Mangun 
Tiberius  L-  Jones 
Herbert   M.    Webb 
John    F.    Coffman,   Jr. 
John   C.   Cornell 
Richard  T.   Speck 


Captain, 

Carl    R.    White 
Captain, 

Raymond   F.   Montgom- 
ery 


Adam   H.    Adamson 
Alpheus   J.    Bondurant 
Frank  C.  Boggs 
Harold   M.    Glover 
Ralph    C.    Hartman 
Charles   C.    Bennett 
James  G.   Rea 
Melvin    C.    Martin 
A.    Eugene   Harrison 
Walter    H.    Kirkpatrick 
Samuel    E.    Simpson 
Charles   L.   Mosley 
Cecil   E.   Tolle 
Joseph   C.    Bunten 
Samuel  M.  Hibbard 


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DENTAL  SECTION 

1st   I^ieutenants:  Roy  H.   Heil  Forest  E).  Kutz 

Walter    W.    Harrell  Frank   C.    Cady  Arthur  J.    Buff 

Walter    W.     Hunt  Heyl    B.    Smith  Karl    E.    Osborn 

VETERINAEIANS 

2d   Lieutenants: 

Clarence   L.    Young 
Leslie  E.   Rowles 

CHAPLAINS 

1st    Lieutenants:  Myron   S.  Collins  Earl   A.   Blackburn 

Homer    E.    Wark  Evan    A.    Edwards 


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FIRST  KANSAS  INFANTRY  BRIGADE 

HEADQUARTERS 

TOPEKA 

Brigadier  General, 
Charles  I.   Martin, 

Commanding' 

PERSONAL  STAFF 

Major, 

Clad   Hamilton 

Adjutant 


AIDES-DE-CAMP 

1st   Lieutenant, 

Leo  A.   Mingenback 
Infantry 


1st    Lieutenant, 
Burton    E.    Fox 

Infantry 


BRIGADE    HEADQUARTERS 


Sgt.  Mjr.  Brig.  Hdq., 

Lawrence,  Virgil  J. 
Sergeant, 

White,  Raymond  M. 
Wagoners : 

Nevill,   Clarence  R. 

Skillin,   Hance   B. 


1st   Class   Privates: 
Brown,    William    A. 
Carroll,   Alfred    E. 
Crawford,  Geo.  M.,  Jr. 
Longenecker,  Donald 
D. 


Mays,   Marshall   I. 
Reed,  Willis  C. 
Ridlon,   Owen  A. 
Stratemeyer,   Lewis   O. 
Waldo,  Guy  L. 
Zercher,   Joseph    E. 


TROOPS 
First,  Second  and  Third  Regiments  of  Infantry 


FIRST  REGIMENT,  KANSAS  INFANTRY 

HEADQUARTERS 

Lawrence 


Colonel, 

Wilder  S.  Metcalf 
Lieutenant-Colonel, 

Charles  S.  Flanders 
Major, 

Frank    W.    Butler 


FIELD  AND   STAFF 

Major, 

Aaron   L.   Kitchens 
Maj  or, 

Samuel   G.    Clark 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Evan   A.    Edwards 


1st   Lieutenant, 

William    L.    Stryker 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Miles    E.    Canty 
1st   Lieutenant, 

John  A.  Ashworth 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

Lawrence 


Captain, 

Joseph  W.  Murray 
Rgt.   Sgt.   Mjr., 

Studer,  William  J. 
Bn.    Sgt.   Mjrs. : 

Hanson,    Harry    W. 

Bryan,  Ora  E. 

Gillette,   Harold   R. 


Color    Sergeant, 

Wenger,  Joseph  S. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Galloway,  Percy  L. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Lesuer,  Nelson  M. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Dickerson,    Harlan   L. 


Sergeant, 

Hill,   Ormond   P. 
Cooks: 

Lupher,    David    W. 

Reedy,  Howard  L. 
Rand    Leader, 

Rigdon,    Walter 


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Asst.    Band    Leader, 

Keiser,    Bernhardt    A. 
Sergeant    Bugler 

Domingo,    Faustino    J. 
Band  Sergeant, 

Crowder,    Frank   T. 
Band  Corporals: 

Riggs,    Charles   N. 

Shearer,    Beryl    L. 

Williams,   Charles 
1st   Class  Musicians: 

Birch,     Albert     E). 

Kalama,    Francis   J. 
2d    Class    Musicians: 

Madrid,    Savannah 

Mcllhenny,    Robert    C. 
3d   Class   Musicians: 

Barndt,   Clarence  I,. 


Bayles,  Charles  G. 
Belden,   Theodore 
Berridge,     Guy     H. 
Block,    Clarence    I. 
Clements,   Luther  G. 
Davis,  Oren  T. 
Deon,    Louis   A. 
Graham,   Roy  W. 
Kirk,   A.  Tom 
Peterson,    Fritz    E. 
Powell,  Verne  C. 
Ramsey,   Charles  L. 
Saunders,    Gordon 
Tanner,  Allen  O. 
Tester,  Clifford  L. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Angevine,   Montfort   E. 
Cohn,   Byron   S. 


Hill,   Alfred    G. 
Sanger,   Clarence  A. 
Privates: 

Anderson,    Arthur    S. 
Benedict,    Fred    R. 
Bouton,    Archie    K. 
Brovifn,  Max  L. 
Burger,    Harry   L. 
Courtney,   William   E. 
ITaskin?    George 
Hess,    Walter    W. 
Jones,    Frederick    G. 
Lawrence,    Arthur 
McCurdy,   Henry   B. 
Neville,     Kenneth     L. 
Roads,  Ray  V. 
Rohrer,    William 
Smith,    Guido   E. 


MACHINE  GUN  COMPANY 


Captain, 

Frank   D.   Mathias 
1st  Lieutenant, 

Hawley  H.  Braucher 
2d    Lieutenants: 

Thomas    F.    Moor 

Ray   M.   McClaran 
1st    Sergeant, 

Goble,    Lester    E. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Braden,    Fred    W. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Capelin,    Perry   A. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Ilinkle,    Byron    L. 
Horseshoer, 

Lambeth,    Hugh    W. 
Sergeants: 

Works,   Warren   W. 

McGannon,  Michael  L. 

Lieurance,    Ray    R. 

Solley,  William  H. 

Doty,  Algy 

Armsby,  Horace  H. 
Corporals: 

Johnson,    James    L. 

l.ieurance,    Delbert    R. 

Noyes,  Melvin   F. 

Williams,    Edwin    H. 

Willhite,    Riley    E. 

Johnson,  William  M. 

Hottenstein,     Fred    J. 


Humboldt 

Mechanics: 

Willhite,  James   B.    W. 
Cook: 

Sibert,  Frank  S. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Ashbrook,    Lindsay    W. 

Alexander,    Colin    H. 

Barrackman,    William 
J. 

Goble,    Lawrence    S. 

Poore,    Ezra   W. 

Porter,    Charles    E. 
Privates: 

Adams,   Raymond   D. 

Bayer,    Clarence   G. 

Benson,   Floyd   E. 

Bush,   Ranson  A. 

Byers,    Frank  J. 

Campbell,    Clarence    E. 

Carter,  John  H. 

Cave,    Ernest    L. 

Cheap,    George    L. 

Dauster,    Ralph    D. 

Dobson,   Bryan 

Embrey,    Roy    N. 

Fleming,   Gilford  R. 

Fronk,    Cyrus    A. 

Goodell,   Walter 

Gordon,    Clyde    F. 

Green,  James   E. 


Hack,   Lyle   W. 
Hall,   Fred   H. 
Henderson,    Cletus    L. 
Hendricks,   George  L. 
Hylton,  Henry  R. 
Jordon,    Raymond    A. 
Kelley,    Orlo    T. 
Kerscher,    Raymond 
Lambeth,   Alson    G. 
Lassmann,  Otto  W. 
Loyd,   Thomas    A. 
McGinity,   James    M. 
Magha,    Dewey    W. 
Miller,    Frank    E. 
Mosier,    Fred    T. 
Newton,    Elza  L. 
Northrup,    Walter    H. 
Parington,    Orrel    D. 
Rauhoff,  Harry  J. 
Saunders,    Gwinn    J. 
Smith,     Carl    J, 
Snider,    Arley    R. 
Summers,    Earl    E. 
Tomilson,   Harvey   W. 
Thompson,   Robert   L., 

Jr. 
Wastle,  Frank  A. 
White,  Ernest  D. 
Wilson,  John  M. 
Wood,  George  D. 
Wood,  Robert  W. 
Gant,    Clarence   F. 


Captain, 

Robert   B.   Wagstaff 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Thomas  R.  Bartlett 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

Lawrence 

Reg.    Supply    Sergeants, 
Tuttle,    Horace   L. 
Templin,   Harry   W. 
Thompson,  Leon  R. 


1st   Sergeant, 

Kester,  Clarence  L. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Willis,    Virgil   E. 


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Stable    Sergeant, 

Stover,   Ralph  A. 
Corporal, 

Nelson,   Earl   C. 
Saddler, 

Cook,  Harry  T. 
Cook: 

Parker,  John   W. 
Wagoners: 

Ardrey,  Joseph  C. 

Allen,    Luther 

Debout,   Roy  N. 


Bishop,  Fred  H. 
Brown,    Orrin    C. 
Brown,    Russell   R. 
Byerly,   Arthur   D. 
Crane,    Chas.    W. 
Chambers,  Albert  R. 
Chambers,     Frank     L. 
Coffey.   Ellis   D. 
Dunham,    Robert    E. 
Fife,     Robert     F. 
Card,   George   E. 
Grattan,    Alex    D. 


Heylmun,    Edgar    B. 
Hurlock,    John    B. 
Kraus,    Joseph 
Kratz,    Francis    O. 
Lobuagh,    Ray    W. 
Peck,  Athol 
Percy,    Mack    J. 
Potter,     Clarence     B. 
Riggs,    Edwin    C. 
Remsberg,    Everett   L. 
Seymour,    Frank   L- 
Taylor,    Russell    L. 
Webb,    Steve  G. 


Captain, 

Archie  K.   Rupert 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Wyndham   A.    Simpson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Alfred   Firstenberger 
1st    Sergeant, 

Beck,    William   J. 
Supply     Sergeant, 

Winters,    Roy 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Coghill,    Charles   A. 
Sergeants: 

Strickland,    Frank    P., 
Jr. 

Browe,  Owen  B. 

McMinimy,    Joseph    L- 

Kirby,    James     S. 

DeBord,    Ulysses    C. 

Browne,   Donald   L- 

Donlen,    William   J. 
Corporals: 

Hammer,    Nelson    E. 

Powell,    Paul    R. 

Boyle,    Ernest   E. 

Dedo,    Leiand    C. 

Townsend,   Ben  G. 

Adams,   Frank  P. 

Hardin,    Edward    R. 

Abramson,    Harry 

Snowwhite,  Gustave  F. 
Cooks: 

Orr,    Thomas   J. 

Hicks,  Charles  C. 

Phillips,    Fred 
Mechanics: 

Asplund,    Robert    A. 

Urie,   Noble   B. 
Buglers: 

Carey,    Thomas    F.,    Jr. 

McBratney,    William 
L. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Andres,    Everett    J. 

DeBord,    Hugh    G. 

Guns,  Earl 


COMPANY  A 
Kansas  City 

Henderson,    Herbert 

A. 
Hill,    George 
Jeffords,     Paul 
King,    Howard    O. 
Lane,    Paul    R. 
Simpson,     William    T. 
Stevens,    Earl 
Stubbs,    Earl    E. 
Privates: 

Ackley,   William  E. 
Adams,    George    P. 
Anderson,    Harry 
Anderson,    Walter 
Ashlock,    Vernon    L. 
Asplund,    George    E. 
Barclay,    Dennis 
Beggs,   John    O. 
Beardsley,    Grover    C. 
Bergin,   Cecil   A. 
Bernsthy,    William    W. 
Booker,   Manning  K. 
Bowers,  Orville  D. 
Bray,   Russell   K. 
Bunevac,  Paul 
Brendell,    Leo 
Callahan.    Frank    R. 
Garden,    John    W. 
Carpenter,  Orville   I. 
Conaty,    Roscoe   J. 
Colley,    David    J. 
Converse,    Arthur    N. 
Clark,    Ora    R. 
Crawford,    Charles    E. 
DeFries,    Ruel    E. 
DeMeyer,    Edmond 
Davidson,  Hugh  W. 
Dougherty,    Forester 

H. 
Dougherty,    Leslie    H. 
Douglas,  John   L. 
Dunn,  Harvey  N. 
Erickson,   John 
Faulkner,    Arthur   C. 
Fiscus,  George 
Folscroft,    Otis    G. 


Foree,   Archie   D. 
Gerhards,    Ben  J. 
Gerhards,    John    H. 
Goff,    Charles   D. 
Goodell,   Ralph  H. 
Gregory,    William 
Grossman,    Samuel    E. 
Gunn,   Donald  M. 
Hail,   Worden   R. 
Hiatt,    Frank  L. 
High,  William  H. 
Hill,  Harry 
Hillyer,   Fred  W. 
Holleman,    Albert   L- 
Jeffords,   Frank   E. 
Jenkins,    Roy    E. 
Johnson,  Joseph  E. 
Johnson,    Leon 
jocliff,    Charles    D. 
Jolliff,    John    W. 
Kane,   John   W. 
Kerns,    Commodore    L. 
Kirkman,    Ridge 
Laudeman,  James  H. 
Lawrence,  Phillip  H. 
Layton,    Fred 
Lewis,    Arthur    C. 
Lobeck,    John 
Maule,    Fred    E. 
Malherbe,    Arthur    L. 
Malott,   Harry  A. 
Maxwell,    Donald    E. 
Maxwell,    John    A. 
Michaelis,   Joseph    B. 
Mitchell,    Wade    W. 
Morris,    Arthur    J. 
MunkTS,    Gilmer   H. 
Nelson,    Harry    L. 
Newton,   Robert  W. 
O'Farrell,   William   W. 
O'Neill,    Thomas   H. 
Otterman.   DeWitt  J. 
Pate,   William   N. 
Petterson,    Oscar    A. 
Poisal,    Walter 
Randel,    Samuel   P. 


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Reynolds,    Joseph   I. 
Rash,    EJlmer    K. 
Ridley,    Fred 
Sanders,    Raymond    D. 
Schiller,    Arnold   A. 
Schwalje,    Michael    A. 
Schuler,    Louis    A. 
Schneider,    Frank 
Simoiisen,    Harold    N. 
Singleman,    Charles   H. 
Smith,   Arthur  L,. 
Staton,   Edward  E. 


Stanford,  Jesse   W. 
Streiner,    Charles   G. 
Street,    Earl   T. 
Sterbenz,    Matthew    J. 
Stubbs,    Gail    W. 
Stumph,    Bennie    F. 
Sudac,    Nick 
Tarry,   Lloyd  W. 
Thompson,    William 
Timmons,    Everette 
Veix,   John   A. 


Washburn,   Raymond 

S. 
Way,    Floyd   L. 
Wells,    Clarence    T. 
Williams,    Orie    A. 
Wiggins,    Ralph 
Wilson,  James   C. 
Wilson,    Merle    E. 
Wise,    Charles    W. 
Woolf,    James     E. 
Gailey,    Edward    J. 
Trendell,    William 


Captain, 

John    R.    Thompson 
1st     Lieutenant, 

Andrew    J.    Thompson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Guy    E-    Vining 
1st    Sergeant, 

Theiss,    Arthur   L. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Hodgen,    Calvin   J. 
Sergeants  : 
White,   Jesse 
Lading,    Arthur    A. 
Birch,    Arthur    M. 
Corporals : 

Pettit,    Charles    M. 
Weir,     Arthur     N. 
Hutchinson    Elzie   C. 
Ellson,    Ralph    E. 
Lanter,  John   S. 
Masquat,    George    P. 
Cooks: 

Whiffen,    Paul 
Conner,    Charles    E. 
Jack,    Thomas    A. 
Buglers  : 

Harris,     Clarence    A. 
Crawford,    Floyd    H. 
Mechanics: 

Welker,    Lewis    E. 
Baldwin,    James    B. 
1st    Class    Privates: 
Bolen,    Oscar 
Griffin,    Charles    E. 
Henderson,    William 

M. 
Henney,    Homer   J   . 
McMinds,    Erwin   P. 
Miller,    Henry    J. 
Smithers,    Claude   C. 
Stovall,    Woodson    E. 
Privates: 

Alexander,    Ernest 
Allen,   Alex 
Anderson,   Allie    E. 
Archer,    Clyde    L. 
Balser,     Chris     E. 


COMPANY  B 

HORTON 

Bowman,    Roy 
Boyce,    Daniel    A. 
Brun,    Kilby 
Brun,    Franklin    O. 
Brunner,    Sam 
Busser,     Earl    P. 
Bushey,   Dwight  C. 
Cahill,    Edward    J. 
Calvert,    George    H. 
Cameron,   John   L. 
Candreia,   Louie  J. 
Claflin,    Sanford    F. 
Clark,    Walter   J. 
Connor,    Frank    L. 
Connor,   John    W. 
Conner,    Bearl 
Cordill,    Ivan    R. 
Deeringer,    Roland 
Evans,     Frank    B. 
Filmore,    Gus    J. 
Foster,    Floyd    C. 
Foster,     Earl    A. 
Gibson,   George  W. 
Gilmore,    Earl    A. 
Good,    Benjamin    P. 
Gordon,   Jesse    C. 
Goux,    William   F. 
Guier,   Joe 
Guy,    Fay 
Green,     Carl    W. 
Grosvenor,    Horace 

C. 
Hall,   Edward   F. 
Tamner,   Arthur  L- 
Hamilton,     Orville     E. 
Hawley,     Dwight     H. 
Harvey,    Luzerne   A. 
Herbstreith,    Lloyd    II. 
Hiatt,    Dewey    H. 
Hiatt,   Marion   G. 
Ilighley,    Rolland   C. 
Hinkley,   Joe   B. 
Holtzer,   Henry 
Houghton,  Leo  J. 
lies.    Merle    T. 
Kinsey,   William   O. 
Lassen,    Ernst 


Lewis,    Roy 
Lindsey,   Andrew   T. 
Long,  Roy 
Lyon,    George    V/. 
Lyons,    Homer    L. 
McElroy,    Lawrence 

E. 
McGuffin,    Frank    L. 
Maguire,    Mark 
Maher,   Isadora  R. 
Martin,   Arthur   A. 
Markley,    William    N. 
Masquat,   Henry   A. 
Maxwell,    Dan    K. 
Merz,    Floyd   H. 
Miller,    William    E. 
Modeland,    Harvey     E. 
Monhollon,    James     C. 
Mull,   John   H. 
Munson,     Charles     D. 
Murphy,     William     H. 
Noel,    Joseph    R. 
Noel,    William    B. 
O'Brien,     Earl    A. 
O'Brien,    Clyde    E. 
Osborn,   James   W. 
Peterson,     Raymond 

V. 
Pierce,    Claude    K. 
Ping,    Lester    O. 
Ping,   Albert 
Raber,    Walter    E. 
Ray,    Oscar   N. 
Ray,    William    J. 
Rick,    Harold    S. 
Rife,   Charles  L- 
Riggs,  I.  B. 
Rivers,    Richard    C. 
Roberts,    Earl    A. 
Roberts,    Issas   W. 
Rogers,    Glen    W. 
Ross,   Earl  W. 
Rutlidge,    Dewey 
Schlagie,   Dannie 
SchJagle,   Allen 
Schwaub,  John  H. 
Schone,    Herman    A. 


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Scott,    Leslie 
Seever,  Ray  H. 
Slattery,    Thomas   W. 
Smith,    James    D. 
Snavely,    Neil 
Sowers,   Homer 
Spear,    Leroy    J. 
Spear,    Charley 
Stahl,  Harold  J. 


Stirton,   Charley    E. 
Stirton,    Chester    B. 
Tapsee,    Lyman 
Thompson,   Lester   H. 
Thompson,    Ivan    R. 
Walls,    Lawrence 
Warrick,    William   W. 
Watson,    Harry 
Wewenes,    Phillip    N. 


Whittier,    Clyde    J. 
White,    George    E. 
WhiflFen,     Uridge     G. 
Williams,   Eddie 
Wilson,  Fremont  J. 
Winzer,    Charles    A. 
Wright,    Alvin    R. 
Wylie,    George   R. 
Young,  Carl   H. 
Young,   Arthur   T. 


Captain, 

Frank   Barmely 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William  C.   Flook 
2d    Lieutenant, 

John    B.    Salisbury 
1st    Sergeant, 

Nelson,   Earl   F. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Hahn,   Fred   H. 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Reed,    Raymond    J. 
Sergeants: 

Grennan,     Fred     L. 

McCullough,  Amer  L. 

Kulling,    Milton 

Ball,  Ross  E. 

Adams,   George   L. 

Wingett,    Roy   A. 
Corporals : 

Agnew,    Patrick    W. 

Archer,    Erna    C. 

Clark,    Champ 

Epting,   Lindsey   R. 

Erantz,    William    O. 

Gibson,    John    H. 

Howe,  Vincent  H. 

McCullough,    Glen   H. 

Pierson,   Ray  S. 

Sanders,  Donald  A. 

Stockton,   John 

Sanderson,   Austin   M. 

Gill,    Glen    E. 

Polly,    Byron    G. 

Crockett,    Harry    J. 
Buglers: 

McCullough,  Ray 

Thompson,  Howard  H. 
Cooks : 

Gibson,   Charles 

Munday,    Charles    W. 

Gibson,    Roy 
Mechanics: 

Johnson,    Louis    C. 

Pate,    Roy 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Alexander,    Clarence 
J. 


COMPANY  C 
Burlington 

Armstrong,    Marshall 

B. 
Clark,  Rodney 
Gangloff,   Alvah    C. 
Hahn,    Fenton 
Hair,    Charles    W. 
Hair,    Clarence    E. 
Hosier,    Richard    F. 
McAlister,    John 
McCullough,    Carl   H. 
McCullough,  Grover 

C. 
Pierson,    Austin    R. 
Wuerfele,    Thomas    B. 
Privates : 

Ball,   Ira  A. 
Bear,   Ainsworth 
Beissel,   Harold 
Bidleman,    Chester    W. 
Boissel,    Keith 
Brewer,   J.    Dewitt 
Briles,     Owen     E. 
Briles,    Robert    A. 
Brinker,    Harold    J. 
Bruner,    Samuel    S. 
Bull,    Clyde 
Burdick,   Frank 
Busby,   Arthur   M. 
Cantrell,    Lon 
Carter,    Ralph    M. 
Carter,    William    A. 
Chadd,    Alfred    J. 
Cheshire,    George   B. 
Coffman,   Rist   H. 
Combs,     John     E. 
Combs,   Lee   M. 
Congdon,    Hebson 
Crocker,    Glen 
Davidson,    Louis    A. 
Davis,    Otis  L- 
Dixon,   Alfred   L. 
Dodge,    Clayton    M. 
Draper,   Alva   R. 
Ellis,    Harry 
Ellis,    Melvin 
Ellis,    Melvin 
Emert,    Herbert    G. 
Flake,    Leiand 


Fleming,    Howard 
Ford,    Hugh    G. 
Fosnight,    Roy 
Fox,   Earl 
Freeman,   Charles 
Fry,    Harris 
Gill,    Raymond    F. 
Green,   Ross  A. 
Harrington,  Dan  A. 
Hedges,   Harold   H. 
Hugenot,    Benjamin    K. 
Hughes,   Bert 
Hull,    Clarence    M. 
Ingersoll,    Clarence 
Jessop,    Frank   R. 
Jeter,    James    H. 
Johnson,    John    T. 
Jones,    Harold    C. 
Kahnt,    Arthur    R. 
Kinney,   Myron   A. 
Knox,    William    B. 
Koch,    Harrison    R. 
Law,    Dewitt 
Lipe,  Elmer 
Lyman,   Issac 
Lytle,   William   T. 
Manley,   William  A. 
Mardick,    Charles 
Martin,    Perry 
McCullough,    Fred 
McCullough,   James 

H. 
Means,    John    M. 
Meyers,    Joseph     E. 
Miller,    Vinson    W. 
Mollenhour,    Fred    T,. 
Mollenhour,     George 

E. 
Moore,  Frank 
Myers,  Max 
Neely,  Albert 
Newlad,    Forrest 
Nicolay,    Owen    D. 
Olson.   Hugh   R. 
Parcel!,    Earl 
Petschonek,    George 

A. 
Phelan,    Webster 


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Phillips,   Murrel 
Phillips,   Theodore 
Proctor,    Arthur    A. 
Proctor,    Clarence 
Proctor,    George   L. 
Randall,    Fred 
Ratliff,     Orval    S. 
Ream,  Leland  L. 
Rockey,    Everett   C. 
Rockey,   Loren 


Rudolph,  Samuel  K. 
Schneider,  Mathew  J. 
Shemberger,    Forrest 

M. 
Sipes,     Ernest    R. 
Stukey,  Elmer  E. 
Supple,   Howard 
Tetor,    Carl    F. 
Thomas,     Joshua 
Tucker,    Everett 


Turner,    Harry    A. 
Warren,   William   T. 
Watson,    George 
Weigand,    Harvey    L. 
Westerdale,    Hesse    F. 
White,   Leo    P. 
Williams,   James   E- 
Wingett,    Caven 
Winterscheid,     Claude 
V. 


Captain, 

George   O.    Tronjo 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Robert    A.    Aures 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Frank  L.   Tomlinson 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Barton,    George 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Tronjo,  Lawrence  F. 
Sergeants : 

Blaisdell,    Richards    S. 

Bayse,    Edmond    IL 
Corporals : 

Smith,    Thomas 

Keefauver,    Harry 

Hackney,    Charles    S. 

Willis,   James 

Smith,     Elvis    E. 

Snodgrass,    Tyler    J. 

Ereaster,    Harry    C. 

O'Roark,   Jack 

Huggins,    Robert 
Mechanic, 

^  Hayes,  Raymond  L. 
Cooks: 

Smith,  Robert  C. 

Cully,    Chilton    L. 

Vandoren,   Gus    W. 
Buglers : 

Marchall,     George     R. 

Anderson,  Harry  S. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Fisher,    Frank 

Hoffman,    Harrison    M. 

Hamlin,    Tom    W. 
Privates : 

Achey,  Joseph   C. 

Anderson,    Clair    S. 

Arnold,    Eddie    B. 

Attebery,    Chester    R 

Ballard,    William 

Beckley,    Leonard    R. 

Bagshaw,   Dennis  A. 

Bennett,    Marion    E. 

Bennett,    Donald    A. 

Bigham,    Fred 

Bigham,    Emery   H. 


COMPANY  D 
Paola 

Bradley,   Fay   M. 
Bradshaw,   Jim    F. 
Bradshaw,    Harry    W. 
Burgess,    Ralph 
Burd,    William 
Carlisle,     Edd    O. 
Caylor,  George  W. 
Caylor,    Mike    E. 
Crabtree,    Albert 
Creal,    Harry    E. 
Cres,    Walter    E. 
Copple,    Murray    T. 
Corey,   Lynn    F. 
Christ,   Ernest 
Cruet,   Bilton   S. 
Dailey,     Orval    J. 
Dale,   Robert  R. 
Darlington,    B'red    F. 
Dehart,    Fred 
Ferris,    Lloyd    G 
Finch,    Harry    W. 
Ford,    Carter 
Freeman,   Leslie   M. 
Freeman,    Frank    E. 
Furry,    Corbett    J. 
Gillenwater,   Turner  C. 
Clavin,    INlichael    E. 
Graham,   Clarence  C. 
Gray,   Clarence  A. 
Hadden,   George  A. 
Hamlin,    Chester 
Hammond,     Frank 
Hannon,    Harry   A. 
Hardin,    Ira    L. 
Haslett.    Forrest   E. 
Hatfield,   Joe    E. 
Hazen,   Earl  H. 
Harris,    Duenice   J. 
Henderson,   Robert    M. 
Henry,    Harry    H. 
Henry,  Peter 
Hodges,    McDuffis 
Hoffer,    JohnW. 
Holman,    Benjamin    A. 
Hay,    John    C. 
Hearen,    Ernest   S. 
Jackson,    Clifford 
Jacobs,  Floyd  A. 


Kershner,   Floyd  A. 
Kuhn,    Jesse    W. 
Lovewell,    Peter    M. 
Markley,   Noble 
Metller,    Dewey 
Mullins,   Chester  L- 
Mooney,    William    H. 
McBalh,     Colfac 
McCoy,    Elmer   D. 
McConnell,   Harvey   L 
McCaulley,    James 
McDaniel,  George  W.' 
McLean,   Neil   P. 
McMahan,    Ira    E. 
McNutt,  Edward   T. 
McNutt,    Henry    E. 
McRoberts,    Noah 
Nelson,    Harvey    G. 
Oehlert,    William    L. 
Parham,   Tom 
Parker,    Ralph 
Peck,   Ernest 
Plain,    Frank    J. 
Preedy,    Paul 
Pullen,    Wallace    C. 
Pierce,    James    A. 
Quisenberry,   Benson 

F. 
Reed,   Francis  T. 
Redd,   Hugh   R. 
Rice,    Marion 
Riley,   John    F. 
Roach,    Thomas    A. 
Rowe,  Clarence 
Russell,    Chester   H. 
Russon,   Wallace    G. 
Sanders,    Archie    C. 
Shipman,    Ralph 
Small,  Delbert  J. 
Smead,     Raymond 
Smith,    Lloyd 
Stanback,    Alfred 
Stanback,   Lon  F. 
Taylor,   Clyde  H. 
Thell,    Charley    B. 
Trigg,   Clarence  W. 
Tomlinson,    Ralph 
Tuel,   Gilba  H. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Tull,    Simson 
Umphenour,    Claude 

B. 
Umphenour,    Calvin    L- 
Umphenour,    Ernest 
Vohs,  Henry  C. 
Vohs,    Lee    B. 


W6bb,    Luther  H. 
Weesiier,    Leo    H. 
Weaver,     Harley    D. 
White,    Fred    A. 
Williams,   Frank   L. 
Witcher,    David    S. 
Witt,   Albert   J. 


Witt,  Willis  F. 
Wollard,  John  E. 
Worster,  William 
Yates,  John  H. 
Young,  James  L. 
Reserves  Attached, 
Maxvfell,   Fred  M. 


Captain, 

Ben  S.   Hudson 
1st   Lieutenant, 

George   A.    Verchere 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Clifford    W.    Byerly 
1st    Sergeant, 

Porter,    Armer 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Stempf,   August    F. 
Supply    Sergeant 

Willis,    Morse    S. 
Sergeants, 

Walters,    Charles 

Harman,    Joseph    R. 

Phillips,   Lynne   C. 

Knaus,    Scott 

Playes,    William    M. 

Thomas,   Roy 

Leech,   Seth 

Couk,    Cecil    V. 
Corporals: 

Wiggins,    Alexander  T. 

Homey,    Jeffrey    C. 

Leech,    Clement 

Barrigar,    Frederick    N. 

Carothers,    Harry    S. 

Fair,    Archie    V. 

Mount,  Guy  L. 

Ong,    William 

Sheperd,   Grin  A. 

Brown,   Harold   N. 

Burch,   Cleo  H. 

Cady,    King    M. 

Cohagen,    Claire    G. 

Hampson,    Thomas    D. 

Jr- 

Mount,    Clarence  I. 

Russell,   Orvid   V. 

White,   Loyal  H. 
Buglers: 

Pappert,    Rudolph    W. 

Brown,    Ernest    L. 
Mechanics: 

Timmons,   Hobart 

Siler,   Leo  J. 
Cooks: 

Milner,   Carl   H, 

Mussett,   James   R. 

Sawdy,   Elmer   F. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Shea,  George 


COMPANY  E 
Fredonia 

Sallee,   Cleo   O. 
lionser.    Dean    V. 
Brooks,   Louis 
Blinn,    Charles    O. 
Chambers,    John    E. 
Champman,    Clarence 

Chapman,   Harley    B. 
Cox,    Orval    L- 
Cox,    William    E. 
Dial,    James    C. 
Gill,   Carl   L. 
Gunby,    Merle    F. 
Hadley,   William   A. 
Keitzer,    Harold    A. 
Lewis,   Jerry   H. 
Lucas,    Paul   E. 
Merrill,    Ruah    R. 
Miller,    Evert 
Neighbors,   Charles  A. 
Nichols,    William    R. 
Russell,  Delbert  E. 
Rothgeb,    Clarence 
Sargeant,     Geo.     R. 
Simms,    Earl 
Shaffer,    Edward 
Thatch,    Lester 
White,   Edward 
Privates: 

Adams,   Walter   B. 
Allen,    Tames  A. 
Allen,   Ed   E. 
Alexander,    Clarence 

P. 
Beeman,    Carl   A. 
Beck,    Ben    H. 
Beek,    Bert    D. 
Bentley,   Fred 
Brittain,    William    C. 
Camden,    Milo 
Coub,    Walter    L- 
Comer,    Harry 
Cook,  J.   B.  Jr. 
Cooley,    Orin    E. 
Cooper,    Basil 
Cantrall,    Thomas    E. 
Cowan,  Homer  W. 
Drake,    Roy 
Dial,   Willis   E. 
Dannels,   Guy 
Donart,    Clarence    E. 
Ellis,  Karl  D. 


Elliott,    Claude    E. 
Flinn,    William   A. 
Clifford,    Roy 
Green,   Iva   L. 
Graham,  Jerry   S. 
Guatney,   William  W. 
Hasty,    Fred 
Heiser,  Paul   C. 
Hoff,   Clarence   D. 
Hollingworth,    Clarence 
Hutchinson,    Cecil 
Hayden,  Alva  P. 
Heins,   Walter  E. 
Housley,   William   H. 
Jones,    Jay 
Kirkman,    Paul    B. 
Kingsbury,     Edgar 
Kingsbury,     Oscar 
Keim,   Stanley   D. 
Lombard,   Albert   F. 
Lombard,    Ernest   H. 
Lillie,    Walter    P. 
Lopshire,    Harold    A. 
Moon,    George 
Moore,    John    L. 
Morse,   Milton  R. 
Malone,   Archie   D. 
McMillan,    Harry    L. 
Mover,    Paul 
McKinney,  John    . 
McAdams,    James    B. 
McKinney,    Hubert    A. 
Offenbacker,    Percy   G. 
Offenbacker,   Roscoe   E- 
Orr,    Loyd 
O'Leary,    Edward 
Pringle,   William   J. 
Penwell,    Samuel    H. 
Powers,    Harry    J. 
Richardson,    Charles 

H. 
Sparks,  Lvman  C. 
Shufelt,    Roy    M. 
Smith,    Earl 
Smith,   Bob 
Shoup,   Oren   A. 
Shafer,    Irven    C. 
Siler,  Albert  W. 
Scott,    James    M. 
Thompson,  Willie   C. 
Taulbee.     Herman     E. 
Terry,  Bruce  M, 


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Tice,   Harry  J. 
Troutman,    Dewey 
Thayer,   Ray  M. 
Vermillion,    Dorsey    G. 
Verchere,     Eugene 


Whaley,     Emery     M. 
Wells,   Francis  E. 
White,   Forest   B. 
Willoughby,    Claude    E. 


Wolever,    Harold   R. 
Wychoft,    Elmer    R. 
Wickman,  Floyd  B. 
West,    John    A. 
Yoakum,   Bailey 


Captain, 

Henry   J.    Weltmer 
1st   L,ieutenant, 

Oscar   O.   Huber 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Albert    S.    Bigelow 
1st  Sergeant, 

Jackson,    Chas.   J. 
Supply     Sergeant, 

Rubert,  Arthur  A. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Brown,   Reuben  F. 
Sergeants: 

Conklin,   Lester   C. 

Ball,   James 

Stewart,    Walter    L. 

Taylor,   Earle   W. 

McKee,   Chas.    R. 

McBurmand,    Loyal 
Corporals: 

Shaw,    Chester    L 

Shannon,    Chas.    E. 

Craig,    Homer    D. 

Davis,  IJlmer 

Williams,    Jay    M. 

Kreutzburg,     John     H. 

Dorei,  Murlin  S. 

Britt,    Lon    W. 

Weddle,    Rhubert    W. 

Boyer,    Carl    B. 

Miller,    Virgil 

Warden,   Walter   K. 

Austin,    Emery    G. 

Bush,   George  J. 

Russell,    Elmer    E. 
Mechanics: 

Matson,    Dan 

Davis,   Herbert 
Cooks: 

Hunn,  James 

Miller,    Edd. 
Bugler: 

Linnell,    William    G. 
Privates: 

Andrews,   George 

Armstrong,    Earle    W. 

Askren,    Leo 

Avery,  John   S. 

Bailey,    Harrison    D. 

Bergen,    William   A. 

Bergin,     Richard     F. 

Benshoff,    David   L. 

Bishop,    Harold    J. 

Britt,   Lish 


COMPANY  F 
Hiawatha 

Brunning,   Pearl 
Caine,    Carl    C. 
Carter,    Ivugene    B. 
Carson,    Clifford  J. 
Clowe,    Orville 
Compton,     Walter     L. 
Crandall,    William    C. 
Crothers,  Homer  L- 
Cummings,   George  H. 
Curtis,    Harold    L. 
Dove,    Edgar   1. 
Dunkin,   Ralph   W. 
Dunard,    Benjamin 
Ebelmesser,    Robert    B. 
Eichelberger,    Henry 

A. 
Fenley,   George 
Privates: 

Flemming,   Henry   A. 
Fordyce,   Carl  A. 
Fowler,    John   L. 
Galbraith,   Geo.    R. 
Good,    Geo.    L. 
Green,    Frank    E. 
Hardy,    William    E. 
Henson,    Clyde    R. 
Henninger,     Ralph 
Hines,    Samuel   K. 
Hornbeck,    Geo.    W. 
Houston,    Jack    R. 
Howell,    Ernest  V. 
Hudson,    Howard    P. 
Hull,  James   E. 
Ivers,    Merrill    D. 
lies,    Robert    S. 
Jackson,  John   C. 
Jepson,    Percy    N. 
Jones,    Ivan    E. 
Jones,    Jesse 
Johnson,    Raymond    J. 
Kidwell,    Frank    E. 
Kiner,.  Geo.    F. 
Lacy,  Raymond  E. 
Laha,    William    A. 
Largent,   Orville 
Lease,    Arlie 
Levick,   John    W. 
Leibig,    Carl    F. 
Loftin,   Delbert  E. 
Longacres,    Edward    G. 
Lyons,    Lorin    P. 
McDaniel,    van    L. 
McEnaney,  Joseph   B. 


Magers,    Pete   M. 

Mars,   Albert 

Maure,  Adolph   F. 

Mize,    Luther  J. 

Morgan,    Arthur    R. 

Nass,   John  J. 

Nelson,   Grant  A. 

Nickels,    Lloyd 

Ormiston,    Thomas     E. 

Overson,    Edward    M. 

Pittinger,    Ray   L. 

Potts,    Wilfred    H. 

Pucks,    Francis    T. 

Kinne,    Theodore   K. 

Rudbeck,   Thomas 

Schurman,   Aver   R. 

Sechler,    Homer    P. 

Seever,    Noble    E. 

Seyler,   John    E. 

Shorb,  Lyman 

Shupert,    William    B. 

Simmons,    Clark    M. 

Smith,    Wilber   M. 

Spicer,   Horace   R. 

Stanley,    Frank    F. 

Stetzman,    Willard    H. 

Stice,     Hoyt 

Stine,    Elba    W. 

Stonbarger,    Millard 

Stubinger,  Jacob 

Stunz,    Paul    A. 

Swain,   Harry  J. 

Sweetland,    Ernst   A. 

Tietz,    Evan   J. 

Turner,    Clarence   L- 

\'anDalsem,    Ralph    E. 

Walker,    Glenn    A. 

Watson,    George   D. 

Weber,    Clinton   L. 

Weddle,    Cecil    M. 

Weddle,   Marion   L. 

Welborn.    Tames    E. 

Whaley,    Harold    L. 

Wiley,    Hubert 
Loss. 

Discharged. 
Corporals: 

Watson,    Melvin    D. 

Gaston,    James    E. 
Cooks: 

Weltmer,    Ivan   D. 
Privates: 

Baer,    Rudolph 

Dillon,   William  J. 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Eichelberger,    Will 
Fahn,    Joseph    P. 
Lawrence,  Ralph  E. 
Soden,   William   M. 


Svveetland,   Glen   1. 
Truex,    Byron    E. 
Watkins,    Kenneth    H. 
Transferred: 
Cole,   John   C. 


Holbrook,   Harold  J. 
Robertson,    Arthur 
Shannon,    Alvin    B. 
Sticker,   La  Verne   E- 


Captain, 

John  H.   Prichard 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Harry   A.    Cooper 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Ed.  F.  Golden 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Masterson,   Thomas   S. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Parker,    Harry    B. 
Sergeants: 

Wegscheider,     Charles 
R. 

Comstock,   Harry   I. 

McGrew,    Harry 

Runyon,    Eugene 

Abrens,    Frank   E. 
Corporals: 

Compton,    Harry    W. 

Hoy,   Chris   J. 

Ragin,    Lewis 
Mechanics: 

Brown,    George   A. 

McGill,   George   F. 
Cooks: 

Boatwright,    Harry    W. 

Lockwood,    Orville    W. 

Palling,    Robert  G. 
Buglers-. 

Huff,   Hubert   W. 

Mitchell,    Harold    A. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Abington,    Robert   E. 

Ausman,   Joseph   G. 

Bainum,    George    W. 

Baker,   Carroll 

Carver,    Ercy 

Cochran,   Julian   O. 

Cooper,    Edward    H. 

Daly,    Thomas    R. 

Frary,   John   F. 

Lyon,  Harry  A. 

Hudson,   Bannus 

Harkey,    Clair   C. 

Mack,    Wilson 

Power,   Francis  M. 

Scott,   Herbert   W. 

Scott,    William   M. 

Stufflebeam,     Roy 

Thogmartin,   Leo 
Privates: 

Ambler,   Clem  H. 

Asch,   Francis   G. 


COMPANY  G 

Fort  Scott 

Aus,  Hurst 
Ayers,  Henry 
Babbitt,    Henry   E. 
Barbarick,    Clyde   W. 
Bird,   Asas   G. 
Bolin,    John    H. 
Brady,    Harold    F. 
Brown,    Frank    S. 
Brophy,    Francis    W. 
Burns,  John   W. 
Carnes,    Orval 
Carnes,   Ray 
Carnes,   Earl    E. 
Carter,    Orville    B. 
Cassady,  Ernest  L. 
Chatterton,  Clell  C. 
Clements,    Fred    R. 
Cooks,    Chauncey    C. 
Ceberly,    Cyrus    I. 
Coberly,    Kenneth   F. 
Coiiley,    Earl    E. 
Cooper,   Thomas   N. 
Cowan,   Jesse    E. 
Cox,    Rex   A. 
Cullison,  David   E. 
Cummings,   Harold 
Day,  Carl  H. 
Dean,    Ernest 
Dinklage,   Kenneth 
Dixon,    Frank    M. 
Downey,    Ernest    L. 
Duncan,    Roy  J. 
Endesfelder,   ITeinie   C. 
Esicks,   Loren  I, 
Galvin,    Benjamin   C. 
Garrison,   Irvin 
Gilbert,   James 
Gilmore,    Henry    A. 
Gillies,   James 
Grace,  Henry  N. 
Gunsaullus,    Frank    H. 
ITagan,   Ernest 
Hare,    Fred   A. 
Harpold,   Frank  W. 
Harpold,   Ralph   D. 
Harpon,    Everett    W. 
Holstein,    Mark    M. 
Hoy,    Dewey    A. 
Hoy,    George    W. 
Hoy,  Henry  H. 
TTudson,    Stanton 
TTutcherson,    Lee 
Hyle,    Harry    E. 
Insley,    Lester   S. 
Keflfer,    Alva    W, 


King,    Floyd 
Koontz,   Leonard    F. 
Lewis,   Lew   L. 
Linn,   Roscoe 
Marquis,    Marion    A. 
Maxwell,   Harvey 
McCargar,    Claude    E. 
McMillon,  Jesse  M. 
McGrew,   Ace  K. 
Meacham,   Roy   A. 
Meads,  George  W. 
Monroe,    Lee    R. 
Monroe,    Sam    L. 
Moody,    Ernest   L. 
Moore,   Burris   B. 
Morehead,    Harvard  A. 
Morrow,    Charles    H. 
Motti,    Earl    F. 
Miller,    Chester  A. 
Nelson,    Merl    R. 
Neely,    Clyde    A. 
Newland,    Robert    J. 
Nicholson,    Lee    S. 
Patterson,    Arthur    L. 
Pepers,   Arthur   G. 
Phillips,    Charles    E. 
Pierson,    Frank 
Porter,    Frank    C. 
Powell,    Bernon    I. 
Reynolds,    Harley    W. 
Riley,    Ray    C. 
Sawyer,   Raymond  C. 
Smith,    Everett    C. 
Smith,    Chesley 
Springer,    Raymond    L. 
Stalker,   Alfred   A. 
Stapp,    Walter 
Stephens,    William    T. 
Storey,    Earl    R. 
Tucker,    Gus    D. 
Tucker,  Roy  J. 
Vail,    F;imer    W. 
Walker,   Harry   L. 
Ware,   Horace   M. 
Wells,    Vern    L. 
Wheaton,    Dewey   H. 
White,  Otto  B. 
Whi  taker,  Harry  L. 
Woodard,    Wallace    L. 
Williams,    William 
Wobbe,  Harry  L. 
Discharged   SCD 
Brown.    Guss 
Cleland,    George   D. 
Lame,   Arthtir  E. 


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Captain, 

Oscar   C.    Brownlee 
1st   I<ieutenant, 

Eli    B.    Dorsey 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Emery  J.    Bowen 
Sergeants: 

Clarks,    Frank   E. 

Walton,   Kendall  A. 

Skinner,    Herbert 
Corporals: 

Price,  Archie   R. 

Weed,  Mahlon 

Price,    Robert 

Ward,    Clyde    F. 

Cheney,  Harry  L. 

Dunkley,    Frank 
Cook  .- 

Bushy,    Edward 
Bugler, 

Otis,    Glen 
Mechanics: 

CuUen,    Stebbins 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Carpenter,  Miller  H. 

Chase,   Emerson  W. 

Everley,    Clarence   J. 

Jenkins,    Charles   VV. 

Milner,    Earl 

Olmsted,   Orley    L. 

Rothberger,   Fred 

Scothorn,    Earl 

Taylor,  Alfred  G. 
Privates: 

Ashby,    Harry   M. 

Ayers,   Sam   L. 

Amey,    Russell    S. 

Ackerson,    Elmer   IT. 

Ruchman,  Joseph   D. 

Baker,  Glen 

Bell,   John   J. 

Butell,    Ernest    E. 

Bowersock,    Lawrence 
H. 

Branson,    Jefferson    R. 

Benedict,  Francis  L. 

Bright,   Clarence  E. 

Counts,    Milton    J. 

Crow,   David   R. 

Clark,    Bernal    E. 

Cox,    Ilubei-t    D. 

Criss,    Richard    T. 

Clark,  John   C. 

Corel,    Glen    J. 


COMPANY  H 

Lawrence 

Corel,   Charles   W. 
Conger,    Erie   L. 
Criss,     George 
Carter,    James    G. 
DeForest,   Robert 
Doyle,    Roscoe   M. 
Demeritt,     Everitt 
DeForest,    Lewis    H. 
Daugherty,    George    W. 
Daugherty,    Thomas    E. 
Dowers,    Lilburn    M. 
Davis,    Albert    R. 
Deskin,    Lloyd 
Driggs,    Frank    H. 
Erwin,    Claude    D. 
Fetty,    Andrew    E. 
Fitts,    Leslie 
Foster,    Lloyd    E. 
Fast,    Cohn    C. 
Farell,    Roy    C. 
Griffin,    Lester 
Griffin,  Jasper  W. 
Gilbert,   Edgar  F. 
Gibbs,    Gorbon    E. 
Gaumer,    Charles    N. 
Grimes,    Vance    L. 
Huss,  Larce  A. 
Hundley,    Overton    E. 
Hall,    Elmer    K. 
Hope,    Charles    H. 
Hite,    Woodward    V. 
TTockings,   Orville   O. 
Haight,    Albert    G. 
Harfard,    Gerald    B. 
Haney,    Roy 
Harger,   William   R. 
lies,    Carl    G. 
Johnson,    Albert   II. 
Jones,     James     E. 
Jaggard,    Robert    K. 
Tenson,    Sherman    L. 
Jewell,    Rov    C. 
Kastner,    Kirk    B. 
Koelzer,    Albert    L. 
Kinzer,     Edward     I/. 
Kendall,   Leland   H. 
IvVnch,    Albert    P. 
Lansing,    Jack    C. 
Langenderfer,    Albert 

C. 
Lewallen,   ITarrv   L. 
T^e   Sner,   Marvin  J. 
Daster,    Rollis 
I.avin,    Eugene   T. 
Miles,    Horace    E. 


Martin,    Charles   A. 
Main,     Claude    E. 
Monk,     Francis    H. 
Martin,    Frank    O. 
Murphy,    Orville    W. 
Mann,    Willie 
Nesbitt,    Robert  C. 
O'Neal,    Oliver    B. 
Osborne,    Clifton    E. 
Ochse,    Edward    J. 
Pitts,    Ernest    C. 
Pinnick,    Ira    V. 
Pettibone,   Victor  H. 
Price,    Wilson    C. 
Phillips,   Loyd    W. 
Pierson,    Oscar 
Proctor,   Willard 
Peer,     Charles    A. 
Palmer,    Ezra    L. 
Ruby,    Ralph   D. 
Richardson,   George   M. 
Richardson,   Daniel  J. 
Rutherford,    Rob    Roy 
Rothberger,    Max    R. 
Robinson,     Eoren     D. 
Robison,    Elbert    E. 
Shogrin,    Arthur    C. 
Schubert,    Paul    J. 
Smith,    George    W. 
Snow,   Anthony  E. 
Skinner,   Harry   C. 
Strahm,    Allen    D. 
Shumway,    Ray    C. 
Steinbring,     Alliert     W. 
Sandusky,     Steve 
Sperling,    Forrest 
Stoner,    Grover   C. 
Smith,   Ray   IT. 
Trout,    Henry    D. 
Utterback,    Ray    L. 
Wilbur,    Wesley    A. 
Walters,    Robert    K. 
Wortman,   Walter   S. 
Weaver,    William    T. 
Weber,    Geo.    E. 
Wells,   Frank  A. 
Zeller.     George    W. 
Losses    Discd. 

Brooks,   Claude  O. 
Micheelson,    Carl    E. 
Wells,    Nathan    D. 
Fearing,    Sherman 
Hageman,    Harry    D. 
Kasold,    Arthur 
Yoder,    Wren    F. 


Captain, 

George    R.    Crawford 


COMPANY  I 

Manhattan 

1st     Lieutenant, 

Arthur  A.   R.   Scheleen 


2nd    Lieutenant, 
Clede    R.    Keller 


382 


FROM    VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO    EXERMONT 


1st    Sergeant, 

Rediker,    Irving    M. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Tolman,    George    O. 
Mess     Sergeant, 

Apitz,     Alfred     C. 
Sergeants: 

Broberg,   Oliver  W. 

Reed,  OIlis   W. 

McHugh,    Dilts    S. 

Ferrel,    Don   E. 

Brown,    Duke    C. 

Getty,    Richard  W. 
Corporals: 

Lee,  Joy   O. 

Allis,  Leland  C. 

Rader,  John   W. 

Harper,   Dennis  K. 

Grooms,   Leslie  A. 

Newell,   Clell   A. 

Howe,    Clarence    B. 

Baker,    Robert    E. 

Dundore,    Clemans    E. 

Fraker,    Thomas    M. 
Mechanics: 

Lundsberg,    Chester    E- 

Foveaux,    William 
Cooks: 

Cordts.   Walter  A. 

Smith,    Charles    O. 

Carlton,    Lee    S. 
Buglers: 

Rothrock,    Thomas 

Sawyer,   Glen   R. 
Privates: 

Ayers,    John    H. 

Babcock,    Dale    L. 

Balderson,    George   W. 

Bartley,    Percy    D. 

Bennett,    Jony    W. 

Best,    Harry    F. 

Bolin,    Marcelin    H. 

Bradley,    David    F. 

Bradley.   Ralph   M. 

Bumbaugh,    Albert    F- 

Burgess,     Edmund     B. 

Byers,    Verner    M. 

Carley,    Charles    W. 

Carley,   George  W. 

Casford,   Howard  J. 

Chapman,    Otis    E- 

Cobb,    Joe    T. 

Coffey,    Clarence    W. 


Comfort,  Howard  L. 
Cooper,    Charles   A. 
Day,    Francis    L. 
Dexter,    Archie    B. 
Dicky,    Donald    M. 
Doty,    Dale    W. 
Dugan,    Frank    M. 
Falconer,     Ralph    E- 
Farrell,   Edward  J. 
Fayman,    Harold    H. 
Ferrell,     John     D. 
Finnigan,    John    W. 
Fordyce,    Wilbur    F. 
Foster,    Alvin    J. 
Frankenpohl,     Edward 

F. 
Freeby,    Harold    L. 
Fulton,    Ralph 
Gardner,   Richard   A. 
Gittings,    Bert    W.    J. 
Goshorn,    Carl    A. 
Gregg,    Earl 
Gross,    Martin 
Hamilton,    Daniel    B. 
Harrold,    Earl    Spencer 
Harrison,    Benard    W. 
Hayes,    William    W. 
Higginbotham,     Charles 

L. 
Hodges,    William    F. 
Hoke,    Ercil  A. 
Holland,  Joseph  C. 
Holloway,    Myles 
Holm,    George   W. 
Holt,    George     W. 
Hopper,    Charles    E. 
Hurst,    E.    Fredrick 
Hutto,    Dale    N. 
Johnson,    Alvan    A. 
Jones,     Morris 
Knisely,    Elber    M. 
Kraft,    George    H. 
Langner,    Emil    W. 
Larson,    J.    Robert 
Lockard,   Virgil   F. 
Lowe,    William    S. 
TyUnday,    Dewey   W. 
Ltingberg,  George   L. 
McBee,    George   W. 
McKee,    Joe    H. 
Maddock,    Ralph   E. 
Maluy,     William    B. 
Manrose,    Byron 


Messick,    Warren 
Meier,    Lawrence    A. 
Mitschler  Paul   H. 
Mortimer,    Charles 
Murphy,    Dewey 
Nelson,    Frank 
N  ester,    Cyrus   J. 
Newman,    Frank   N. 
Osbourn,    Ira 
Osbourn,  John   M. 
Paddock,    James    L. 
Paddock,    Victor    V. 
Padgett,    Fred    M. 
Padgett,    Merl    L. 
Parrish,    Tom    H. 
Pearson,    Varlourd 
Peters,    Lewis    E. 
Pillsbury,   Hobart   E. 
Rains,     Harry     L. 
Rains,    Philip    E. 
Reed,   Harrison 
Reed,  Samuel  C. 
Reinders,    Charley    E. 
Rorig,   Albert   P. 
Sanders,    Morton    E. 
Schultz,    John 
Scott,     Melvin     J. 
Selfridge,    Palmer    W. 
Shaver,    John    M. 
Shay,    John    H. 
Shirkey,    Earl    F. 
Slifer,    Ralph 
Smith,    Raymond    L. 
Stanley,     Ralph    R. 
Stevens,     Roy     C. 
Sumner,    John    N. 
Tangeman,   Ralph   E. 
Thierer,    Jacob    O. 
Thorton,   Dewey 
Travis,   Donald   H. 
Unger,   Ferdinand  J. 
LTrban,    John    M. 
Wakefield,   Wallace   H. 
Wallace,    John    W. 
Wallace,    Walter   C. 
Walters,    David   A. 
Weeks,    Everett    J. 
Weninger,   Erwin 
Wildinson,    Harley    W. 
Williams,    George    E. 
Wilson.   Albert  W. 
Woolheater,   Harold   E, 
Wymore,    Percy    F. 


Captain, 

Lewis    C.    McDonald 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Dan    A.    Work 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Frank    O.    Gillette 


COMPANY  K 

Garnett 

Supply     Sergeant, 
Spradlin,    Albert    F 

Mess    Sergeant, 
Keil,     Carl    J. 

Sergeants: 

Potter,    Bruce    B. 


Blackledge,     Benjamin 

F. 
Hampshire,   Claude  C. 
Hiner,   Merritt   M. 
Adams,    Frank    B. 


ROSTER    OF    KANSAS   NATIONAL   GUARD 


383 


Corporals: 

Baker,    Ottawa    E. 

Jones,    Bobert    L. 

Morris,    lyloyd     li. 

Tippin,    Curtis    M. 

Helton,    Joe    S. 

Travers,    Benjamin    A. 

Evans,    Julius    O. 

Enslow,    Walter   L,- 

Neil,    Arnold   J. 

Certain,   Harold   R. 

Black,    Warren    C. 
Cooks: 

Stomp,    George   A. 

Goodwin,    Nile    U. 

Neil,    Walter    C. 
Mechanics: 

Melvin,    Harry    L. 

Tyler,  Charles 
Privates: 

Adams,    Harry    C. 

Anthony,  Walter  C. 

Acuff,     Morse     C. 

Altic,    Bennie    E. 

Blake,    Jesse    S. 

Bowen,  Jesse  A. 

Bryan,   Emmett   E. 

Buckels,     Fred    S. 

Bunyan,   Harry 

Ballenger,   Clarence    V'. 

Bell,   Ralph   O. 

Bogart,   Charles   E. 

Barnes,    Robert   T. 

Branaman,    Hugh    A. 

Brumit,    William    F. 

Balsley,   Ira   L. 

Blackledge    Walter    M. 

Barnes,   Oliver  E. 

Beau,   John  H.   Jr. 

Brock,    Otis    H. 

Borer,   Charles  J. 

Cross,    Toe    B. 

Cook,    Paul    D. 

Caylor,    Leland    S. 

Catuska,    Clarence    D. 

Carter,   Marion   D. 

Crow,    Jesse   J. 

Carr,    Robert 

Danforth,    Harry    T. 

Dunn,    Harry    A. 


Day,     Vern     H. 
Donald,     Alden    E. 
Davies,    Albert 
DeWolf,    Henry    P. 
Edington,   Merle   D. 
Engwall,   Carl 
Enochs,   Raymond   C. 
Fergus,    Malcom    R. 
Fraker,    Ray    D. 
Faulkner,   Orval    H. 
Fishburn,    Ray    G. 
Freer,    Floyd    E. 
Garst,     Earl    F. 
Gates,    Truman    R. 
Gentry,    Carey    F. 
Greer,    Thomas   D. 
Greer,    William    C. 
Greer,    Irving    W. 
Graffham,    Albert    C. 
Graham,    Frank    O. 
Goff,    Harley 
Gunn,  Foster  A. 
TIarrold,    Thomas 
Hunt,    George   T. 
Heiken,    Eilert    G. 
Hastings,  Joseph   L. 
Hootman,    Lester 
Hanson,    Louis    H. 
Hunter,    Ora    L. 
Hubbard,   Albert 
ITugill,    George 
Henderson,     F. ester    J. 
Kinnard,    Arthur    R. 
Keene,   Wallace 
Kepple,   Edmund   P. 
Kelsey,    James    D. 
Kirkpatrick,    Joyce   T. 
Kleinsorge,    Edwin    F. 
Long,    John     F. 
T.athrop,   George   A 
Marconette,   Aaron   t. 
Melluish,    Parker    B. 
Miller,    Prank 
Mills,    John 
McParland,    Chester    E. 
Miller,    Max    L. 
Mettler,    Lee 
McDaniels,    Walter 
Muntzert,    Orlin     E. 


Muntzert,    Fred    P. 
Mcintosh,     Fred    H. 
Morton,    William    H. 
Murry,    Frank 
Neil,     Hallie     H. 
Newquist,    Fred  j. 
O'Connor,    Henry   L. 
Ortolf,    William 
Overbolt,    Jack 
Ohmes,   Michael  J. 
Ohmes,     Frank    J. 
Ohmes,    Wendell    G. 
Osljorn,   Thomas   E. 
Oakley,    Ralph    C. 
Payne,   Harry 
Petty,    Charles    E. 
Price,    Charles    S. 
Ramsdell,     Frank     R. 
Reneau,    Everett 
Reed,     Charles    E. 
Reimer,    August    C. 
Rowland,    Clyde 
Ralston,  Truman  G. 
Smith,    Irl    E. 
Smith,     Lewis    N. 
Sutton,   John    I. 
Showen,    William 
Staley,    Lloyd    M. 
Seott,     Paul     K. 
Shozman,     Jacob 
Shuey,    Ferguson    A. 
Springer,    William    P. 
Snow,    Ellis    W. 
Soderstrom,    Ralph   A. 
Shoemaker,     Orvie     E. 
Seyler,    Ovid 
Shroder,    Neil    B. 
Tedrow,    Frank   L. 
Triplett,    David    S. 
Walker,    Charles    F. 
Williams,    Wallace 
Wick,    James    B. 
Winter,  Wilson  N. 
Welton,    Vern    A. 
Wilcox,    Dewey    J. 
White,   Harrj-    A". 
Losses   Discd. 

Adkinson,   Wesley   E. 
Smith,    Fxlgar    W. 


Captain, 

Earle    T.    Patterson 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Paul    A.    Cannady 
2nd    Lieutenant 

Richard    M.     Phillips 
1st    Sergeant, 

Keller,     Harry    S. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Allen,    John    F. 


COMPANY  L 

Yates  Center 

Supply    Sergeant, 

Dillman,     Omar     D. 
Sergeants: 

Tlaven,    Forrest 

Conley,   Ray 
Corporal: 

Nannings,    Simon    P. 
Cooks: 

Lamborn,    Carson  T. 

McGowan,     Ernest     R. 


Branden,  Oscar  B. 
Buglers: 

Leighton,  Vear  V. 

Hicks,     Ralph     E. 
Mechanies: 

Hartshorn,   Ray 

Naylor,    Claud    H. 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Acton,     James     E. 

Blue,    Clifford    M. 


384 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Crisler,    Ulric    F. 
Hardesty,    Stanley    E). 
Kershner,  Joe   D. 
Nanninga,    Tjaart   R. 
Parker,     Willis 
Williamson,    Claude    R. 
Powell,    Keith 
Smith,    Daniel    L. 
Ruble,    Robert    H. 
Robbins,    Pies    S. 
Smock,    Klexery    R. 
Wilson,     Dlmer     R. 
Burlmgame,   Dudley  G. 
Hamilton,   Herbert   P. 
Lawton,    Ray   J. 
Lotton,    Orrid    G. 
Moore,    Earl   H. 
McCoy,  Leslie 
Thrasher,    William    A. 
Woods,    Perry    L. 
Privates: 

Ashley,    Lloyd    E., 
liauersfeld,  Paul  T. 
Barber,   Frank 
Bowman,  Lloyd   F. 
Borders,   Glenn   W. 
Brooks,    Willis    F. 
Brown,  John  W. 
Breon,   Leroy   W. 
Brooks,   Homer   P. 
Blackman,   Hiram    F. 
Bransfield,    Martin    W. 
Burton,    Charles    S. 
Bumgarner,   Harry   V. 
Cramer,    Maley    O. 
Carpenter,  Lloyd  C. 
Cook,   Robert  J. 
Covault,    Eddie    S. 
Cresson,     Sig. 
Craig,    Charles  _M. 
Campbell,    Leslie    J. 
Chester,    V.    Lynn 
Carthel,    Edgar 
Davis,    William    T. 
Davis,   Will 
Depew,    Benjamin    W. 
Derby,     Neal     E. 


Doty,    Otis    L. 
Dickey,   Eber  J. 
Dale,   Kieth   E- 
Ellis,    Lenard    G. 
Farra,    Verne    L. 
Frost,    Alvin    L. 
Goodwin,   Ira   M. 
Gifford,    Edward    L. 
Griffitts,    Rose   C. 
Gilbert,  James 
Hackney,    Ira   W. 
Henry,    Charles   H. 
Hughes,    Bert    F. 
Hurlock,    Joe    H. 
Holmes,    Charlie    H. 
Henrichs,   Walter  O. 
Ireland,    Martin    E. 
Jones,  Olaj   A. 
Jones,    Robert    W. 
Jones,    Roy    O. 
Jones,    Milton 
Johnson,    Fred    H. 
Johnson,    John    E. 
Johnson,  Victor  L. 
Johnson,   Herbert    O. 
Jordan,    Wade    A. 
Kash,    Frank 
Kilby,  James  A. 
Knotts,    John    J. 
Knotts,   Elias   L. 
Lee,  Ralph  H. 
Lieurance,    Clarence   J. 
Leonard,  Lee  L. 
Lynn,   William  T. 
Lucas,   Robert  T. 
Leter,  William  E. 
McAdoo,    Clarence, 
McCulIough,    Thurlew 

W. 
McCall,     Archie    M. 
McCoy,   Ralph 
McClendon,    Charles 
Martin,  John   E. 
Mathis.   Oren  N. 
Merrill,  Walter  I>. 
Moore,    Charles    F. 


Mentague,    Charles    W. 

Moffett,    Roy   J. 

Miller,   Earl  L. 

Mabis,    Horace    R. 

McClure,   James   C. 

Meinig,    William    Hen- 
ry 

Mehl,    William    C. 

Maupin,    Emmett, 

Munger,    Louis    C. 

Mill,     Sidney    R. 

Nokes,    Clarence    W. 

Parker,    Bert   L. 

Pruitt,    Harry    L. 

Plummer,    Wade    F. 

Pollock,    Harry    O. 

Ralph,    Melvin   L. 

Renner,   Lee  M. 

Rubert,   James   J. 

Ravnolds,    Mortimer 
E. 

Riho,    Frank 

Roberts,    Oscar    R. 

Saferots,    Carl    L. 

Scott,    Charles    L. 

Stewart,    Raymon   C. 

Sutley,     Merle 

Stephens,    Ova 

Sponcer,    Henry 

Sweringer,    Oral 

Snyder,    John    W. 

Skaggs,  Lee 

Trueblood,    Harry    S. 

Tout.    Rollie 

Watts,    Milton    E. 

Weiland,    Chauncey 

Wells,    Jesse    H. 

Wilson,  Loyd  R. 

Whetsel,  Henry  W. 

Wiggins,  Walter  H. 

Wood,    Sammie 

Woodward,   William  F. 

Williams,    Tom   L. 

Walz,    Walter   J. 

Van    Wormer,   Adrain 

Leshley,    Floyd 


Captain, 

Frank  E.  Jones 
1st   Liexitenant, 

Merrill    F.    Dean 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Frank   B.    Elmore 
1st  Sergeant, 

Sands,    Frank    C. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Peters,    Shirley 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Stortz,    Frank 


COMPANY  M 
Lawrence 

Sergeants: 

Adams,   Merle   J. 

Carpenter,    Samuel    L. 

Courtwright,  William 
W. 

Decker,    Leonard    E.' 

Hayes,   Lusius  B. 

Humphrey,  Harry  L. 
Corporals: 

Aere,  Joseph 

Auchard,   Virgil 

Bloom,   James 


Coe,   Fordyce  B. 
Hauser,    Frank 
Kirby,  Glynn 
Miles,    Charles    S. 
Oliver,   Archibald    B. 
Riley,  Don 
Robbins,    Roy    S. 
Rust,    Boyd 
Spangler,    Le    Port 
Smiley,    Stanton 
Ufford,  Neill 
Webb,    David    W. 


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Mechanics 

VVhitla,   Lowell  R. 
Cooks: 

Creek,    William   P. 

Moyer,    Samuel   P. 

Ruppenthal,   Harold 
Buglers: 

Acre,    Leonard 

Plank,  Ewart 
1st    Class     Privates: 

Auchard,    Ralph 

Campbell,    Francis 

Hattemer,   Otto 

Kelly,    Carroll   B. 

Leis,    Tracy    F. 

Manning,    Robert 

Masset,  Addison  R. 

Rice,  Ewart   R. 

Rice,  Joseph 

Riley,    William    S. 
Privates: 

Acre,  Albert  H. 

Ashley,  Plarry   B. 

Austin,  Verle 

Ball,    Charles    M. 

Barnett,    George 

Blicks,  Paul  A. 

Bouton,    Dain 

Brown,  Karl 

Bryan,  Joseph     D. 

Bukovatz,    John    J. 

Bussh,  Charles 

Carpenter,  Walter  T. 

Carpenter,    Charles   T. 

Carpenter,    Robert   H. 

Clary,    Garnett    S. 

Clawson,   John    H. 

Coe,    Auburn    S. 

Cottrell,  Ray  M. 

Couehman,   Floyd  H. 

Craig,    James    V. 

Cullen,    Albert 

Curl,    Hobart    G. 

Draskowich,   Mike  J. 

Dye,   Milton   L. 


Edwards,  John  R. 
Eggen,  Charles  B. 
Ellsworth,    Willoughby 

F. 
Evans,  Joe 
Fisher,  Earl  F. 
Frank,  Verne 
Garrigues,     Frank     O. 
Gee,  Merrill  H. 
Gibson,   Hugh  H. 
Gibson,    Phillip    C. 
Gill,    Wayne   I. 
Gordon,    Howard 
Griffith.  William  H. 
Grinstead,  James   R. 
Haines,    Charles   A. 
Hale,    Milford    W. 
Hammer,    Byron 
Hart,    Charlie    E. 
Hart,   Mark  L- 
Haynes,   Malson    P. 
Hester,   Claude   H. 
Holston,   Verner   H. 
Honick,    Lewis    E. 
Horn,    Will   R. 
Hughey,     William     N. 
Hynes,  Fred   I. 
Jenson,   Paul   F. 
Johnson,  Lewis   C. 
Johnson,   John 
Kelly,    Sherwin    F. 
Kincheloe,  Ivan  C. 
Krappes,    John    H. 
Krause,    Albert    F.    F. 
LaCarte,    Alvarez    J. 
Lewis,   Charles   W. 
Legg,    Edwin 
Laudblade,    Leon   W. 
Luse,    Elgie 
Martling,  Francis  II. 
McDonald,    Ira    M. 
McGinness,    P>vron    F. 
McGinness,    Hugh    T. 
McMnrphv,    John    W. 
Mendenhall,    Edgar    L. 


Miner,  Erie  S. 

Mitchell,   Basil  L. 

Moore,   Edmond    E. 

O'Brien,    Shamus 

Oehrle,    Charles    F. 

Olson,    Forrest    C. 

Owens,   Seth  J. 

Palmer,   Opie  L. 

Peterson,   William  J. 

Prebble,   Fred 

Rader,  Ralph  R. 

Richter,     Theodore     H. 

iJodgers,    Charles    Ha,-- 
vey 

Roe,    William 

Rogers,  John  L. 

Rueker,   Carl 

Ruinmell,    Ross    J. 

Runnion,    Ray 

Schutter,    Frank    J. 

Smfth,    Frank 

Smith,    Odon    W. 

Smith,   Wright   W. 

Snyder,    Ivan   V. 

Stewart,   Kenneth   C. 

Stines,    Leonard    F. 

Thrower,    Walter 

Tinklepaugh,    Daune 

Vanderbur,    Carl   E. 

Van    Wormer,    Horace 
L. 

Walker,   Carl 

Warders,   Charles    E. 

Whiteher,   Andrew   J. 

White,    Oliver   W. 
Losses,    Discharged 
Mechanic, 

Bailey,    Arthur    R. 
Privates: 

Kane,    George    C. 

Kemp,    Harley    S. 

McLaughlin,   Walter 
H. 

Powell,   Ralph   D. 

Volok,    Thomas 

Whiteher,    Harry 


Privates: 

Ashley,    Harry 
Brown,    Karl 
Craig,    James    V. 
Cullen,    Robert 
Draskowish,    Mike 
Honiek,  Lewis  E. 


ORGANIZED  MILITA 

Lawrence 

Johnson,    Louis    O. 
Oehrle,     Charles     F. 
Peterson,    William    C. 
Richter,    Theodore    H. 
Rodgers,  John 
Tinklepaugh,   Dunne 


Losses,   Discharged: 
Bryan,    Joseph    D. 
Bakovatz,  John  J. 
Fisher,    Earl    F. 
Gibson,    Phillip    C. 
Krappes,  John  E. 
Lewis,  Charles  W. 


INITAL   DRAFT,   SANITARY   DETACHMENT 
FIRST  KANSAS  INFANTRY 


Major, 

Henry  T.   Salisbury 


Captain, 

Ira  E.   Durant 


1st  Lieutenants: 
Joseph    E.    Alford 
Barnes,  Ralph  E. 


386 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Sergeants,  1st  Class: 
Alphin,    Wayne 

Sergeants: 

Curl,  Chester  L. 
Silverthorn,  Earl 
Myers,    William    R. 

1st  Class  Privates: 
Anderson,    Ivan    H. 
Buchanan,    Dwight 
Carman,     Benjamin 
Derby,   Arthur   G. 
Dumas,     Harry 


Engel,    Herman 
Greiss,    Murray 
Jones,   Sam    I. 
McCormick,    Norwood 
Martin,    Earl   L. 
Myers,   John    B. 
Russell,   John   C. 
Starkweather,     Robert 
Privates  : 

Achining,    Carl 
Bryde,    Phillip 
Cooke,    Charles    H. 
Daniels,  Charles  E. 


Francisco,   Clell 
Heron,  William  T. 
Hudson,    Adolphus    F. 
Hughes,    Lawrence    D. 
McAllister,    Fred    L. 
Nichols,   Clifford 
Roberts,   Harrold   M. 
Thudium,    Carl 
Woodard,    Howard 
Wyatt,   Wiley  J. 
Losses,   Discharged 
Golding,   Ned. 


DETACHMENT   UNASSIGNED 

Private, 

Eichelberger,  Will 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


387 


SECOND  REGIMENT,  KANSAS  INFANTRY 

HEADQUARTERS 

Newton 


Colonel, 

Perry   M.   Hoisington, 
Commanding 
Lieutenant    Colonel, 

Fred   R.   Fitzpatrick, 
Major, 

John    H.    O'Connor 


FIELD  AND  STAFF 

Major, 

Fred  L.   Lemmon 
Major, 

Harry   G.    Menkemeyer 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Homer  li.  VVark 
Regimental   Chaplain 


1st  Lieut.  &  Bn.  Adj. 

John  C.  Hoehle 
1st  Lieut.  &  Bn.  Adj. 

Harry  F.  Grove 
1st    Lieut.    &    Bn.    Adjt. 

James    B.    Rosseau 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

Newton 


Captain, 

Frank  E.  Bonney, 
Reg.   Sergeant   Major, 

Robieson,  Frank  W. 
Band   Leader, 

Beeson,   Otero  G. 
Bn.    Sergeant    Majors: 

Morrison,    Reed 

Mitchell,    Dalbert    W. 
1st   Sergeant, 

Fink,  Louis  W. 
Sergeant    Bugler, 

Black,   Paul   L. 
Color    Sergeants: 

Noonan,    Robert   E. 

Fagerquist,    Reuben    T. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Stewart,    James    H. 
Jr. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Palmer,  Frank  G. 
Band    Sergeants  : 

Olson,   Ernest  M   . 

Di   Nino,   Frank  V. 
Band    Corporals: 

Innis,   Donald   F. 


Hawkinson,   Carl  W. 
Cooks : 

Bryant,    James    B^ 

Veager,    John    B. 
1st     Class     Musicians: 

Glezen,   Roy  J. 

Sheffer,  Wilhelm  G. 
2d    Class   Musicians: 

Shehi,    Dan   L. 

Bagby,   Charles  A. 

Young,    Charles   D. 
3rd  Class  Musicians: 

Baer,    James    D. 

Braithwaite,   Robert   G, 

Cool,    Eugene    B. 

Davis,    Howard   W. 

liufiine,    Guy    L. 

Heck,  James  G. 

Lichtenberger,    Harley 
W. 

McFadden,  Harold  M. 

McGrew,  Richard  A. 

Norton,     Emra    A. 

Palmer,   Chester  E. 

Reynolds,    Stanley    A. 


Scott,  Cyrus  W. 

Wesley,   Wendell  P. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Hanna,  Ross 

Ferguson,  James  F. 

Trull,    Leo 

White,    Ernest    L. 
Privates : 

Carlton,   V.    Berne 

Daugherty,  Paul 

Hoover,    Donald    D. 

Harshman,    Frank    S. 

McKay,   Patrick 

McBeth,    Marcus    V. 

Robbins,  Arthur  B. 

Robbins,    Herman    D. 

Roberts,    James 

Sanders,    Robert 

Sturtevant,    Ernest   L- 

Winterhalter,    Daniel 
C. 
Horseshoer, 

Sampson,   George  K. 

Atwood,   Arthur   F. 

Dixon,    David    W. 
Discharged, 

Fagerquist,    Arthur    C. 


MACHINE   GUN  COMPANY 

Hutchinson 


Captain 

Guy  C.   Rexroad 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Frank    J.    Benscoter 
2d    Lieutenants, 

Robert    A.    Campbell 

John   Barthold,  Jr. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Wilson,    Ezra  J. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Brown,    Ray    W. 


Supply   Sergeant, 

Hyatt,    Walter    D. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Huston,    Lester   W. 
Sergeants  : 

Parsons,   Roy   F. 

Lunas,    James    B. 

McKee,    Edward   W. 

Shawhan,   Leslie   Iv. 

Gibbens,    Leon    D. 

Crow,    Roy    M. 


Corporals : 

Bates,  Howard  J. 
Massoni,    Alfred    A. 
Middlehurst,    George 

S. 
Winters,   George  W. 
Lloyd,  Frank  Z,. 
Nelson,    William    S. 
Rider,   Ned   M. 
Hagaman,    Darrel    P. 


388 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Cook, 

Dralle,    Albert    E). 
Buglers: 

Arnold,  Ray  W. 

Rexroad,    Gerald 
Mechanics: 

Warnock,   Earl  C. 

Green,    Lewis    F. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Ferguson,  John   H. 

Johnson,    Roy  V. 

Fick,    Paul    F. 

Kimzoy,    Harland    D. 

Shiffer,    Ray    H. 

McKenzie,    Verl    J. 

Dill,    Norman    F. 

Whelpley,    Charles    W. 

Alexander,     Paul     W. 

Baker,   Chester   W. 

Barton,   Sly 
Privates : 

Blackburn,   Stanton    F. 


Brooks,   Richard   G. 
Clark,    Walter    S. 
Cline,   Lester  M. 
Cramer,   Wendell  H. 
Deming,   Claude   E. 
Everett,     Martin     E. 
Fiori,    Seraphin 
Ford,  Leon  A. 
Frohwitter,    William 

B. 
Fowler,  Homer  F. 
Grace,  Phillip  G. 
Hamby,    L'oyd    W. 
Jennings,    Don   A. 
Jackson,   Floyd   E. 
King,    Frank 
Klippel,    Philip    C. 
Lang,   Bert  F. 
Lockhead,   Lewis   R. 
Lumm,  Jesse 
McGuire,   Paul   R. 
Mauser,  Roy  A. 


Nicholson,    George    T. 

Ross,    Bert   F. 

Seely,   Guy 

Shawhan,    Harold    R. 

Shive,    Myron    L. 

Snell,   David   L- 

Stewart,    John    E- 

Thompson,    J.    Arthur 

Turner,  Roy  E. 

Weaver,    Henry  J. 

Weeks,    Harold    H. 

Wentz,    Ralph    D. 
Sergeant, 

Maltby,    Arthur    L. 
Horseshoer, 

Bates,    Chester    I. 
Cook, 

Nagle,   Charles  A. 
1st   Class   Private, 

Richards,  Arba  F. 
Privates : 

Buggelin,    Charles    F. 

Elmes,   Harry 


Captain, 

Alfred   E.    Noonan 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Jesse    M.    Nixon 
1st   Sergeant, 

Smith,   Eustace 
Reg.   Supply  Sergeants : 

Rohrer,   Samuel  J. 

Snyder,    Parker    L. 

Henney,   Alfred   K. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Baugher,  James  W. 
Corporal, 

Lantz,   Dillard   A. 
Cook, 

Haines,    Walter    H. 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 
Hutchinson 

Horseshoer, 

Dunham,  Noah  F. 
Saddler, 

Weatherman,    Ferrell 
E. 
Wagoners : 

Adkinson,    Levi    J. 

Albrecht,  Irvan 

Battershell,     John 

Brown,   Harvey  L. 

Carr,    Robert    E. 

Cecil,   Aaron   B. 

Clark,   Ralph   C. 

Collins,    Charles    L. 

Dopps,    Lyman   J. 

Duncan,  Clyde 

Harrel,    Edward 


Hershberger,  Locke  H. 
Huntsman,    Charles    L. 
Knight,    Frank    H. 
Lennen,   Earl  L. 
Leslie,    Ansel    E. 
Mallory,    Harrison  ,D. 
Manny,    Ernest    C. 
Manny,   Ora  A. 
]\'!cClure,    Ernest   A. 
INIcCowan,   Oliver  W. 
Ritherhouse,    Lester 

A. 
Smith,    Wilfred    D. 
Smith,    Paul   J. 
Stewart,    Charles    E. 
Wainner,    Ralph    R. 
Warren,   Mansford    E. 
Wheeler,   Sidney   R. 


Captain, 

Frank   E.    Barr 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Paul   J.    Simpson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Emil    G.    Keil 
1st  Sergeant, 

Seymore,   Theodore 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Palmer,   Earl  J. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Branch,   Ralph   A. 


COMPANY  A 

Wichita 

Sergeants : 

Dodman,    Earl 

Ford,    Hobart    A. 

Bodkin,   Charles   W. 

Waldron,    Hugh 

Hopkins,  Thomas 

Inman,   Boyd 

Dodds,    Elbert    L. 
Corporals: 

Banks,    Clyde    J. 

Ingle,  Millard  T. 

Seese,  Harry  A.  M. 


Martin,  George  F. 
English,   Clarence  A. 
Barbrick,   Earl 
Ulmer,   Charles 
Olmstead,    Earl    O. 
Gaskill,    Louis    W. 
Stephens,    William    J. 
Mathews,    Harry    S. 
Rouse,    Harry   L. 
Cooks : 

Grimes,   Edward   L. 
McDuffis,   Norman   L. 


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389 


Mechanics: 

Shields,   IJugene   B. 

Grimes,  Scott  L. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Childers,   Alva   B. 

Carter,    Harris    G. 

Dunham,    Frank    V. 

Hake,    Herbert    H. 

Knox,  Thomas  N. 

Martindale,    Lyle    M. 

Offenslein,  Ross  B. 

Rector,  Walter  M. 

Thompson,    L,eo    V. 
Privates: 

Armour,    Jack    W. 

Andrews,    Robert    P. 

Barrett,    Henry    IJ. 

Bennett,  Carl 

Bonner,    Eugene    B. 

Booth,    Otis    P. 

Brown,   Herbert   R. 

Brown,    Guy    C. 

Brown,   Herbert  R. 

Brewington,    Glenn 

Burgett,    Fred    S. 

Carpenter,   Sherman 
R. 

Casto,    Clyde    R. 

Cleary,    Cecil    E. 

Crafton,    John    W. 

Crafton,    Wright   M. 

Crist,    Paul   A. 

Daugherty,    Victor    M. 

Daisy,    Raymond 

Davis,    Laverne 

Dondelinger,    lyouis 

Drake,   Shad 

Elliott,  John   S. 

Fintelman,    William 
R. 

Fisher,    George    H. 

Fitzgerald,    Jesse    L. 

Fralick,    Ransler    C. 

Gay,   Bryant  W. 

Gillel,    Edward    E. 

Guy,    Robert     E. 

Hartman,    Luther    M. 


Heath,    Don   A. 
Hendren,    Clyde    M. 
Hendren,    Paul 
Hicks,    Ralph    I. 
Holcomb,    Louis   H. 
Howell,   Rex 
Hull,   Orval   P. 
Humbert,  Lee  R. 
Jinks,   Harry  L. 
Kelly,    George    W. 
Kendrick,    Francis   A. 
Kiehl,    Dale    M. 
Kirk,    Harvey    F. 
Lampe,  George  H. 
Lickly,    Morris    J. 
Lightner,  George  H. 
Lindaberry,   Joe 
Ivindt,    Otto   H. 
Lish,   Ira   N. 
Lusk,    George    B. 
McAvey,    Arch    G. 
McCartney,   Jacob   L. 
McCool,  Earl  J. 
McCorgary,    Thomas 

A. 
McDermott,   Ira   D. 
Martin,   Louis   A. 
Mason,    Emmett,   M. 
Milner,    Champ    O. 
Minard,   Frank  B. 
Mitchell,    Earl    S. 
Moore,    Homer   R. 
Morgan,  Claude  W. 
Morris,   William   V. 
Morrison,  Harry  K. 
Norvell,    Frank    O. 
Newcomb,    Leland    A. 
O'llaro,   Vernard   C. 
Oldfield.    Charles    PI. 
Page,    Tom    L. 
Palling,    William    R. 
Pattinson,    John    R. 
Peacock,     Elton     D. 
Penny,    George 
Phillips,    Joe    W. 
Pierce,   Clarence    O. 
Pitts,    William   A. 


Propp,    Daniel    R. 

Peterson,   Harry  T. 

Raly,    Fred    L. 

Reedy,  Raymond 

Reeves,    Harold    E. 

Repledge,   Bedford   B. 

Robinson,    Roscoe   L. 

Rowe,   Horace   D. 

Sage,  John  F. 

Sampson,    Roy    E. 

Schmucker,    Theodore 
I. 

Schreffler,    Charles    L. 

Schreffler,    Clarence 
G. 

Scott,    Oliver    W. 

Seal,  Roy  D. 

Shick,  Floyd  R. 

Silvius,   Richard   O. 

Singleton,    Grover    F. 

Smith,    Ezekial    P. 

Sommerviller,    William 
A. 

Stine,  George  B. 

Taylor,  Walter  W. 

Templer,    Alfred    L. 

Thompson,  Orin  L. 

Townsley,   John  A. 

Tillinghast,     Frank    L- 

Treft,    Charles   W. 

Truex,    Galeb   C. 

Tyron,  Harley  D. 

Walker,   James   K. 

Whitecotton,   Arthur 
E.  H. 

Wilcox,    Edwin    C. 

Willard,   Albert   L. 

Wilson,    William   H. 

Wilson,    Zynn    M. 

Winn,    Newton    R. 

Wood,    Frank    E. 

Cummings,    Thad   L. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Knox,   Thomas    W. 
Privates: 

Barritt,    Henry    E. 

Lampe,    George   H. 


Captain, 

Scott    Berridge 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Roy    S.    Gibson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Clarence    A.    Rennick 
1st   Sergeant, 

Grubbs,    Clarence   O. 
Sergeants : 

Knox,    Garrett   W. 

Flynn,    Tames    V. 

Bird,   Victor   T. 


COMPANY  B 

HOLTON 

Fairchild-,    Harold    H. 
Slaughter,  James   R. 
Lambert,    Emery    W. 
Jarvis,    Russell    J. 
Long,    Phillip 
Dale,    Harold 
Corporals: 

Mann,   Harold 
Horton,    Francis   A. 
Lutz,    Harry    E. 
Bradley,  Walter 


Mechanic, 

Butrum,    Clarence    A. 
Cooks: 

Beems,   Roger 

Brumfield,    Elmor    D. 
Buglers: 

Young,    Clarence    O. 

McGehe,    Floyd   A. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Bailey,    Arthur   L. 

Dennis,     Herschel 

Eaden,   Roscoe 


390 


FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Karstetter,  Frank  C. 
Morrissey,    James    L- 
Privates : 

Alexander,   Harold    L. 
Alexander,   Roy   C. 
Alexander,    Wilmer 
Alendorf,  Jacob   G. 
Bair,   Ralph 
Baertch,   Carl    E). 
Baldwin,     Clifford     G. 
Baugh,    Hilton 
Barnes,    Virgil 
Barr,  Ray 
Baxter,   Kmmett 
Benander,  Arthur 
Bossier,  John  W. 
Bottom,   Leroy 
Bradley,   Jesse 
Brown,    Paul    R. 
Bronston,   Byron   Iv 
Blackwood,   Fred  J. 
Brubaker,    Stewart    H. 
Carlson,  Edward  G. 
Caywood,    Walter    E. 
Chrisman,    Paul   H. 
Chrisman,    Spencer 
Christian,  Robert  R. 
Christensen,    James    P. 
Clements,  Harry  C. 
Conklin,    George    D. 
Compton,    Harry    H. 
Curtess,     Samuel    W. 
Davis,    Harold 
Day,   Elmer 
Day,   Roy    C. 
Darling,    Ernest    G. 
Douglas,    Ora 
Dunn,   Jack 

Eby,   Harry  R. 

Earl,    Isaac    Henry 

Fess,   Russel   B. 

Forsberg,    Clarence 

Fultz,    Harvey 

Glendening,    Perry    W. 

Gray,    William 

Hall,  George 

Hannah,  Cecil 

Harris,    John   T. 

Hart,    Joseph    C. 

Hartman,   Elmer  G. 

Hartman,   Fred   H. 

Heiselman,  William  H. 


Hickcox,   Charles  M. 
Hill,  Lee 
Hill,   Paul  N. 
HoUis,    Doyle 
Holt,    McKinley 
Ireland,    Percy    S. 
Johnson,    JCarl    D. 
Kathrens,    Charles 
Kesling,    Opha    L. 
Kidney,   Emmett 
Kidney,    Scott 
King,   Ralph    T. 
Kroth,    Ralph    T. 
Lewis,   Charles 
Lewis,    Worth    A. 
Lines,  McLin 
Lines,     William 
Marion,    Levi 
Michaels,    Raymond   E- 
Mitchell,    Birt 
Mitchell,     Clifford    R. 
Mitchell,    Clarence    E. 
Mitchell,    Thomas    A. 
Miller,     George    N. 
Miller,    Oscar 
Minor,    Gilbert    S. 
Musselman,    Francis 

C. 
]\Ieyers,   Irenous  C. 

Meyers,    Claude   L. 

Meyers,   Claude  L. 

McComas,   Clyde   C. 

McHenry,   Milton 

McKinsey,   Bert 

McKinsey,  Ray 

McMurtry,    Eugene 

McPherson,    Charles 
W. 

McPherson,    Clyde    O. 

Nelson,    Jesse 

Nicholas,  Lloyd 

Nicholas,    Otis    C. 

Osterhold,    Frank 

Park,    Charles    E. 

Patterson,  Harold 

Pointer,    Virgil    D. 

Pollock,   Marion  L. 

Priest,  Walton  E. 

Roby,   Paul   T. 

Rudy,    Ernest    A. 

Russell,  Ralph  V. 

Russell,   Ray   C. 


Sanderson,   George  W. 
Simmons,     Leroy     D. 
Simpson,    Erwin   C. 
Slate,  Lee 

Slater,     Meredith    H. 
Smith,   Lewis   J. 
Stafford,   David  L. 
Stanley,   Elmer 
Starkey,    John   W. 
Steele,    Wilford    C. 
Stephenson,     George 

L. 
Stonebraker,    James 

D. 
Stonebraker,    Louis    J. 
Sullivan,   Earl   D. 
Suter,    Harold   B. 
Thompson,    Loren    E- 
Thompson,  Leon 
Thompson,    Ross   F. 
Tift,    Rawlin    L. 
Utterback,  Frank  R. 
Ward,   Roy   E. 
Wvatt,   John    F. 
Fletcher,    Paul    C. 
McClacherty,    John 

W. 
Overgard,   Ray 
Patrik,   Frank 
Shoenberger,    Russell 

1st    Class    Privates: 
Skinner,    Owen    G. 
Spittler,    Leaman 
Stone,   Herbert  R. 
Sweeney,    Daniel    K. 
Stringham,   Leon 
Sweeney,    Ross    1/ 
Swick,    Herbert    T. 
Temple,    William 
Thomas,   Guy  M. 
Tunnell,    Earl    G. 
Turner,    Howard    E. 
Vierra,   John 
Wood,   Morgan  L. 

Losses, 
Discharged : 

Gilmore,   Dave    E. 

Perkins,    Clemet 

Sturm,  Guy 
Corporal, 

Higbee,  Roy  B. 


Captain, 

Scott    McKenzie 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Clarence    H.    Quigley 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Louis   R.    Scott 


COMPANY  C 
Gkeat  Bend 

1st   Sergeant, 
Doklyn,    Ray    A. 

Supply    Sergeant, 
Momyer,    Harry    II. 

Mess    Sergeant, 

Truex,   Adelbert   G. 


Sergeants: 

Redwine,    Reginald    F. 
Burns,     Frank    L. 
Roper,   Samuel   D. 
Swift,    Jay    G. 
Crouse,   Charlie  W. 


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Arth,     Edgar    J. 

Heuiesen,    Frank 

Boylan,    Brad 

McGreevy,    Urban 

Lamoreux,  Wayne 
Corporals  : 

McFadden,  William  F. 

Hunt,  Albert   D. 

Kinniard,    Eugene    B. 

Woodburn,     Gustavus 
W. 

Hook,  John 

Ruble,    Charles    A. 

Wood,    George   C. 

Breeden,    Leo    F. 

Grubb,  Floyd 

Wilson,  Roscoe 

Johnson,   Gilbert   M. 
Mechanics : 

Pritchard,  Paul  E. 

Locke,  Thomas  A. 
Cooks : 

Girdner,  Kelly  W. 

Morrison,     Damon    W. 
Buglers: 

Scheufler,    William    F. 

Soden,    Walter    G. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Ashpole,    Archie 

Alexander,    Ira 

Brown,   Reid  A. 

Bertram,    Walter    E. 

Chapman,    Roscoe 

Carleton,    Raymond   R. 

Cowley,    Stone    O. 

Drawbridge,   Mason  R. 

Ivveritt,    Lloyd    G. 

Gunn,    Edwin   R. 

Hearne,    Floyd   R. 

High,    Branch   D. 

Harvey,   David 

Jurgensen,     William 
M. 

Krebaum,    Calvin   V. 

Keenan,  John  B. 

Keller,    Walter    F. 

Leadbetter,     Alva 

Longmoor,  Charles  H. 

Meyer,  August  H. 

Mayes,   Walter   R. 

Petty,   Oliver   II. 


Robertson,    Alexander 

L. 
Rinker,  Roy  L. 
Sipe,    Charles    L. 
Steadman,    John    P. 
Speck,  Charles  F. 
Wesley,  Charles  A. 
Yetschke,    Clarence 
Privates: 

Armstrong,    Bliss 
Brown,    Henry    F. 
Bryant,   Levern 
Boebeck.  Arthur  F. 
Bortz,    Andrew    J. 
Bone,    Bentley    O. 
Bonham,  Oscar  L. 
Brodbeck,     Ernest    A. 
Blackburn,     Jake     M. 
Batman,    Dilla 
Bedford,   Charles  E. 
Bright,    George   A. 
Culbreath,  Arthur 
Cook,  Cecil   F. 
Cates,    Fred 
Clinton,    Arthur 
Deines,    Adam 
Dix,    Buford 
Dyer,    Roy 
Durbin,    Charlie 
Ewing,  Jessie   W. 
Fisher,   Emmett   M. 
Fritscher,    Henry 
Graham,  Morris  T. 
Gabbert,   Ernest  C. 
(iooing.    Mack 
Grubb,   Walter   S. 
Hoffman,   Henry   J. 
Hayes,    James    W. 
Highland,    Royal    G. 
Hoffman,    Conrad 
Hargrave,  William  A. 
Hook,  Henry 
Hardesty,    Charles    H. 
TIall,   Hugh 
Jones,    William    J. 
Jones,    Bee   W. 
Jeffers,    McKinley    H. 
Karr,    William    F. 
Kenney,    Guy    J. 
Kruss,    William    H. 
Lynn,    Vernic   O. 


Livesay,    William    O. 
McCracken,    Harry 
McClure,    Fred    A. 
McCorkle,    Owen    W. 
McDaniel,    Gerald 
McDaniel,   Clarence 

A. 
McClure,  Guy  E. 
Mercer,  Earl  M. 
Mahoney,   Denny 
Moore,     Reuben    W. 
Nelson,  Roy  N. 
Newell,    George   S. 
Orm,  Ira  E. 
Powell,   Roy  A. 
Powell,  Harold  Q. 
Quimby,   Loy  S. 
Radke,    Albert    L- 
Renfro,    Aubry 
Richardson,    Charles 

E. 
Speck,   Earl 
Swab,    Norman   E- 
Stoskopf,     Lester     E. 
Snow,    Elmer    E. 
Scott,   James   L. 
Steenis,    Richard    J. 
Stone,    John    H. 
Sloan,   Alva   L. 
Sieker,   Walter  O. 
Shuck,    Frank    M. 
Sullivan,    William    L. 
Segandollar,    Fred 
Skinner,    Henry    C. 
Sams,    Lester    L. 
Shook,    Perry    O. 
Tromer,    William    S. 
Tinnemeyer,    John    H. 

F. 
Trear,    Patrick 
Talbott,   Henry   W. 
Tabler,    Ivan    E. 
Varner,   Leo    O. 
Wilson,   Jack 
Warner,    Earl    L. 
Whaley,   George  B. 
Walker,   Joseph   W. 
Ward,    Earl   A. 
Wemmergren,    Karl 
White,    Clarence    H. 
Wilson,    William    B. 


Captain, 

Fred    E.    Ellis 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Verne    G.    Breese 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Harry    B.    Dorst 


COMPANY  D 

McPherson 

1st    Sergeant, 

Hennessey,    Clarence 
A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Drake,    John    C. 
Sergeants : 

Canfield,  Thomas  N. 

Marymee,    James    C. 


Gillilan,    John    A. 
Bailey,     Lawrence     S. 
Hull,    Wayne    G. 
Corporals: 

Greenshaw,    Otis    O. 
Bretches,    Lloyd 
Coblentz,   Luther 
Hagstrom,   Granvil 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Vague,    Thomas   R. 

Gordon,    Joseph    A. 

Larson,    Willard    E. 

Sayler,    George    J. 

Koehn,    Alex    R. 

Stauffer,     Aiarion     W. 

Ruggeri,   Antonio 
Cooks : 

George,   Charles   A. 

Minns,    Paul    J. 

Parks,    Harvey   L. 
Bugler, 

Hill,    Lloyd    L. 
Mechanics : 

Dilley,     Rufus     F. 

Malm,   Andrew 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Caliway,  Welborn 

Clark,    Arthur 

Gronfur,  Iver 

Haga,  George 

Janke,     Herbert 

Roflfman,    Ray 
Privates : 

Adams,   Melvin   W. 

Anderson,    Edwin   A. 

Ash,    Guy    H. 

Basinger,  Pesca  L. 

Rannan,    Alvin    K. 

Banman,   Daniel   F. 

Beranek,    Tames   M. 

Blair,     Be"rn     B. 

Blair,    Arthur    L. 

Bowlby,    Raleigh    C. 

Bretches,   Dewey  W. 

Bias,   Frank  L. 

Bishop,    Lloyd    A. 

Bistline,    George   A. 

Branton,    Ralph    L. 

Case,   Alex   H. 

Carrell,    William   W. 

Chapin,   Herbert   M. 


Clark,    Francis   M. 
Clark,    Donald    S. 
Carter,   Clarence 
Crouse,  Harry  R. 
Cramer,  Ward  B. 
Curtis,    Chas.    H. 
Cade,   Carl  D. 
Dossett,     Ralph     R. 
Duby,    Jesse    C. 
Dugan,   Lon  T. 
Duhn,  August  W. 
Dyck,   Frank   F. 
Ek,   Fmil 
Filer,   John   A. 
Finkle,   Farl   P. 
Fisher,     Harold     B. 
Fisher,    Sidney    P. 
Fraser,   Rosser  C. 
Frye,   Clifford   C. 
Going,  Verno  E. 
Grant,    Hiram    E. 
Godown,    Lester    E. 
Haynes,    Ivan    R. 
Hayson,    Fred    G. 
Harger,    Walter    B. 
Harris,    Verner   G. 
Hereford,    Harold    R. 
Helgeson,    Carl    M. 
Hook,    Ernest    D. 
Hill,   John    G. 
Ivey,  Jack 
Ishmael,    Clifton 
Jackson,    Thomas    W. 
Johnsey,    Eddie   L. 
Johnson,    Elmer    O. 
Kelly,    Stewart    S. 
Kelsey,    Raymond   G. 
Kellett,   William    F. 
Kutnink,   Paul   E. 
Krehbiel,   Edwin   G. 
Knowles,    Elmer    E. 
Lathwell,     Earl    J. 


Larson,    Homer    W. 
Lloyd,   Leon    S. 
Lloyd,     Ivan     L. 
Lonberger,   Frank   M. 
Lipe,    Orville    L. 
Lipe,    Loran 
Luginbill,    Arnold    P. 
Maguire,    Lee    R. 
JNIagathan,     Benjamin 
Magathan,    Lemuel    E- 
Maltby,    George    E. 
Merritt,    Frank    W. 
Messbarger,    Uriel    E. 
Mulnix,    Ben   R. 
McMurray,  Fred  L. 
McPhail,    Ross 
McDougal,    Earl   M. 
Nelson,    Ernest    A. 
Nelson,   Edward  J. 
Nell,    John    H. 
Niggeman,    William    J. 
O'Bryant,    Chas.    W. 
O'Byrant,    Archibald 

M. 
Overbey,    Claude    R. 
Owen,    Ray   D. 
Parr,   Everet  R. 
Post,    Floyd    E. 
Pollitt,     Dallas    D. 
Pierce,    Cecil    A. 
Rariden,    Edgar  L. 
Ransirom,    Robert    R. 
Rehtz,   Herman 
Reid,    Lester   L. 
Rutledge,    Paul    R. 
Rutledge,   Gayle   N. 
Sandifer,    William    J. 
Santee,   Harold    P.   ■ 
Se/viss,    George    E. 
Shaw,   Joe    R. 
Siebert,    Howard 
Simpson,    Paul    M. 


Captain, 

William   R.    Fleeman 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Durward    J.    Wilson 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Harvey  R.   Rankin 
1st    Sergeant, 

Stewart,  Donald  P. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Houston,    Rex    C. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Cline,    Frank    B. 
Sergeants : 

Mather,    Clarence    T. 

White,    I/Ouis    D. 

Potter,    Donald    C 

Wickendoll,   Albert 


COMPANY  E 

Hutchinson 

Newton,  Roy  H. 
Crippen,   Dale   L. 
King,  Fred  W. 
Corporals : 

Davolt,   Bert  Y. 
Tucker,    Morris   J. 
Ransay,  Ivan  G. 
Beuttner,    Harry    G. 
Brundige,    Charles    R. 
Foster,    Lester    O. 
Vaughn,    Frank    A. 
Abbott,   Seth  J. 
Edwards,  Hobart 
Short,    Charley 
Strobel,    Howard    E. 
Woods,   James   H. 
Ulmer,   Joseph    L. 


Mechanic, 

Gibbs,  Leonard  A. 
Cooks : 

Cox,   Lloyd   B. 

Campbell,   James  W. 

Howe,  Roy  A. 
Buglers : 

Miller,    Norman    W. 

Bergen,    John    K. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Anderson,   Edwin  A. 

Blackball,    Malcolm    R. 

Brace,    Clayton    W. 

Cheatum,    Claude   E. 

Clark,    Milo    G. 

Donnell,    Kenneth    B. 

Frye,    Emmett   A. 


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Hardwicke,  John  H. 
Hobson,    Floyd    H. 
Hodgson,   Garrell    D. 
Houston,    Thomas    S. 
Howe,  Edgar  E. 
McCullum,   Archie   D. 
McKee,    Arden    H. 
Moeser,    Frank    P. 
Patton,   Joseph   R. 
Peck,  Ralph   F. 
Richards,   James   B. 
Smither,    William    F. 
Tucker,    Russell    G. 
Ulmer,   Harvey   W. 
Vogt,   John 
Waggerman,    Hubert 

I,. 
White,  Albert   E. 
Whitehead,    William   J. 
Zumwalt,    Charles    L,. 
Privates : 

Ackley,    Henry    W. 
Altis,    Charley    C. 
Anderson,     George    C. 
Anderson,    Pete    C. 
Anderson,    Ralph    M. 
Barksdale,    William 

W. 
Banres,   Clarence  C. 
Rattin,  Alfred  H. 
Battin,    William    A. 
Black,   John   A. 
Bowen,    Albert    W. 
Brown,     Earl    F. 
Calbert,     Lee    M. 
Canfield,  William   R. 
Canfield,   John   H. 
Carter,    Norman    A. 
Coffelt,    Terril    C. 
Cooper,   Eldon  L. 
Danner,  Ira  O. 
Davis,  John  S. 


Devore,   Nicholas   L. 
Foreman,    Kay   M. 
Fowler,    Orville   D. 
Fowler,   W^illiam   W. 
Fritz,   Joe  H. 
Fullerton,    Robert   W. 
Fulling,    Vergil    H'. 
Goodrich,    George    W. 
Gosen,    Dick    W. 
Grosham,   Floyd 
Griffith,    Bertie    R. 
Harrington,   Joseph    F. 
Hart,  Ralph  R. 
Hawkins,     Roscoe    O. 
Hill,    William    F. 
Hobbick,    Howard    R. 
Howard,   George 
Ivey,    Kellie   M. 
Kenoyer,    Earl 
Kenoj-er,    John    E. 
Koon,    Fred    C. 
Lambertus,    John    W. 
Lewis,   William    W. 
Love,  Joseph  E. 
Lyons,    Everett    M. 
Malone,    William    L. 
Martin,    Hillary    R. 
Mawby,    Felix    M. 
McCamant,    Donald    G. 
McCollum,  Claude  V. 
McColm,    Arthur   L. 
McHone,    William    A. 
McMullen,    Hubert  H 
Miller,    Frank    R. 
Nelson,   Ely 
Parker,     Kenneth     R. 
Pauls,    Otto 
Porter,    Russell    B. 
Poulton,    Gleason    E. 
Powell,    Ernest   F. 
Price,    Frank    M. 


Sanford,   George   R. 

Schock,    Ferrol     E. 

Scott,    Chauncey    H. 

Scott,   Clarence  J. 

Seaman,    Charley    L. 

Shepherd,    William     P. 

Staley,    Charley    E. 

Stapleton,    Raymond   R 

Stephenson,    Fred    L. 

Stephenson,    Leroy    B. 

Stewart,    Grant 

Stockton,     Albert     N. 

Stone,    Fred 

Truitt,    Albert    H. 

Truitt,   Alfred_  L,. 

Watkins,    Benjamin    F. 

Watts,   Emerson  A. 

Whitehead,    Charles 
E. 

Weigel,   Fay  M. 

Williams,    Claude 

Wilson,     Ottis    C. 

Wilson,  William   H. 

Young,  Harry  L- 

Yowell,    Benjamin    W. 

Zumwalt,    Andrew    J. 
Losses, 
Discharged, 
Sergeant, 

^  Hall,    Claude    H. 
Corporals  : 

Plobby,    George    H. 

Hicks,    Bert  L. 

Porter,    Verner    B. 

Williams,    Charles    E- 
Mechanic, 

Weaver,  James  H. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Foster,    Leon    L. 

Parmley,  Ernest  W. 
Private, 

Atkinson,    Floyd    W. 


Captain, 

Clarence    M.    Smith 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Albert    L.    Thorn- 
b rough 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Carl    E.    Burgess 
1st   Sergeant, 

Bell,   Joseph   N. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Bish,    Frank 
Supply     Sergeant, 

A'Neals,     Albert 
Sergeants : 

Arnold,   Manford   F. 

Barr,    George    S. 

Stutzman,    Robert    II. 


COMPANY  F 

Larned 

Edwards,    Gilbert    C. 

Graham,   Ira   M. 

Myrick,    Edgar   P. 

Purdue,    Paul 
Corporals : 

Fisher,    Henry    O. 

Moore,.  Millard 

Avery,    John    K. 
Cooks : 

Rice,     Harry 

Ridge,    Jim 

Creaghead,    Harry 
Mechanic : 

Wonsettler,    Oscar 
Buglers : 

Croan,   Ephraim 

Ingels,   Vernon   E. 


1st   Class   Privates: 
Artzberger,    Harland 
Armstrong,   Willard 
Bass,    Lawrence 
Blankenship,     Bert    M. 
Deighton,   George  S. 
Estes,  Loy  C. 
Gregory,   Miles  H. 
Hundley,    Claud    J. 
Jenkins,    Charles 
Kirch,  John  H. 
Litsey,    Aden 
Lockey,    Paul 
McAfee,    Harrison 
Michler,    Don   A. 
Raymor,    Grady    F. 
Rynerson,    Russell 


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FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Shoup,  Jesse   R. 
Sooby,    Benjamin   H. 
Smith,    Roger    E. 
Sherry,    Thomas   L. 
Taylor,    Brooks 
Weeks,  Wade  R. 
Privates: 

Ackerman,    Spencer    C. 
Anderson,    Pro 
Arnold,   Archie   L. 
Allbritton,    Jackson    C. 
Artzberger,    Raymond 

F. 
Brooks,    Royce 
l?arnett,    Monroe 
Bindley,    Mark    R. 
Biirson,    Ralph    A. 
Biehn,    Harrison   H. 
Barcus,    Thomas    O. 
Blecha,  Frank  J  . 
Carrell,    Carl 
Chalmers,   Ray  W. 
Chumbley,   Arlice   C. 
Craghead,    Walter 
Couch,    Karl   E. 
Campbell,  John   C. 
Chears,   Walter   S. 
Crean,   Reuben   H. 
Croan,    Howard    U. 
Dahl,  Frank 
Dupree,  Roy  L. 
Edgar,    Hubert 
Evans,  Thomas  L- 
Force,   Ora   M. 
Flewelling,     Ervin     M. 
Ferguson,    Arthur    L. 


Gore,    Louis    R. 
Griffith,    Earl 
Geer,    Carl   H. 
Gibbs,    James 
Gibbs,  Jesse 
Gode,   Edgar   H. 
Ginn,   Floyd   S. 
Gibbons,   Albert   W. 
Haff,    Lawrence 
Hawkins,   Chester 
Hager,    Charles   S. 
Hoover,    Carl 
Hennessey,   Myron    W. 
Haugh,    George    D. 
Howard,     Harold    D. 
Hoover,   Arlie   C. 
Jarvis,  Ralph 
Johnson,   Orvill 
Jordan,    Edmond 
Jordan,   Ivel   J. 
Johnson,   Albert   C. 
Keberlein,   George  J. 
McBride,    Frank   T. 
IMeyers,    Harold    J. 
Morris,    Glenn    W. 
Milton,    Grant 
Milton,    Harvey    E. 
Milton,     Elisha    P. 
McVey,    Take    H.  . 
Miller,    Clyde    H. 
IMichler,   Frank  L. 
Murty,   Lane 
Nairn,    Guy   W. 
O'Hanlin,    Clyde    S. 
Oatrand,   Otto    C. 
Ormord,    Marshall    S. 
Pittinger,    Perceival 


Preston,    Orville 
Post,    Walter    E. 
Peck,   Clifford   H. 
Parry,    Rauland   S. 
Pauley,  Orville 
Parker,   Reese   H. 
Parks,    Arthur    H. 
Quinn,    Patrick 
Russell,    Harry    F. 
Reynolds,    Colman 
Raney,    Carl 
Reynolds,  Jack 
Ratcliff,    Egbert   R. 
Richardson,    John    A. 
Simmons,    Charles    E. 
Simmons,    Harold    R. 
Smart,  Harry  W. 
Sutton,   Walter  B. 
Scott,   Arthur 
Shepherd,    Ralph    E. 
Sterling,    Earl 
Sterling,    Daniel    L. 
Teliver,    Emit    R. 
Thomas,  Alfred   H. 
Thompson,    Edward   T. 
Turner,    Henry    I. 
Turner,   Sampson   A. 
Watts,    Earl   N. 
Webb,  James  M. 
Walker,    Albert    A. 
Wilder,   Thomas    E. 
Welch,     Fred    L. 
Whitehurst,  Harry  V. 
Whitt,    Clifton    A. 
White,    Walter    A. 
Williams,    Floyd   E. 
Wheeler,    Frank    C. 


Captain. 

Leslie    E.    Harvey 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Jesse    E.    George 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Ernest    S.    Harvey 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Ivorenz,    Ira    V. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Gooch,   John   C. 
Sergeants : 

Lockhart,   George  A. 

Widmoyer,    Fred    B. 

Johnson,   Thomas  I'. 

Murphy,    Robert    C. 

Jackson,    Sherman    N. 

Hart,  Verne  C. 

Spivcy,  Ora  M. 

Purton,    John    L. 
Corporals : 

Cowell,    George    S. 


COMPANY  G 

Minneapolis 

Popham,    Harry   A. 

Spivey,    Henry    L. 

Ballance,   Carl  A. 

Plally,    Maurice    J. 

Stanford,   Samuel    T. 

Cowger,    Irvin    L. 

Boner,    Boyd    H. 

Davis,  Roland  E. 
Bugler, 

Berry,    Ray    W. 
Cooks: 

Dotson,    Charles    R. 

Shaw,    George 
Mechanics  : 

Trout,    Elmer    J. 

Muller,    Victor    W. 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Bennett,    Freedon 

Cross,    Elsworth    A. 

Davis,   Thomas   C. 

Ferguson,   Guy   W. 


Pilcher,  Robert   E. 
Smith,    Henry   H. 
Stout,    Clarence   M. 
Twombly,    Roy 
I'rivates: 

Armstrong,    Lee   A. 
Baker,    Homer   A. 
Baker,    George    M. 
Barrett,   John    F. 
Baumgartner,   David   P 
Beach,  Paul  C. 
Beck,    Arthur   A. 
Becker,   James  R. 
Bending,    Foster    D. 
Bilsland,   Joseph   L. 
Bishop,    Elson    J. 
Boyle,    John    H. 
Boyle,    Charles    M. 
Butt,     Chester     J. 
Butterworth,    William 
M. 


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Carpenter,    Thomas    P. 
Caughey,   William   M. 
Coleman,    George   J. 
Coleman,    Thurston 
Collins,   Jake  J. 
Collister,    William    II. 
Conde,  Arthur  L,. 
Cross,  Alonzo   F. 
Cross,  Harry 
Conde,   Lee  15. 
Davies,  George  T. 
Uelcamp,  Boyd  iC. 
Dewey,   Bert 
Domirio,    Fred    E). 
Dorman,    Bernie    E. 
Dunham,   Albert   G. 
Dunlap,    Robert   J. 
Dykes,     Clay     W. 
lidwards,    Harry    S. 
Endicott,    Clarence 
Felton,    John    B. 
Ferguson,    Fugene    R. 
Fletcher,    Merton 
Flakes,    James    F. 
Gooch,   Leslie   L. 
Guise,    Raymond   C. 
Hall,    Henry    T.  _ 
Harmon,    John    F. 
Harmon,    Ralph    F. 
Hartley,    Roy 
Haren,    Walter   B. 
Heaton,    Harry    G. 
Heberly,     Otis    J. 
Hewes,  William  IL 
Hostetler,    Carl    O. 


Hudsonpillar,    Clar- 
ence 

Kephart,    Lloyd    R. 

Kifer,    Russell    S. 

Kuhnle,    Fred    W.    Jr. 

Laymon,   Ralph   F. 

Lewis,    Frwin    H. 

Lott,    Neely 

Maholland,    Ralph    E- 

Marvin,    Paul 

Matthews,    Farl    C. 

McCollough,   Frank   R. 

INIcGaugh,  Lyle  B. 

McGavran,   Boyd   B. 

McKee,   Chester   G. 

Melcher,    Henry    J. 

Miller,    Jesse    Z. 

Minner,    Dow  J. 

Moss,    Charles    A. 

Muller,    Ira    E. 

Murdick,    Reed    W. 

Murdock,   Mearl   R. 

Murphy,    Elyde    M. 

Myrick,    Fvigene   B. 

Nelson,    John    H. 

Newell,    Elmer    E. 

Parsons,  John  H. 

Perkins,    Doan    F. 

Pilcher,    Arthur    C. 

Pilcher,     Clifford     L. 

Popham,  Glenn  A. 

Postlethwaite,   Glenn 
D. 

Potter,    Forrest   J. 

Press,    Floyd   S. 

Richards,    Guy    O. 


Rodgers,    Charles   M. 

Rogers,    Lloyd    V. 

Rose,   Wallace 

Ruby,     Chauncy     E. 

Sampson,    Rexford    B. 

Sargent,    John 

Shreve,   Carl    R. 

Shrouf,    Lester    B. 

Siegrist,   Carl  J. 

Smith,   Hugh  R. 

Snavely,    Irvin    N. 

Sommers,    Ora    C. 

Standau,    William    II. 

Starkey,    Jesse    G. 

Strait,    Charles 

Sweeny,    Joseph 

Swoycr,    Henry    A. 

Swoyer,    John    R. 

Teasley,    Earl 

Thompson,  Earl  D. 

Townsend,    Esley 

Truitt,    Verne    E. 

Treadwell,    Lee   J. 

Vaughn,    Fred    G. 

Walden,    Clarence   B. 

Walden,   Roy   L. 

Ward,    Frank    R. 

Webster,    Calvin   S. 

Whipp,    Russell    B. 

Wickham,    Clyde    S. 

Woodman,   Alvin   H. 

Woods,   Milton  A. 
Losses, 
Discharged, 
1st    Sergeant, 

Stout,    Ray 


Captain, 

Fred   11.    Vaughn 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William   L-   Brown 
2d   Lieutenant 

Marshall    W.    Fulghum 
1st    Sergeant, 

Crawford,  George  E. 
Supply     Sorgt. 

Robinson,   Ivan    R. 
Sergeants: 

Beck,  Eugene  IT. 

Hodges.    Will   H. 

Pierpont,    Raymond 

Rutledge,    Cecil     L. 

Wallack,    Walter    M. 
Corporals: 

Patterson,     Robert    S. 

Tharp,    Eewis   M. 

Constant,    Wallace 

Stolp,   Joy   A. 

Schantz,   Herbert   S. 


COMPANY  H 

WlNFIELD 

Barker,    Ellis    T. 

Jenkins,    Fred    T. 

Kendall,    Wayne 

Garrett,    James    S. 

F,ndicott,  Ralph 

Cunningham,   Charles 
W. 

Wylie,    Ernest   J. 
Cooks: 

Cook,  Israel  U. 

Isongale,    Darrell    D. 

Isongalc,    Cecil   H. 
Buglers-: 

Kinkaid,    Emmot   C. 

Holt,   Joseoh    E. 
Mechanic, 

Armstrong,   Edward  H. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Barber,    Lawrence    L. 

Busby,    Dean   R. 

Dobbs,    Tames    V. 

Dow,   William   H. 

Owens,  Cecil   P. 


Robinson,   Earl   II. 
Schifferdecker,     George 

W. 
Seaman,    Homer   G. 
Tolles,  Henry  W. 
Privates: 

Abel,   Henry   G. 
Allman,   George  V. 
Anderson,  James   M. 
Arnold,    Edward    R. 
Ault,   Earl   C. 
Baker,    Harold    A. 
Baker,  Noble  II. 
Baldwin,   Charles  W. 
Barringer,   Oliver   P. 
Bauer,    Merle    H. 
Bell,   Carl  IL 
Pilakey,    Victor   V. 
Bourdette,    Robert    C. 
Bratcher,   Ivel  L. 
Burbsm,    Fay    E. 
Buss,    Lloyd   F. 
Carpenter,    Lynn    F. 


396 


FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Chattam,    Carl    C. 
Clark,   Lewis  A. 
Collins,  Joseph  H. 
Conley,    Floyd    A. 
Cornelison,    Harvey    R. 
Cornelison,    Herbert 

A. 
Crisswell,    John    T. 
Crooks,    Cecil    E. 
Dillman,   Jake    S. 
Dunagan,   John  O. 
Eastin,    Harvio 
Eiche,    Frederick    G. 
Faught,  Lawrence 
Ferguson,    Sidney    F. 
Files,   Lennis   T. 
Fitch,    Rupert   O. 
Fleming,    Thomas   H. 
Foley,   Mike   E. 
Gardner,    Chester    W. 
Geoslin,  Doris  R. 
Gilford,    Lon 
Gordon,   Dewey  O. 
Gresham,  Henry  H. 
Griffith,   Glenn 
Hall,  John   H. 
Hartley,   James   A. 
Henry,  Garfield  R. 
Heatwood,  Albert  F. 
Hetherington,    Marion 

L. 
High,    Clarence   E. 
Himes,    Charles    E. 
Hughes,   William  R. 
Ingalsbe,  Lawson  S. 


Jacobs,   John    C. 
Jacobs,   Marvin 
Johnson,  Irl 
Raster,   Reuben   F. 
Raster,    Sleamon   H. 
Kinsey,   Albert 
Lawrence,    William   H. 
Lorton,    Hugh    C. 
Manhannah,    Harry    M. 
Martin,    William    L. 
May,   Jesse  E. 
McCoy,   Ernest   O. 
McCreary,   Lou 
McCreary,    Walter 
McVeil,    Emery   W. 
Miller,    Harold    L. 
Myers,    Max    E. 
Nicely,    John    W. 
Narris,   Leonard   H. 
Osborn,    Bert    C. 
Page,    James    H. 
Pinard,    Eddie   J. 
Pinion,    William    N. 
Powers,    Oran    E. 
Powers,   William  H. 
Prattsman.    George   E. 
Rader,   Otis   M.' 
Randall,    Enid    A. 
Roberts,    Cecil   L. 
Robinson,    Ear]    A. 
Rodman,   John  M. 
Ronsick,    Doll    D. 
Roseberrv,    Howard    G. 
Rude,    Robert   L. 
Sanburn,    Fred 


Sawyer,  Lacey  W. 

Schlotthauer,    Jacob 

Sherwood,    Hober   C. 

Sieck,    Bon   A. 

Smith,   Allen   E. 

Smith,    Paul   S. 

Snyder,   Dean    F. 

Stocking,    William    E. 

Switser,    Charles    T. 

Thompson,    Merville 
C. 

Thorpe,    Elmer   R. 

Tully,    James    B. 

Underwood,   Virgil   T. 

Vaughn,    William    A. 

Wallace,    Leow   H. 

Walton,    Carrie   E. 

Ward,   Max   W. 

Watkins,  Herbert  A. 

Wells,    Thomas 

White,   Llewellyn  B. 

Whitt,  Jesse  E. 

Wimpey,    Eugene   F. 

Wortman,  Harold   S. 

Yarbrough,  Glenn  G. 

Young,    Daniel 

Young,    George   W. 

Young,    Roy   D. 
Losses: 

Discharged 
Privates: 

Collins,   Emanuel   N. 

Dobbs,  Glenn   W. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Adam,    Murel   E. 


Captain, 

iCarl  A.   House 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Allender    Swift 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Pearl    C.    Ricord 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Cerf,    Charles 
Sergeants, 

Van'    Y,    Earl    E. 

Rasnic,    Clyde   J. 

Jones,   Donald   P. 

Ellis,  James  R. 

Courrie,     Paul    E. 

Graham,  George  W. 

Hampton,    Augustus 
A. 

Brownlee,  James  S. 
Corporals: 

Gilmore,    Morris    C. 

Toy,    Will   J. 

Covell,  Tom  G. 

Dwyer,    Daniel    M. 

Atterbury,    Joseph    H. 


COMPANY  I 

Wichita 

Almond,   Roger   P. 

Fuller,   Robert  P. 

Smith,    Charles    J. 

Rey,    Shirley  D. 

Riersey,   Chester  A. 
Cook, 

Nichols,   Alvin   W. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Avery,   Earl   P. 

Covell,  Chester  W. 

Lyon,    Harold  J. 

Taylor,   Arthur   S. 

VanWagoner,    Geo. 
W. 

Wertz,    Percy  J. 
Privates: 

Adkerson,    Takie 

Allen,    Guy   F. 

Anderson,   Fred   M. 

Arnold,  John  H. 

Auker,  Burley  B. 

Barton,   Horace  C. 

Barkhurst,   Earl  J. 

Belford,   Karl 


Bentley,    Anzel  E- 
Blanchard,    Merlin    P. 
Boyd,   Plarrison  L. 
Bridwell,   Walter  C. 
Brown,    Carroll    P. 
Brown,   Milo   C. 
Bundy,  James  I. 
Clark,    Henry    E- 
Clark,    Thomas    F. 
Clegg,    Fines    N. 
Colville,   John  A. 
Colville,  William   B. 
Cunningham,    William 

W. 
Cusick,   Eugene 
Dehner,    Albert    B. 
Dennis,   George  A. 
DeV^ore,   Albert  A. 
DeVore,   Elmer  B. 
Doll,   Claude   B. 
Dorie,    William   F. 
Eastin,    Jess    A. 
Elliott,  James  V. 
Fay,   Frank  S. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


397 


Frazee,   Harry   W. 
Gaines,  Henry  F. 
Gard,   Edward   E. 
Gillham,   Phillip   G. 
Glover,  Clyde  W. 
Graham,    Edward 
Greenwood,  Harold  W. 
Greenwood,     Lloyd    D. 
Grover,    Carl    H. 
Haddox,   McHenry   B. 
Ilamrich,  Guy 
Harris,    William    B. 
Harrison,     Everett     S. 
Ilarvell,  John  M. 
Holms,    Lewis   E. 
Helvey,    Charles    W. 
Herrick,   Harry   F. 
Hess,   Loyd    S. 
Hormel,   Lee   J. 
Hudson,    Thomas    C. 
Jennings,   Austin   P. 
Jones,    Ben    E. 
Junod,    Louis   J. 
Jones,    Charles   M. 
Kaplan,    Harry 
Kennedy,  Milton  J. 
Koons,   James   F. 
Kruse,  Otto   P. 
McCarroll,   John   C. 
McCoy,   Leo    E. 


McCuIIough,   Frank  H. 
McMillen,    Carl    B. 
McPeek,   Lester   R. 
Maher,    Richard   D. 
Melick,  Allan  H. 
Messer,    Charles    L- 
Minter,    Chas.    O.    M. 
Mitchell,    Samuel    R. 
Morris,   Leo  E. 
Passell,    John    B. 
Payton,   Jess 
Perryman,    Floyd    E. 
Petticord,  Harold  H. 
Pickrell,  Todd  R. 
Prohart,   Lawrence 
Prothero,  Joe  PL 
Purinton,    Wallace    L. 
Quirk,   Leo 
Ratcliff,   Carter  E. 
Reeside,   Delbert   C. 
Reynolds,    Ernest    R. 
Roberts,    Earl    M. 
Rodwell,    Joe    A. 
Rowsy,  Walter  W. 
Sauer,    Grant    L. 
Schafer,    August 
Scales,   Charles   L. 
Seamans,    Fred    E. 
Shank,    Harvey   L. 
Shilling,     Rudolph    D. 


Simms,    Thomas    M. 
Shinliver,     Vinton     C. 
Sloan,    William    E. 
Smith,    Fred    A. 
Smith,   Harold  I. 
Stice,    William 
Stoll,    Frank   M. 
Taylor,    Edward   J. 
Teter,    Earl   F. 
Theroulde,    Alfred    O. 
Titus,    Joseph 
Todd,    Charles    T. 
Trego,    Claude   E. 
Tyson,    Logan   R. 
Twyman,   Fred  J. 
Walterschield,     Henry 

W. 
Walton,   Paul   D. 
Whiting,    Fred   H. 
Whitton,   Fred   W. 
Wiley,    Thomas    L. 
Wilson,    Albert 
Wine,   Arthur   G. 
Wood,    Klbert   R. 
Wood,   Harry    G. 
Wood,  Walter  B. 
Woodward,  John   J. 
Yaple,    Claude    N. 
Yeager,    Clarence    P. 
Young,   Henry   W. 
Whipple,    Tracey 


Captain, 

Renelda  T.    Fry 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Rex    S.    Gilmore 
2A    Z'J'^utenant, 

Harry  M.   Ball 
1st   Sergeant, 

Dabney,    Earl   A. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Dunbar,    Lowell 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Campbell,    Joseph 
Sergeants: 

McClelland,  James 

McKay,    Donald 

McBride,    Roy 

Backus,    Lon 

O'Brian,   Ira 

Church,   Roy  B. 

Miller,    William    H. 

Becker,    Leod    D. 
Corporals: 

McGinlev,    Victor    D. 

Child,    Charles 

Hertwick,    John    P. 

Bateman,   James    D. 

Walters,    William 

Howard.   Floyd   T. 


COMPANY  K 

Independence 

Dabney,   Charles   J. 

Brighton,    Harold 

Synder,    Clarence 

Cripps,   Warren  A. 

Nichols,    Byron   D. 

Engel,    William 

Hunter,   Donald 

Smith,    E.    Erwin 

Mather,    David    E. 

Bailer,    Earl 

Sewell,    Harry 
Mechanics: 

Elliott,  Thomas   B. 

Orton,    Carl 
Cooks : 

Haines,     Charles 

McClary,  James  M. 

Currey,    Claud    C. 
Buglers: 

Herron,    Connie    R. 

Smith,  Alva 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Adam,   Chester  H. 

Bump,   Ronald   A. 

Roice,    Plarold 

Bramcr,    Harry    A. 

Charter,    Clarence    D. 

Chandler,    Charles   A. 


Damon,    Samuel   T. 
Daugherty,  Tom 
Garcia,    Joseph 
Hase,    Eugene    E. 
Hughes,    Arthur    E. 
Hughes,    Plarry    E- 
Hertwick,    Charles    I. 
Jacoby,  James  F. 
Johnson,    Shelby 
Lang,   Albert   H. 
Lohner,  Joseph  H. 
Mallonee,    Leo    R. 
Otterstotter,   Jos. 
Spayd,  John  R. 
Staloup,   Kenneth   H. 
Terry,    Floid 
Tucker,    Tames    E- 
Truax,   Alva  G. 
Woodman,    James    H. 
Walters,    Mark 
Walters,    Clyde    L. 
Williams,    Arnold    D. 
Privates : 

Andrews,   Harold   R. 
Arnold,   Joe 
Atkinson,   Calvin    O. 
Hoyle,   David  A. 
Babb,  Verlin 


398 


FROM   VAUQUOIS   HILL    TO    EXERMONT 


Blain,   Howard   W. 
Brasier,    Frank 
Bircher,    Gentry 
Bodine,    George    O. 
Biggs,  James   W. 
Brock,    Chas.    B. 
Brown,    Horace    C. 
Bean,   Roy  L. 
Crimniel,    Henry    W. 
Cecil,  Neil  M. 
Crowe,    Robert   L. 
Coy,    Clarence    Iv 
Carter,    Harold 
Cook,    Harry    D. 
Chauteau,  Fred  D. 
Chapman,    Lendal    D. 
Canney,    Chas.     F. 
Debo,  Jerry 
Eppley,    Glen    O. 
Fckley,    Bennie 
Evans,    Charles    H. 
Estes,  Charles  E- 
Foster,    Raymond 
Gurtney,   Andrew   J. 
Gallup,    Otis    O. 
Guarnee,   John   H. 
Garner,   Lonie 


Graves,   Peter 
Guard,    Harry 
Geren,    Charley 
Goodson,  Agle  B. 
Hutch  ins,  Howard   L- 
Helton,    Claude    L. 
Harlow,     Albert     M. 
Higson,  Fred 
Hicks,   Clyde 
Jones,    Walter   W. 
Jones,    Lester 
Johnson,    Joseph    E. 
Johnson,   James    E. 
Kennedy,    Fred 
Kerr,   Clarence   C. 
Krone,   Jay 
Kinslow,     William 
Latta,    Ralph    H. 
Lewis,    Ferell    J. 
McGuire,    Will    S. 
Meskee,    George    G. 
Murray,   Ewing  S. 
Murphey,    Loy    L. 
McLaughlin,    George 
Morgafi,   Alford    E. 
Mudge,   Carl   E. 


Newton,  Frank  C. 
O'Keefe,    Thomas 
Owen,   James    E. 
Osburn,    Curtis 
Philipe,  Al 
Philo,    Chester 
Pyle,    George 
Peneazok,    John 
Rhodes,    Walter   A. 
Reeves,  James 
Rusher,  Loy  L. 
Ringle,  Foster  G. 
Smith,    Leonard    E. 
Slater,   Roy   W. 
Shadday,    Charles 
Stone,    Rolla   A. 
Thrapp,  Roy 
Thiess,    William    L. 
Vance,   Herbert 
Warner,   Robert   M. 
Woolam,    Earl 
Wilson,    Walter   L. 
Weber,   William   N. 
Wilson,  Lee  E. 
Wassam,    Paul    B. 
Whitten,    Samuel    H. 
Warner,   Alford   A. 


COMPANY  L 
Empokia 


Captain, 

Clayton  J.   Patterson 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Arthur   J.    Ericsson 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Homer   U.    Laird 
1st    Sergeant, 

Schwartz,    Walter    A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Burt,  Charles  W. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Hartenbower,     Grover 
C. 
Sergeants: 

Trusler,  Victor  T. 

Meairs,  Rufus  C. 
Corporals : 

Steckel,    William 

Sheridan,    Phillip 

Anderson,    John    M. 

Christensen,    Oscar    C. 
Cooks: 

Kappelmann,    Otto    T. 

Waite,     Erwin    R. 

Swarner,    Frank 
Bugler, 

Mosley,   Ira 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Brier,   Arthur   E. 

Briley,    Carl    P. 

Dewey,    Lynn    AL 


DeWitt,   Harold 
Fry,   Andrew    F. 
Green,    Churchill 
Portwood,    Bruce   T. 
Son,  Elmer 
Wagley,   Harold  K. 
Privates : 

Ainsworth,    Walter 
Anderson,    Clare   J. 
Andrews,     Walter    IL 
Austin,     Glenn     R. 
Bass,    Howard    W. 
Beard,    Owen 
Bell,   Russell    L. 
Blackwood,    Merle    A. 
Blackwood,    Virgil    H. 
Bond,     Morritt 
Boyle,   Walter   J. 
Brandner,    Fred    A. 
Brown,    Harry    M. 
Brown,    William    R. 
Campbell,    Guy    B. 
Casstevens,    Earl 
Christensens,    Earl 
Colburn,    Willard    C. 
Cottrill,     Floyd    B. 
Cozine,    Frank   K. 
Crabtree,    Jake    L. 
Grain,    George   R. 
Crist,    Frank 
Crites,    Jesse     C. 


Crotts,    Glenn    F. 

Dietz,  William  F. 

Dainey,  William  J. , 

Donaldson,   Arthur' W. 

Downey,    John     L. 

Dunham,   Myron 
Francis 

Drury,    Floyd 

Edwards,    Hugh    F. 

Filinger,    Charles    J. 

Foster,    Jay 

Foster,    Silas    F. 

French,  John   W. 

Gadbery,    Arthur    R. 

Giddings,    Chester    C. 

Gifford,  Harley  W. 

Gillispie,  Arthur  G. 

Glaze,  Theodore 

Grimwood,    Thomas    J. 

Gress,    Louis    H. 

Hampton,    Henry    M. 

Hassinger,   Geo.   V. 

Hassinger,    S.    Earl 

Haworth,    Fred   J. 

Hobbs,     Gerald     Gor- 
don 

Horn,   Edgar  E. 

Hosley,   Chas.   R. 

Houghton,    Ray 

Hughes,    Marion    H. 

Hunt,    Chas.    W. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


399 


Ireland,    Chas.    K. 
Johnson,   Russell   W. 
Jones,    Linn    P. 
Kendall,   Chas.    E. 
Kesler,    Chas.    Iv. 
Kimble,    Herman 
Knowles,    IJdward 
Layton,     IJlmer    J. 
Lockwood,     Lawrence 

Logan,     J.     Austin 
Lowther,   Eugene   T. 
Lynn,    Francis 
McCracken,    Jesse    F. 
Madison,     Clarence     J. 
Madison,   Roy   L. 
Madison,    Stanley    C. 
Mastin,    Owen    P. 
Meyer,     Clarence    L. 
Meyer,    Flmer 
Minner,    Frnest    C. 
Monroe,   Jesse    Rod- 
ney 
Morris,    Clifford 
Myers,    Harry    A. 
Nelson,  Richard   R, 


Noakes,    Chas.    C. 
Norris,    Oren    N. 
Oakley,    Lester    C. 
Olberding,    Louie   A. 
Pennington,    Thomas 

J. 

Petty,   John    W. 
Pierson,    Lea  R. 
Posvar,     Kdmund 
Potter,   David    15. 
Prescott,   Russell  M. 
Purdy,  Leslie  L. 
Randall,    Lewis    W. 
Rapp,  Alfred   L- 
Resser,    Joseph    R. 
Ridgway,    Merle 
Riegle,   Roy   Wilford 
Riggs,    Clarence     F. 
Rinard,  Bernard  I. 
Roberts,    Richard 
Rohman,     William     C. 
Rumford,    Elbert    A. 
Runnels,    Vernon 
Ryman,    Ben   F. 
Schaible,     Harold     M. 
Schoeck,    C.    Leonard 
Schoeck,    Harry    A. 


Sellers,   Leslie  R. 

Shaft,    Elvis    C. 

Sidener,    Marion    M. 

Simpson,    Chester  C. 

Simpson,  Otto   F. 

Smith,   James   M. 

Smith,    Joyce    D. 

Solander,    Howard    D. 

Spangler,     Joseijh     F,. 

Spivey,    William    L. 

Stackley,    Christie 

Stevenson,    Charles    F. 

Stites,   O.    Russel 

Strom,    Leonard   O. 

Wahl,    Chas.    J. 

Williamson,     Randolph 

Wilson,   James    A. 

Wisler,    Chas.    S. 

Wood,  Wayne 

Zieber,    Warren 
Loss : 

Discharged : 
Sergeant, 

Richards,   John    S. 
Private    1st   Class, 

Cain,    Louis    A. 


Captain, 

Roy    W.    Perkins 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Ward   P.   Holly 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Willard    J.    Shipe 
1st    Sergeant, 

Richardson,  Andrew  J. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Biggart,    William    W. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Wagstaff,    Fred    M. 
Sergeants: 

Lill,   Cycril  L. 

Showman,    Samuel    E- 

Dick,   Harlow  G. 

Lindblom,     Ralph     A. 

Morriman,    Lewis 

Brill,    Daniel   P. 

Thompson,    Eugene 
W. 
Corporals: 

Anderson,   Carl 

Doran,  William 

Young,    Charlie 

Carroll,    William 

Carruthers,    Roy 

Mencher,   John 

Pitts,    Vollie    W. 

Donaldson,    Joe    F. 

Moran,    Fred 

Harnett,    Earl  B. 


COMPANY  M 

Salina 

Peterson,   James   C. 

Metzger,    Fred 

Lightfoot,   Ernest 

Crosby,   Amos 

Smith,    Sam    B. 

Price,    Irvin   M. 
Cooks : 

Shephard,   Luda  E. 

Smith,     Van     B. 

Walden,    Allen    C. 
1st  Class  Privates: 

Adams,    Clarence    E. 

Barnett,     Sam 

Bell,    Rowan    J. 

Bennett,    Merrill    W. 

Brassfield,    William    P. 

Cannon,   Paul   A. 

Carson,    Hobart    R. 

Chambers,  John  L. 

Draher,    Leland    C. 

Flinn,   Edwin  G. 

Freeman,     Claude 

Gentry,    Vincent    W. 

Hilligoss,    Claude 

Kohr,    Roscoe    E. 

Lindholm,    Enfred    G. 

Maloney,   Jack    E. 

McDowell,  James  C. 

Murphey,     Charley     A. 

Markham,     Harry     R. 

Pratt,    Glenn    A. 

Snyder,    James 


Smith,    Edgar   L. 
Smith,   Chas.    O. 
Spence,    Fred    L. 
Taylor,   Frank  O. 
Watson,    Mark    L. 
West,    Hedford    S. 
Privates : 

Akins,    Malcolm 
Alley,    Lawrence   J. 
Alexander,     Frederick 

N. 
Anderson,    William 
Atkinson,    Clarence 
Bartels,    Alfred    B. 
Benedict,    Willard    II. 
Bolby,    Claude    E. 
Bolby,   James 
Bolby,    Maurice   A. 
Borst,    Frank    C. 
Boyles,   Arthur   L. 
Brimlow,    Geo.    F. 
Butler,   Eugene   G. 
Davis,    Lawrence    E. 
Davis,   Lee 
Ditto,  Dorsa  J. 
Durant,    Pearl    Russell 
Etheridge,   John   A. 
Fry,   Leonard   M. 
Fuller,    Will    J. 
Fuller,    William    H. 
Garrison,     Roy     L. 
Gottberg,    John    Fred 


400 


PROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Graham,    EJugene    S. 
Griggs,   John   S. 
Haley,    Marvin 
Hed,    Clarence    A. 
Hickman,    Fred   H. 
Hite,    Hickman 
Hopkins,     William     M. 
Hulbert,    Earl    O. 
Hurst,   John    H.    C. 
Hutton,    Asa   A. 
Ingram,    Lloyd    E. 
Israel,    John    R. 
Johnson,     Webster    L. 
Knox,   Andrew    R. 
Kreuger,    Richard    A. 
Larkins,    James    A. 
Lewis,     Frederick     P. 
Lindsay,    John    C. 
Livingston,    Edward 

S. 
Malone,    Walter    C. 
Manning,    Lauren    T. 
Maxwell,   Walter   L. 
Metcalf,  Ival  A. 
Miller,    Doster 
Miller,   Harry   R. 


Miller,   Hugh  J. 
Moody,    James 
Musser,   Joe   D. 
Nichols,   Chester   H. 
Oberg,   John    E. 
O'Malley,   Ed.   D. 
Ordway,    Guy    O. 
Orr,    Wilbert    E. 
Parkinson,   Thomas    G. 
Patterson,    Richard    L. 
Peake,    William 

McKinley 
Pendergrass,    Ernest 

L. 
Putsch,    Roy 
Reardon,    Daniel    P. 
Reardon,     Frederick 

M. 
Read,  Edison 
Rose,    Leroy   A. 
Roseman,    Aaron    H. 
Roseman,    Clair    J. 
Rider,    Bert    A. 
Sanborn,    Seth    H. 
Schumaker,    Ernest 
Seavey,    August   G. 


Seavey,     Park     N. 
Sommers,     Clayton     S. 
Sparks,    Albert    A. 
Spencer,     Herbert 
Stahl,     Emmett    J. 
Stanfield,    Paul    A. 
Stauffer,  Walter  D. 
Stigall,    Charley    II. 
Storer,     Evert     A. 
Sutcliffe,    Geo.    A.     :\I. 
Todd,   John   E. 
Toner,    Leonard    L. 
Vanatta,     Milford     P. 
Vaughn,     Clyde    J. 
Weaver,    Vernon 
Whaley,     William     E. 
Whiteford,    Guy    L. 
Wilson,     Clyde 
Wilson,     Robert     S. 
Wilkers,   Raymond 
Miner,   George  D. 
Attached : 

Jones,    Lester   V. 
Tart,    Gerald   A. 
Newcomb,    Wayne   C. 


SANITAEY  DETACHMENT 


Major, 

Charles    S.    Evans 
Captain, 

Charles   M.    Seiver, 
1st    Lieutenants: 

Charles    C.    Hawke 

Waljter    H.    Kirkpatrick 
1st   Class    Sergeant, 

Gregg,   Harry  S. 
Sergeants: 

Freark,    Joyce 

Glahn,    Harry 

Wilson,    Glen 


1st   Class   Privates: 
Browning,    Claude 
Browning,   Frank 
Davis,    Warren 
Dicker,   Ralph   W. 
Dressier,    Elmer  L. 
Evans,   Roger 
Glahn,    Eugene 
Hale,   George 
Miller,    WiUiam    L. 
Palmateer,    Walter 
Pine,    Ralph    E. 
Watkins.    LeRoy 
Willis,    George   H. 

Privates : 

Draper,    William 


Dunn,    William 
Evans,    Paul 
Kirchoff,    Arthur    L. 
McDonald,   Andrew 
McKee,    Gordon    E. 
IMcKittrick,    Edward 
Mifflin,   Dee 
Moore,    Howard 
Ramsey,    Clay 
Slaughter,    Robert 
Smith,    Harry    R. 
Starrett,    Joe 
Stevens,    Walter   J. 
Trackwell,    Jesse 
Uhrlaub,    Ernst   A. 


DETACHMENT  UNASSIGNED,  RECRUITS  SECTION 


Privates : 

Hall,  Levi  M. 
Halley,   James    W. 
Hammer,   Richard   S. 
Hoffman,    William    M. 
Brady,    John    J. 
Burdick,    Chester 
Irvin,    Robert    E- 
Jennings,   James   M. 


Sand,    Roy    E. 
Skiles,    Charles    E. 
Tedder,    Bryan    E. 
Turton,     Humphrey 

H. 
Vermillion,  Louis   E. 
Warner,   Aquilla   R. 
West,    Hershal    R. 


Wilson,   James 
Wilcox,    Paul    J. 
Woolley,   Harry   M. 
Winton,    Geo.    L. 
Davison,     Ernest    D. 
Eals,    Philip    S. 
Jacobs,    Henry    W. 
"Patton,     Renwick     M. 
Taylor,    Howard    E. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


401 


THIRD  REGIMENT,  KANSAS  INFANTRY 
FIELD  AKD  STAFF 

TOPEKA 


Colonel, 

Willie  McD.    Rowan, 

Commanding 
Lieutenant-Colonel, 

Alex  A.  Sharp 
Major, 

Baxter     D.     McClain 


Major, 

Albert    H.    Krause 
Major, 

Thomas  R.  Campbell 
1st    Lieut,    and    Chaplain, 

Myron   S.   Collins 


1st   Lieut,    and    Bn.    Adj. 

Paul  C.  Botkin 
1st   Lieut,    and    Bn.    Adj. 

Hugh  B.   Dudley 
1st    Lieut,    and    Bn.    Adj. 

John   B.    Sharp 


HEADQUAETEES  COMPANY 

TOPEKA 


Captain, 

John    J.     Haskell 
Regimental     Sgt.     Major, 

Cahill,    Frank    P. 
Bn.   Sgt.   Maj.: 

Brier,    James    M.,     Jr. 

Roberts,    Frank   M. 

Pitts,    Albert    Dudley 
Band  Leader, 

Morse,   Theodore 

Mess    Sgt., 

Quackenbush,    Der- 
wood   E. 
Band    Sgt., 

Crouch,  Alfred  D. 
Sergeant, 

Parry,    Frank   H. 
Privates : 

Abell,    Robert    E. 

Adams,   Henry  W. 

Ball,  Charles  O. 

Bannon,    Howard    W. 


Black,  Roy  W. 
Bowen,   Leroy   F.   C. 
Brooks,   Devon  E. 
Bruner,   James 
Cainbern,   Leon   J. 
Carter,    Alfred    E. 
Crashaw,    William    L- 
Drum,   Robert  A. 
Dutton,   Lane  A. 
Dubreuil,    Joseph    E. 
Ewan,    Philip   T. 
Fleming,    David    Wal- 
ter 
Fleming,  James   R. 
Foshay,     Garret    A. 
Fowler,  Leroy  J. 
Gaston,    Dewey    G. 
Greenman,    Lloyd   B. 
Greenlee,   Samuel  Rae 
Haage,    William    R. 
Hanstine,   Paul   H. 
Hart,  Donald  R. 
Hartley,   Minor  Joe 
Henderson,  William  R. 


Iliff,   Theodore  I,. 
King,    Ernest   E. 
Knopf,    Roby   J. 
Neville,     Fred 
Nininger,    Ora    E. 
McCarter,    Arthur 
Miles,    Marion 
Miller,    Karl    D. 
Morris,   Harold   G. 
Mitchell,    Ralph    E. 
Quiett,  William  E. 
Royer,   Harold  J. 
Smith,    Chas.    J. 
Stitt,  Earl  D. 
Stitt,    Orby    J. 
Stockings,    Clyde    L- 
Towles,    Roy    S. 
True,    Larkin   M. 
Vernon,    Leo   R. 
Wagner,    Francis    E. 
Wheeler,    Paul    R. 
Wolfe,   Eugene 
Zimmerman,   Henry 
W. 


MACHINE   GUN  COMPANY 
Tola 


Captain, 

William    E.    Payton 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Richard   T.    Wilson 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

George   J.    Hunt 

Eewis    O.   Northrup 
1st   Sergeant, 

Enfield,    Alfred    R. 
Supply    Sgt. 

Scott,    Ewing    C. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Barber,    Ezra  T. 
Sergeants: 

Teeters,    Lloyd    L. 

Beck,   Harold  W. 

Bean,    Louis    G. 

Dickerson,  James   G. 


Vance,   Chas.   P. 

Ross,   Edgar  B. 

Bennett,    Webster    S. 

Frovert,    Frederick    E. 
Corporals : 

Denton,    Fred    L. 

Doggett,    Cleo    O. 

Hair,    James    L. 

Pierce,  ■  Frank     O. 

Gard,    Esmond 

Coman,  James  G. 

Dewey,   William   M. 
^  O'Plaherty,     John     F. 
Cooks : 

Miller,   Claude 

Miller,    Earl 
Horseshoer : 

Ballard,  Roy   G. 


Mechanics: 

Womack,   Chas.   M. 
Manthey,    Will    A. 

Musicians : 

Newton,    Herbert    F. 

Robinson,   Kenneth    M. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Boman,    Ralph    G. 

Daigh,    Clifford    L. 

Grover,  George  M. 

Nickols,  Lloyd   O. 

Jordan,    Olin   L. 

Kennedy,   Carl  S. 

Norton,    Everette    C. 

Tippis,    LeRoy 

Smith,    James     E. 

Malcolm,    Canby    H. 


402 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Privates : 
Ard,    David 
Bell,   Otey 
Brouillard,    Chas.    E). 
Baker,    Walter   J. 
Brouillard,    Albert    L. 
Bolin,    Francis    M. 
Cummins,    Chas.    C. 
Fishes,    Chas.    C. 
Farren,    Glenwood    G. 
Hoffman,   Geo.    L. 
Hale,    Guy    W. 
Heaton,  Claude  L. 


Captain, 

James    F.    Going 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

George  K.     Woodward 
Reg.  Supply  Sgt., 

Blaine,    William    J. 

Bair,   Homer  R. 
1st   Sergeant, 

Thorne,    Donald 
Horseshoer, 

Emry,    Flmer  J. 
Saddler, 

Reed,    Geo.    A. 
Privates : 

Anderson,    Harold    G. 


Captain, 

Fdgar    H.    Dale 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Blanton  U.    Bently 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Charles    W.    Barndollar 
1st    Sergeant, 

Trickett,    Dean 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Rees,   Farle   F. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Flliott,    David    S. 
Sergeants: 

Kiddoo,    Richard   F. 

Halsey,    Ray    N. 

Brunner,   Alfred   C. 

Burkhall,   Walter  H. 

Jensen,    Carl    O. 

Hickman,    Walter   C. 

Bingham,    Delmore   L. 

Bradbury,    Frank    W. 
Corporals: 

Dillon,   Keith 

Andrews,   Rayma   L. 


Hoke,   Oscar  F. 
Kirkpatrick,  Jesse  H. 
Krause,  David  L. 
Kane,    Oscar   K. 
Latimer,     Burney     F. 
Lee,  Elmer 
Lenhart,    Wendell    O. 
Lindsley,    Chas.    H. 
Long,   Lloyd   E. 
Middleton,    Carl    S. 
Milne,   Dell   P. 
Morrison,    Lenard    T. 
Marple,    Earl    L. 

SUPPLY  COMPANY 

TOPEKA 

Benson,    Loren    R. 
Blake,    Hololm    L. 
,  Bonjour,    Ira   S. 
Bragg,    Henry   A. 
Brake,  Carey   G. 
Corbin,     Harold     W. 
Davis,  John   E. 
Dennis,    Paul 
Dorcas,   Everett   H. 
Forth,    Arlie    M. 
Garland,     William     A. 
Greenland,   Donald  C. 
Grant,   Wilber  O. 
Harper,    Thaddeus    S. 
Hazlett,   John   L. 

COMPANY      A 

COFFEYVILLE 

Swearingen,    Carl    E. 

Pickering,    Ben    C. 

Meeks,  Clyde 

Miller,   Claude   E. 

Wills,   Carl   I. 

Jones,    Robert   H. 

Askren,    Bert 

Piner,  George  W. 

Cosier,  Raymond  E. 

Van   Winkle,   Earle  B. 

Miller,   Arthur  M. 

Love,  Blanton  D. 

Shaubell,   Harry    D. 

Dana,   Merle   H. 

Fulks,  John  M. 
Mechanics: 

Martin,    Verne 

Curran,  Lawrence  A. 
Cooks: 

Arnold,    Clarence 

Walton,    Grover    C. 

Vermehren,    William 
H. 


Myers,  John  R. 
McCoy,     Scott     C. 
Noble,  Donald  J. 
Parker,    Madison    J. 
Ritter,     Archie    D. 
Raisch,    John    M. 
Rutherford,    Lloyd    P. 
Sicks,    Wilbur    A.    A. 
Seals,    Lionel   A. 
Straub,    Peter    W. 
Sicks,   Elsa  C. 
Walker,   George    S. 
Waugh,    William    F. 


Henry,   Scott  S. 
Iloldren,   Emmett  G. 
Humphreys,    James 
Humphreys,    John    E. 
Jacques,   Geo.    L. 
Johnson,    Donald    W. 
Johnston,    Walter    F. 
Jones,   Fred  R. 
Keene,    Arthur    W. 
Langan,    Joseph    P. 
Mentzer,    Harry   A. 
Nordgren,    Axel     B. 
Russell,     John     V. 
Stanton,   Geo.   S. 
Watson,    Fountain    VV. 
Zeek,    Floyd   L. 


Musicians: 

Metcalf,   Seward   E. 

Prashaw,   Cecil  J. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Benefiel,    Lelan   J. 

Boom,    Samuel   J. 

Bricker,    Raymond    W. 

Bryson,   Geo.   W. 

Callow,  Don  C. 

Gathers,    Chas.    P.   Jr. 

Clark,    Hugh    W. 

Dooley,    Floyd   C. 

Giles,   Floyd  L. 

Gillespey,   Walter  A. 

Gray,   Richard   L. 

Harris,   John   D. 

Herrick,    Ben    F. 

Huddleston,   Geo.   R. 

Long,    Roy  D. 

MacHatton,   Joe 

Matteson,    Leo    V. 

Nelson,   Geo.   E. 

Parrott,    James    D. 

Perry,  Alva  B. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS   NATIONAL   GUARD 


403 


Renner,  Floyd  E. 
Rice,  Harold  S. 
Smith,   Herbert   E. 
Swan,    Carlton,    S. 
Trough,    I^loyd 
Vaughan,    William 
Walton,    Ellis    P. 
Wise,    Robert   I,. 
Privates: 

Allen,   James   M. 
Anderson,    Abraham 

B. 
Baker,  Ernest  H. 
Bcnefiel,   Oral 
Bentley,  Bruce  M. 
Boston,    Levi   S. 
Brannan,    Sam 
Bucher,  Barney 
Bucher,   Tilden 
Callow,  James  G. 
Carrington,    Homer 
Cline,   Dave  A. 
Cobb,   Chas.    R. 
Combs,  Joel  A. 
Cotton,   Harry   C. 
Cribbs,  Arthur  L. 
Crocker,    Clyde  T. 
Cundiff,    Roy    E. 
Davis,   Chas.   B. 
Davis,    Harold    W. 
Duckworth,   Roy  K. 
Klmore,    Lester    R. 
I'Msher,    Guy    IC. 
I'itch,    Alfred    C. 


Foshe,   Jim   M. 
Fuller,  James   C. 
Fuzzell,   David  W. 
Gillespie,    Ward    W. 
Glidewell,    Marion    D. 
Grady,   George  F. 
Graves,   Theo.   R.  Jr. 
Griffith,    Jess    L. 
Grober,    Walter    O. 
lladdon,    Carl    J. 
Hall,   Orley   L. 
Hancock,    William    L. 
Haiies,   James    B. 
Higginbotham,    James 

H. 
Higgins,  Edward  M. 
Highley,    Elmer   N. 
Howe,    Robert   W. 
llutson,    Rufus    H. 
Jewell,  Frank 
Jones,   Edgar  L. 
Jones,    Robert   P. 
Jundy,   Dewey 
Kindley,    Field    E. 
Lape,   Earl  D. 
Latta,    James 
Latta,   John 
Livingstone,  Arthur  D. 
Long,    Baden    H. 
Main,    Harry   L. 
Martin,    Samuel    J. 
McGee,    Chas.   E. 
Myers,  Lee  J. 


Page,  Harold  R. 

Papen,   James   D. 

Papen,    Willard  L. 

Patterson,    Claude   A. 

Pearson,   Francis   W. 

Pevehouse,  John   D. 

Pierson,    William    A. 

Ray,    Montie    W. 

Renner,    Oluf    G. 

Richardson,    Roy    S. 

Richardson,    Guy    D. 

Roberts,    William   C. 

Rogers,    Ernest    H. 

Sargent,    Frank    H. 

Scholes,    Richard    C. 

Seaton,    Orville   J. 

Sevier,    Ernest 

Smith,   Alden 

Spurlock,   James    B. 

Stephens,    Max    S. 

Straub,    Joseph    P. 

Sumner,    Earl    E. 

Tabor,   Calvin  A. 

Tucker,    Max    A. 

Vanderford,   Earl   E. 

Vanvsdoll,    Seef 

Wade,  John  A. 

Wallen,    Henry   J. 

White,    Guy  L. 

White,    Rov    W. 

Wilkus,   John    P. 
Attached. 
Private, 

Cliugan,    Hughett 


Captain, 

Guy   N.    Walling 
1st   Lieutenant, 

William  A.   Smith 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Clinton   W.    Kanaga 
1st    Sergeant, 

Blevins,   Jesse   J. 
Corporals: 

Fish,    Ivnoch    E. 

Burnaa,   George 

Vendel,    Joseph   J. 

Earner,    Leland    S. 

Blevens,    Theodore    R. 

Rindon,    Harry    L. 

Leach,    Arnold    F. 
Mechanic, 

Clark,    Floyd 
Buglers: 

Trapp,    Merle   A. 

Marshall,   Marlin   W. 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Gutschenritter,    Samuel 
B. 

Hoffman,   John   H. 


COMPANY  B 

OSKALOOSA 

Jenkins,    Roscoe    D. 
Kimmel,   William   M. 
Privates: 

Abbott,   Dean   R. 
Anderson,   Alba  W. 
Austin,    Robert   A. 
Bacon,    Ivlmer    E. 
Bateman,    Lemuel    E. 
Barackman,    Crawford 

K. 
Barackman,   Donnel 
Blevins,   William    E. 
Bliss,    Stanley    E. 
Blockwies,   Birt 
Boehme,    Birt 
Bousfield,   Geo.   H. 
Brandon,    Benjamin    F, 
Brandon,     Francis 
Brann,  Everett  W. 
Brey,    Marlin 
Brown,   Ira  C. 
Burnam,   William  M. 
Carson,    Robert   O. 
Chance,    Benjamin    IT. 
Conley,   Loren 


Cooper,    David,   Jr. 
Coons,    Kenneth   A. 
Davis,   Claud 
Davis,  Lester  M. 
Davis,   Lewis  E. 
Davis,   William  L. 
Donning,    Leonard    C. 
Douglas,    Joseph    B. 
Douglas,    John   J. 
Duncan,   Elmer   E. 
Early,   Walter  R. 
Edwards,    James    H. 
Ferris,    Earl    A. 
Fletcher,    Chas.    W. 
Fletcher,    Clair    C. 
Fletcher,   Louis 
Ford,    Glee   A. 
Frantz,   Donald 
Frazier,    Omer    O. 
Frendle,   Leonard  D. 
Gibson,   Lucien    P. 
Gibson,    Perry   F. 
Glock,  John   H. 
Greeley,    Chas.    E. 
Guay,    John 


404 


FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Gutschenritter,    Tom 
C. 

Hagen,    Tony    C. 
Hegendeffer,   Earnest 

F. 
Hammond,   William 
Harr,    Lloyd    T. 
Harrison,    Benjamin   C. 
Hargis,   DeWitt   M. 
Hawkins,    Floyd    J. 
Hawkins,   John   L. 
Hays,  John  W. 
Hesser,    Fred    S. 
Hudson,    Leslie   A. 
Hudson,   William   B. 
Hull,   Geo.    W. 
Hull,  Ralph  W. 
Johnson,    Enoch    E. 
Johnson,   William    C. 
Karnes,    Roland    R. 
Keeling,   James   A. 
Kilmer,  James  T. 
Lancaster,  Richard  R. 
Langley,   Arbie   F. 
Langley,   Ernest  L. 
Lake,  Artie   C. 
Larkins,    William   J. 
Lillie,    Homer  F. 


Loveland,    Floyd 
Mack,    Arthur   L. 
Mantin,    Wilson    M. 
Mayall,   Claud 
Moore,   Leslie  L. 
Morton,  Jason  S. 
Miller,   Grover  C. 
Miller,    Virgil    W. 
Mott,   Roy  A. 
Neill,  Robert  N. 
Nichols,    Ralph    N. 
Olmstead,    Hugh 
Owen,   Albert   A. 
Owen,   Wade  R. 
Parker,   Philip 
Paull,   Clinton  R. 
Paulson,    Roy 
Pottorf,    Frank   A. 
Pottorf,    Fred    G. 
Pratt,    William   M. 
Ouaney,    Lawrence    F. 
Radcliff,   George   D. 
Ramsey,    David    W. 
Renfro,    David    E. 
Rettig,    Fred    W. 
Robertson,   Leo  W. 
Robohn,    Walter   E. 
Robbins,     Lawrence    B. 
Rogers,    Clyde  J. 


Scales,  Lester  E. 
Schultz,    Everett 
Segraves,    Victor  L. 
Shively,   Chas.   W. 
Shumard,   Arthur   E. 
Sill,    Richard    I. 
Taylor,  James   R. 
Vandruff,   Grover 
Vendell,    William    F. 
Vigus,   Frank    M. 
Walter,  Austin  M. 
Walters,   Frank 
Wheeler,   James    R. 
Wheeler,   William   W. 
Williamson,    Sherman 

H. 
Wind,   Fred  J. 
Winrick,    Clarence    F. 
Winters,  Roy  C. 
Witteck,   John   F. 
Yearout,   Thomas   F. 
Young,   Clark 
Young,    Karle    C. 
Atkins,    Lloyd   W. 
Brown,   Delmar  D. 
Woods,    William    J. 
Rosenblum,  Joe 
Ribinson,   Elwood   S. 


Captain, 

William  H.   Perrigo 
1st.   Lieutenant, 

Samuel  A.    Daugherty 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Charles   O.   Hall 
Mechanics: 

Petit,   Harry 

Kerby,    Martin    P. 
Cooks: 

Gouin,    Forrest    E. 

Gaunt,    Herman 

Anderson,    George    W. 
Buglers: 

Allm,  Noble 

McGarry,  James 
Privates : 

Arnold,    Harry   L. 

Archbold,    Geo.    L. 

Arveson,  Archie  L. 

Asher,  Gene  L. 

Anderson,  Grover 

Allen,    Leslie 

Bently,    William    E. 

Brady,  Raymond   F. 

Bauer,    Leon 

Brazil,    Chester   G. 

Bedford,    Chas.    E. 

Bassham,  James  C. 

Beason,  Henry  M. 

Barritt,  Harry  D. 


COMPANY  C 

Junction  City 

Briddell,   William   S. 
Ceas,    Lester   W. 
Clark,  John   C. 
Collins,    Pat    P. 
Collins,   Walter 
Cox,   Curtis 
Gushing,    Thos.    L. 
Delaney,   Timothy   W. 
Diegleman,   Joseph    M. 
Dietrich,    Fred 
Dietrich,    William    A. 
Davenport,   Leslie  J. 
Dempsey,  Charles 
Dean,    George   A. 
Benty,  Edward 
Ellzey,   Wesley   A. 
Estes,   John   W. 
Egleston,    Richard 
Engler,    Louis    K. 
Folck,    Lilburn    P.,    Jr. 
Fentem,   Harry 
Fox,   Chas.  W.  V. 
Foley,   Timothy   J.,    Jr. 
Ford,  Loyd  E. 
Finney,    Frank    A. 
Glenn,  Arthur  D. 
Grant,    Richard    M. 
Gormley,   Earl   C. 
Grattan,    William   M. 
Hull,    Warren 
Hines,   William    D. 


Henry,  George  J. 
Huitt,    Edward 
Hartong,    Harry    E. 
Huey,   Archie 
Hr.rley,   Daniel    T. 
Halfpenny,    Gordon   H. 
Hunt,    George    F. 
Holterman,   Emil  J. 
Haag,  Tom  S. 
Harding,    David 
Haddon,    William 
Hood,    Martin 
Insley,    William    E. 
Jerrard,   Clyde   H. 
Jennings,   Ray  L. 
Jones,  Earl  L. 
Jones,   Odis  K. 
Johnston,   Harold 
Johnson,    Virgil    PI. 
Kelley,   Leo  E. 
Kelley,    Paul   M. 
Kennedy,    Clarence    D. 
Kerr.   Paul 
Knerr,    Clare    S. 
Kipple,    Ray    G. 
Leach,    Thomas 
Leone,  Felice 
McCormick,    Thomas 

P. 
Mclntyre,   Harry  H. 
McKinney,   Earl  H. 


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405 


Maher,  Charley  W. 
Mallon,   Geo.   W. 
Marcy,   Fred   H. 
Melching,  Roy  C. 
Miller,    Henry    O. 
Murphy,    Howard    P. 
Nelson,    Gerald 
Nixon,   Guy  I^ 
Nunn,    Roy 
O'Meara,    Chas.    J. 
O'Meara,  Paul  A. 
Otnes,    Fred    J. 
Otnes,    John    B. 
Palmer,    Fwart   G. 
Pegues,  Henry  S. 
Peterson,  Albert  V. 
Peterson,    Carl    F. 
Phillips,   Chas.   W. 
Putnam,  Alvin  W. 
Randall,    Leon 
Rathert,    Louis    F. 
Read,   Emory  W. 
Ray,    Boyd    F. 
Redding,   Dennie   W. 
Reiber,    Carl    S. 
Reilly,   John   J. 
Rivers,   Leo   E. 
Ross,.  Clyde  J. 
Saterlee,    Fred 
Schanlan,   Leo   T. 
Schraag,    Willie    S. 
Schroeder.   Ben 
SchuUz,    Tonev 
Schultz,  Walter  R. 
Scott,    Walter    N. 
Shafer,    Andrew   J. 
Shaner,   William 
Smith,   Chas.    L. 
Snell,  Clyde  R. 
Stansell,   Benjamin   H. 
Stiffler,  Elmer 
Steinbruick,    Adolph 

A. 
Storey,    Fred   L. 
Storey,   William  F. 
Snrprenant,    Car!    B. 
Taylor,    LeRoy   G. 
Taylor,    Raymond    T. 
Thom.pson,  Vance  E. 
Tibbits,   Earl    P. 
Tressin,    Morgan 
Upham,  Ralnh  E. 
Valmer,    John    O. 
Vetch,    Charles    C. 


Vetch,  George 
Vetch,   John    IL,   Jr. 
Ware,   George   E. 
Warnock,   Charles  L. 
White,   Floyd 
Whitley,   Frank 
Williams,  Forrest  H. 
Williams,  Russell  H. 
Wilburn,  Will  L. 
Wrakestraw,    George 

J. 
Young,   Floyd 
Klingman,    Oscar 
Attached    Reservists: 
Ericson,  Arthur  W. 
Joyce,    Paul    O. 
Pride,   Joseph 
Anderson,    Earl    O. 
Armstrong,  Adrain  R. 
Akins,    Ernest    C. 
Allen,  Dewey   W. 
Baker,    Roy    C. 
Bialachofski,     Bill 
Brewster,    Willard    C. 
Brown,    Clarence   I. 
Burns,   Monroe    C. 
Bowman,    Hezekiah 

K. 
Billingsley,    Buell 
Briggs,    Carl 
Black,  Alston  W. 
Carson,    John    L- 
Campbell,    Guy   E. 
Cox,  William   P. 
Cottom,    Ira    L- 
Crepps,  Glenn  Miller 
Campbell,    Edward    B. 
Coate,  Frank  D. 
Ellis,    John    R. 
Evans,    Joe    O. 
Eliod,  Eddie  H. 
Fields,   Frank   L. 
Fox,    Homer   D. 
Franklin.   Roy    E. 
Foster,    Roy 
Gillen,   Glenn   C. 
Green,    Corbin    L. 
Glotrowski,   Wlidslew 

F. 
Haines,  William  H. 
Hall,    Cecil   E. 
Hardman,   Ralph   W. 


Hopner,    Roland   R. 
Ploward,  Lewis 
Huffman,    Clint 
luros,  Thomas 
Johnson,  Foster  A. 
Kunz,   Lawrence   W. 
Killion,   Fred 
Leach.  Alfred  E. 
Miller,   Frank  O. 
Murphy,  Geo.  M. 
Minote,   Thomas 
Medlen,    Charley    A. 
Mumford,    William    S 
Martin,   Walter   W. 
Murrell,    Robert   Lewis 
McAfee,   Dennis   M. 
McGhee,   Clarence  O. 
Mclntire,    Carmi    L. 
McAfee,    William  A. 
Norris,  Albre  J. 
Norris,    Walter   D. 
Ostrander,   Cecil  H. 
Parsons,    Charles  C. 
Potter,   Max 
Plunkett,  Newton 
Powell,   J.   John 
Reed,  George  W. 
Reynolds,    Ernest    E. 
Ross,    William    Wayne 
Ryan,  Floyd 
Robertson,    Martin    E. 
Skaggs,    Oscar 
Smith,   Benjamin  F. 
Shane,   James   C. 
Songer,   Lee 
Smith,    Ed.    Frank 
Stewart,    Clarence   W. 
Sullivan,  Ira  J. 
Summer,    Servyl    S. 
Swiger,    Fred   O. 
Trimble,    Chester    F. 
Thomiason,   Buck 
Taylor,     Earl 
Welch,    Henry    C. 
Williams,  Hiram  M. 
Wilson,    Willard   E. 
Wilson,   William   B. 
Veerkamp,    Franz   L. 
Wymann,   Lee 
Wilson,   Homer  C. 
Ward,    Charles   H. 
Williams,    Clint 
Williams,    Floyd    F. 
Williams,    Henry 


Captain, 

George   H.    Wark 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Angus  J.   Nicholson 
2d     Lieutenant, 

Jesse   H.    Wilson, 


COMPANY  D 

Caney 

1st  Sergeant, 

Roy  N.  Grider 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Stephen   R.    Rinehart 
Supplv    Sergeant, 

Lesley   H.    Mitchell 


Sergeants: 

Ward   D.   Nance 
Keith    Herring 
Hoyt    R.    Orgam 
Clarence   L-    Crandell 
Alfred  O.  Adams 


406 


FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Floyd  W.    Belscamper 
Charles    H.    Bradley 
Benjamin   Taylor 
Corporals: 

VanDeventer,  Roland 

W. 
Straight,   Albert    E. 
Raymond,    Roy    B. 
Mitchell,    Lester   A. 
Ramsey,  Walter  H. 
Johnson,    Clarence    E. 
Leatherock,   Wesley 

K. 
Chilcote,  Ferrin  H. 
Cochrane,   William, M. 
Bowen,  Charles  R. 
Edmundson,   Morril  H. 
Danforth,    George    N. 
Coleman,    Gleen    T. 
Cherry,  Homer   E. 
McCrory,    Victor   Ec 


Rogers,    Charles   A. 

Hemphill,    Lloyd 
Mechanics: 

Mitchell,  William  A. 

Lewis,    Bert    C. 
Cooks: 

Smith,    Fred    F. 

Dodson,   George   W. 

Prall,  Joseph  N. 
Buglers: 

Cooper,   Austin   C. 

Franks,    Robert    A. 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Boles,   Edward  J. 

Belscamper,    Earl    B. 

Boles,   Clarence   C. 

Booker,   Harry  C. 

Bowen,    Chester  J. 

Buster,    Roy    F. 

Brown,  Ernest  B. 

Boyer,    Baldwin    H. 

Carrinder,  Jos.   G. 


Capps,  Hubert 
Cook,  William  E. 
Corbitt,   Joseph  W. 
Gilliland,   David   E. 
Gullic,   Jesse 
Higgs,   Arthur   L. 
Higgs,    Ernest   D. 
Holden,    Raymond    T. 
Jones,  J.  William 
Koons,    Frank    W. 
McCrory,    Lyonell 
McClelland,    Geo.    W. 
Storms,    Everett    E. 
Stewart,  James  W. 
Townsend,    Willard    E. 
Todd,  Dean  N. 
Worthen,    Sidney    L. 
Wiley,    Carter    W. 
Webb,    Henry    C. 
Private, 

Smith,    Benjamin   F. 


Captain, 

Robert   W.    Linden- 
struth 
1st     Lieutenant, 

Paul  C.  Radford 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Humphrey    Biddle 
1st    Sergeant, 

Coleman,   Don   P. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

O'Connor,    John    W. 
Mess    Sergeant: 

Radloff,  Henry  W. 
Sergeants: 

Faulkner,    Howard   G. 

DeTempIe,   Allan  J. 

Powell,    Alfred    B. 

Harding,   George   E. 
Corporals: 

Reilly,  William  D. 

Cochran,  Walter  H. 

Gist,    Walter    M. 

Blochberger,   Edward 
R. 

Kerr,   Len   D. 

Gronis,   John   D. 

Perkins,  Harry  A.  Jr. 

Levene,   Bernard   W. 
Mechanic, 

Yates,    Edward   C^ 
Cooks: 

Younger,   David   L. 

Brenneman,    Perry   L. 
Buglers: 

Bagwell,    Ernest    M. 

Kramer,  Stephen  G. 


COMPANY  E 

Leavenworth 

Privates: 

Abel,    Phillip    A. 
Babbitt,   Fred    F. 
Barber,    Royal    E. 
Bell,    Hugh    M. 
Belz,    Gus    C. 
Blake,    John    H. 
Broughton,    Lloyd    D. 
Brushwood,    Clyde    W. 
Bursch,   George    W. 
Campbell,    Roy    S. 
Carter,  John   V. 
Chambers,   Ernest  F. 
Collines,    Ray   L. 
Cooper,    Robert    E. 
Conley,  Walter  I. 
Courtney,    Guy   T. 
Crooks,     Marion     F. 
Crimley,    Corbett 
Denman,    Glen    M. 
Doherty,  Paul  M. 
Douglas,    Oscar    L. 
Douglas,    William    W. 
Downing,  Robert  A. 
Davis,    Frank    M. 
Ennis,   Harry   J. 
Fleeman,   Thomas  R. 
Fletcher,   George   T.   S. 
Fitts,    Austin 
Ford,  Louis  R. 
Fullum.  Ray  F. 
Fretz,   Harry   E. 
Gardner,    Edwin    S. 
Garvey,  Harrv  O. 
Cinder,   Roy  F. 
Gouck,    Kenneth    S. 
Greene,    Robert    B. 


Guenther,    Louis   W. 
Hageman,    Harry    D. 
Hargrave,    Chauncy   H. 
Harrison,    Guy   M. 
Harris,    Edwin   M. 
Hillis,    Gordon    N. 
Hitzemann,    Clarence 

A. 
Hoffine,   Clyde  M.  ' 
Hunter,    Earl   H. 
Jackson,   Ivan   A. 
Karnes,  Frank  L. 
Kelsey,   Harry   R. 
Lake,    Ralph    E. 
Landes,   Roy   E. 
Leach,    Elwood    M. 
Leach,   Ray   E. 
LeRoy,   Keith  K. 
Levi,    Morgan    P. 
Meister,   Paul   E. 
Mentzer,  Paul  E. 
Miller,   Edward  J. 
INIinger,    Edward    E. 
Mitchell,    Sidney    B. 
Morrow,    Rowland    C. 
Mosley,    Dewey 
Mueller,    Paul   E. 
Myers,    Oscar   L. 
McAtee,    Eslie   H. 
MacLaren,   Larry   A. 
McDonald,   Chas.   J. 
McAnulty,    Leo    B. 
Nacher,    Stephan   A. 
Nitz,   Edward   A. 
Noel,    George   TT. 
Overstreet,     William 
Owens,    Eugene    C. 


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407 


Papenhausen,  John 
Parrott,  Lee   E. 
Pearson,   Leon  H. 
Perkins,   William   H. 
Peters,    Lyman   D. 
Peters,    Leslie    L- 
Peters,    Wallace    J. 
Phillips,   John   E. 
Powers,  Kenneth  H. 
Ricketts,    Fred    A. 
Rogers,    Ralph    E. 
Root,  Harvey   O. 
Rosenkrantz,   Ike 
Salsbery,   Edgar   R. 


Sample,    Louie    L. 
Schroeder,    Temme    W. 
Scott,   Jesse    W.   J. 
Scott,  Robert  A. 
Shea,  George 
Shea,   Walter  M. 
Shepard,    Reginald    O. 
Skinner,  Joseph  W. 
Slattcry,    Michael    W. 
Smith,   Robert    B. 
Stevenson,   Frank  G. 
Strong,  Harry  N. 
Sykes,  John 


Talbott,    Butler    R. 
Tomlinson,    Marvin    E. 
Trackwell,  Ernest  E. 
Valentine,   Delbert  A. 
Ward,    Charles    P. 
Warren,  Ben  C. 
Webb,   Harrel   R. 
Wilson,  Andy   B. 
Wilson,    Charles   N. 
Wilson,    Edward    C. 
Wilson,  George  T. 
Wood,  William  H. 
Worley,    Ellis   O. 
Yarbrough,  William  H. 


Captain, 

Irving   A.    Otten 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Charles    W.    Clark 
2nd  Lieutenant, 

Carl   J.    Bare 
1st    Sergeant, 

Rice,   Fred  L. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Thuma,   Lester   C. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

Stewart,  Chas.  V. 
Sergeants: 

Nefif,    Raymond    Y. 

Harmon,    Karl    M. 

Reese,   George   W. 

Mitchell,    Ezra    C. 

Stratford,    John    R. 

Stratford,    Ray  A. 

Shyrer,    Frank   A. 

Matthews,   Neil 
Corporals: 

Sheen,  Joe  R. 

McCurdy,   Walter  R. 

Cookston,    Harry    B. 

Oblander,   Rhiney 

Pickering,   T.   Arlie 

Bredendick,    Henry 
W. 

McCauley,    Robert    M. 

Jossi,    Louis 

Arnold,  Lonzo  Bert 

Craig,    Harry    F. 

Daubenspeck,    Geo.    W. 

Holderman,    Abraham 
J. 

Perry,   Frank  H. 

Smith,    Edward    M. 

Dockery,    Harry 

Logan,  Guy  R. 

Goff,    Manuel   B. 
Cooks: 

Whitcomb.   Walter   R. 

Bedinger,    Charles 

James,  John  T. 


COMPANY  F 
El  Dorado 

Mechanics: 

Hightower,   Herbert 
H. 

Tetrick,   Henry   C. 
Buglers: 

Houchen,    Thomas    E. 

Stewart,    Lester    L. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Barnheart,  Henry  T. 

Biggs,   Russell  V. 

Daniels,    William    O. 

Fall,   Albert 

Fell,  Charley  E. 

Graves,   John    F. 

Greene,    Claude   W. 

Green,    Harry   B. 

Halfhill,   Noah 

Harden,   Milton  J. 

Hood,  George  W. 

Jackson,   Lloyd  V. 

Lucas,    William   C. 

Oakes,  John  A. 

Pirtle,    Chas.    E. 

Plew,  John  H. 

Reser,  Ralph 

Richardson,  Oliver 

Richardson.    Roy  R. 

Ryan,     Philip     W. 

Sanders,    Chas.   L- 

Sass,   Fred 

Schmidt,    Harry   J. 

Shuck,   Frank  M. 

Smith,   Joe   J. 

Stanfield,    Howard 
Bruce 

Stoltz,   Geo.    W. 

Stoltz,  Ray  L. 
Privates: 

Baker,   William   E. 

Blackwell.    Virgil    R. 

Bloir,    Chas.   E. 

Bressell,    Philip 

Broadbeck,   Ernest   A. 

Brown,   Joe   O. 

Carter,   James   Levi 

Clark,    Frank   M. 


Clinton,    Arthur  E. 
Cole,    Orville 
Collins,    Clarence 
Correll,    John    L- 
Counts,   John   T. 
Counts,   Harvey    R. 
Crabb,    Melvin 
Crans,  Thurlow   S. 
Daniels,    Robert   E. 
Darwin,  Ernest 
Davenport,  Lloyd  E. 
Davy,    Claude   W. 
Ditto,  Weir  H. 
Doane,  Jess 
Doores,    Forrest   L- 
Doyle,    Delta  W. 
Dugan,   Sherman 
Dyer,    Roy   E. 
Emery,    William    H. 
Feely,    Raymond   B. 
Forristall,   Geo.    Q 
Foust,  Benjamin  E. 
Gent,  Tracy 
Gilliland,    Claude   K. 
Gist,  Harold  E. 
Gordon,  James 
Gray,    Claude    E. 
Green,    Otis    C. 
Griggs,   Harry 
Harrington,    Lawnie 

E. 
Hayhurst,   Clarence  M. 
Herrington,   Curtis    C. 
Huflford,    Glenn    F. 
Hunter,  Floyd  N. 
Tngraham,   Thomas   C. 
Jackson,    Chas.   V. 
Johnson,   Earl   Milan 
Kairschner,    William 

L. 
Keithlev.  Henry  T. 
Kniff,   Walter 
Law,    John   H. 
Liggett,   Lester 
Lindsay.   Nat   M. 
Love,    Rama    S. 


408 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Lutnm,   Earl   L- 
Lytle,    Clyde   W. 
Martin,  Leslie 
Miller,   Frank   W. 
Mitchell,    Elmer    E. 
Morris,    Wilbur  B. 
Mullins,    Oscar    B. 
McGrew,    Lewis   A. 
Oblander.   Chas.  J. 
Oliver,    Ervin   L. 
Palmer,   Harry   H. 
Pierce,   Herschel  W. 


Rader,    Earl   H. 
Randall,  Henry  E. 
Reese,   Howard  T. 
Rich,    Hilbert   K. 
Ricord,    Edwin   O. 
Robbins,    Ollie    E. 
Russell,    Cecil    Earl 
Seery,  John   E. 
Sharp,    Oliver 
Sheridan,  Clarence  E- 
Smith,   Ray  I. 
Spiegel,   Oscar   H. 


Stanley,    Arthur    G. 
Tillery,    Lewis    W. 
Vernon,   Ernest  F. 
Walling,   Charles   E. 
Whitner,    Kent    O. 
Wilson,  Chas.  Harri- 
son 
Wilson,   James   W. 
Wilson,    Karl    F. 
Windsor,   Fred 
Winterrowd,   Guy   F. 
Wright,  Thaddeus  A. 


Captain, 

Arthur   W.    Synder 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Edward  V.  Hanby 
2d   Lieutenant, 

George    P.    Bisenus 
1st    Sergeant, 

Gowley,   Richard   P. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Arend,    Harold    D. 
Sergeants: 

Murray,   Chas.   T. 

Knight,   Robert    R. 

Klorea,    Wilbur   C. 

Bryant,    Wilber   J. 
Corporals: 

Wichers,    Henry    E. 

Sexton,   Joseph    C. 

Mitchell,   George  L. 

Kimsey,   Dan  E. 

Edwards,    Harry 

Bowers,   Arthur   W. 

Blanks,  Dean  T. 
Cook: 

Godfrey,   Giles  J.   G. 
Buglers: 

Burch,  Roscoe  E. 

Crum,  Raymond  H. 
Privates: 

Abrahams,    Louis    K. 

Addams,    Irvin 

Akens,   Charley  R. 

Akens,   Frank   M. 

.Mien,    Vivian    S. 

Barnes,   Sam 

Bergier,   Lieth   J. 

Bickle,    Gale 

Bover,   Harold   J. 

Bottorff,     Glen     W. 

Bowman,  John  L. 

Bryant,    Geo.    T. 

Burns,   Eddie 

Carmodv,    Thomas 

Casey,    Philip    T. 

Coble,   Glen   C. 

Catlin,    Clarence    A. 

Cope,   John   G. 


COMPANY  G 

Downs 

Cope,  Roy  Newton 
Confer,   Samuel  A. 
Covert,   Louis   L. 
Cox,    LaRose 
Creamer,   Forrest   H. 
Gushing,    Roy    W. 
Dial,    Lawrence   E. 
Dillon,    Donald 
Duffy,   Clarence  E. 
Earls,    Gordan  L. 
Elliott,   Anderson 
Elder,    Lawrence    S. 
Emigh,   William  F. 
Fisk,  Joe  M. 
Flickinger,    Bert   D. 
Fischer,   William   F. 
Goheen,   Maurice   S. 
Gibson,    Grover   C. 
Gill,   Joe  J. 
Gorham,    Arthur 
Greenman,    Benjamin 
Griffiths,   Floyd   L. 
Hauptle,   August  J. 
Henderson,   Arthur   W. 
Henderson,    Walter    P. 
Hettinger,    Lloyd   M. 
Home,    Arthur    B. 
Hull,    Floyd    E. 
Hull,    Laurel    W. 
Haverty,   Leroy 
Havner,    Ben   C. 
Higgins,    Edward  J. 
Trey,    John    M. 
Jones,   Harry  E. 
Jones,  John 
Jones,   Lawrence   L. 
Jones,  Ralph  H. 
Johnston,    Harry    A. 
Johnston,     Vearl    V. 
Jack,   Russell 
Jackson,     Earl    A. 
Kaup,  John  C. 
Killinger,    LeRoy 
Kirschbaum,    Henry 
Kisling,    John    W. 
Ladow.    Aubrey    L. 
Latham,  Edgar  F. 


Lee,   Ben 
Love,    Charley 
Lynch,  Harvey  W. 
Lingo,  William   H. 
Logan,    Homer    T. 
Lovern,   Archie 
McCormick,   Alfred   B. 
McConnell,   Chas.   H. 
McCune,    Kay    E. 
Marzolf,   Milton  J. 
Maxwell,   Ray   D. 
Miller,    Frank    B. 
Montoro,   Thomas  L. 
Morrell,   John    S. 
Moyer,   Harry   E. 
Malcolm,   Ollie  M. 
Murphy,   Will 
Nasman,    Eddie   L. 
Neifert,   Jesse   G.     ' 
Pannelee,    Dickinson 

L. 
Phillips,    Harry 
Raff,    Rea 
Randall,   James   R. 
Ray,    Charles   O. 
Ray,    Ralph    P. 
Reddick,    Earl   E. 
Reddick,   William  J. 
Remick,  Glenn   W. 
Richardson,    LeRoy 
Richardson,   Wayne  J. 
Robinson,    Charley    L. 
Rollins,   Vern 
Reeder.  Carl  W. 
Schellinger,    William 

H. 
Sharp,    Chester 
Sharp.  Gordon 
Sheets,   Lawrence   O. 
Smith,   Albert 
Smith,    Charles   M. 
Smith,    Frank 
Smith,  Harold    C. 
Smith,  Milton  H. 
Smith,  James   O. 
Smith,    Zeb 
Sower,  Jacob 


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409 


Stansbury,   Vaughn   L. 
Stokes,   Earl   R. 
Sutton,    Cecil   A. 
Schoonover,   Lee  L. 
Talbott,    Richard  W. 
Teten,  John  J. 
Thrasher,  Robert  E. 
Thomas,    Dewey   O. 


Treaster,    Oscar   N. 
Turner,    Carl   M. 
VanCleave,    Clifford 

M. 
Ward,   Paul 
Walker,    Earl    R. 
Well,   Donald   K. 
White,  John  N. 


Wideman,  Fred  E. 
Winter,  Andrew  T. 
Walters,  Bastian  J. 
Williams,    Albert   J. 
Wright,   William  h. 
Yager,  Herman 
Young,  Lawrence  F. 
Zumwalt,   John   D. 


Captain, 

Charles  H.    Browne 
1st   Lieutenant, 

John  W.   McManigal 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Ralph  F.  Lucier 
Mechanics: 

Lackey,   Roy  R. 

Tabbron,  John  W. 
Cooks: 

Clark,   Homer    L. 

Lash,  Harlow  W. 

Dunanan,    Merle    L- 
Buglers: 

Seeds,    Robert    R. 

Wood,   Charles  J. 
Privates: 

Anderes,    Albert 

Anderson,    Arvid   H. 

Allgire,    Ray   R. 

Alstrom,   Carl   W. 

Alpin,  Robert  W. 

Armstrong,    Harry   A. 

Aspley,    Roscoe    W. 

Ballweg,   Clarence  J. 

Barkley,    Elmer   W. 

Blair,    Oberten    J. 

Boyd,   John    E. 

Beyer,   Homer  E- 

Brenner,    Sidney    C. 

Brinkmeyer,    John    A. 

Brinkmeyer,    Wm.    F. 

Buchanan,    Dewey    H. 

Buchanan,    Frank   L. 

Buchanan,   Harry   W. 

Buchanan,    Paul 

Buchanan,    Ward 

Burton,    Simeon    S. 

Cairns,    Chas.    B. 

Callahan,   Hollv   W. 

Callahan,   Joe   H. 

Campbell,    James    E. 

Cashman,   John    L. 

Chesnut,   Raymond  I^. 

Cooper,   James   M. 

Cox,   Joseph   H. 

Crumrine,   Harvey   W. 

Curran,    Mark     S. 

Cutler,  Dale  J. 

Cutler,  James   R. 

Daniel,   Jesse  J. 


COMPANY  H 

Abilene 

Davis,   Arch  W. 
Davis,    Frank    E. 
Dawson,  LeeRoy 
Day,    Willard   L. 
Dayton,   Howard    S. 
DeHaven,   Walter   J. 
Deamgion,    Sam 
Dixon,    Clarence    E. 
Dobkins,    John    M. 
Dower,   Jesse   R. 
Duffy,   Issac 
Dyer,    Vaughn 
Eaves,    Everett 
Eckley,   Chas.   T. 
Elwick,  Fay  A. 
Etherington,    Geo.    W. 
Ewing,    Rexford    E. 
Ffsher,Grant  H. 
Foltz,    Carl    H. 
Foltz,   Edward  J. 
Foltz,  John  A. 
Fraser,    Leslie    A. 
Frey,    John 
Garten,    William    H. 
Gibbs,   Glenn  I. 
Gish,   Jacob  M. 
Gish,  Ray  W. 
Hall,   James   E. 
Harris,   Ralph  M. 
Hawthorne,    Coe 
Haynes,   Quin   H. 
Herman,   Walter   R. 
Heskett,    Alvin 
Issitt,   George  E. 
Jeffcoat,    Melvin    E. 
Jones,    Aaron    E. 
Jordan,   Frank  B. 
Jordan,  Harold  M. 
Kauffman,    Clarence   E- 
Kaufffnan,  Clyde  L- 
Kehler.    Ward    G. 
Kirk,    Charles   G. 
Ivarkin,  James   E. 
Leshley,   Blake 
Lewis,  Robert  R. 
Loader,   George  L. 
Loader,    Robert    K. 
Lucier,    Alcide   J. 
T.uck,  Charles  J. 
McCosh,  Harry  P. 
McNeal,   ElHs  A. 


Machen,  John  E. 
Mann,   Alie  A. 
Merillat,   Harve  G. 
Monroe,   Elmer   L. 
Nemec,   William  M. 
O'Neal,    Willie   PL 
Parks,    Everett   L. 
Parson,    Clint 
Paul,    William    H. 
Poe,    Charles    N. 
Porter,   Ray 
Rector,  Mahon  R. 
Reep,    Elmer   L. 
Reese,   Claude  E. 
Reid,    George    A. 
Romberger,    Roy    B. 
Russell,  Roy  R. 
Sampson,   Clarence   A. 
Savidge,    Arthur    W. 
Savidge,    Ernest    R. 
Schneider,    August    G. 
Schneider,    Kellen    A. 
Seip,    Howard   L- 
Shannon,    Clarence    I. 
Sherman,    Ralph    S. 
Sherwood,    Roy   C. 
Shirk,    Alonzo    D. 
Shockey,    Fred    M. 
Shook,   Anthony 
Shook,    Grover    C. 
Shook,  Wilbur  V. 
Shoop,   Clarence   W. 
Sheuy,    John    S. 
Shum,    Lawrence    K. 
Siemers,   John   F. 
Simpson,    Clarence  A. 
Smith,    Albert    W. 
Smith,    Otto    C. 
Sparwasser,    Edward 

W. 
Steinborn,  George 
Steyer,     Clark 
Strowig,    Olin    R. 
Stuck,   Mervin   L. 
Stuck,     William     T. 
Sutton.    William   tl. 
Swanger.    Elmer  H. 
Tate.    William   E. 
Tnber,    Claude    A. 
Turner,  Ray 
Tweed,  David 


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VanDoren,    Chester    G. 
Viola,   Ralph  H. 
Walters,   Harry  E. 


Wighain,   William  E. 
Wilson,   Buck   M. 
Wilkie,    David,    B. 
Yeadon,  George  W. 


Yeadon,  Henry 
Attached, 

Leshley,    Floyd 


Captain, 

James   B.   Garrett 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Matthew  Guilfoyle 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Ralph    W.    Martin 
Privates : 

Abbott,   Lloyd   E. 

Adam,  Wilbur  L- 

Adams,   Arthur   E). 

Anderson,  Clarence   L. 

Anderson,  Vivian  C. 

Annis,   Edward   C. 

Arbuckle,    Frank 

Arnold,    John    W. 

Arnold,    Percy    H. 

Asling,    Fred 

Baird,  Hoyt   G.  ^ 

Bane,   George   E. 

Barrett,   Daniel 

Barrett,    Samuel 

Behring,   Harry  C. 

Blythe,   Harold  J. 

Bress,    Charles   W. 

Buckley,  Bollie  V. 

Burns,  Ambra 

Brock,  John 

Calkins,   Arthur 

Calkins,   Harvey   A. 

Callahan,   Charles   P. 

Cameron,    Robert    S. 

Chapin,    Clarence    C. 

Clark,   George   R. 

Costello,    Joseph    J. 

Crisp,   Edgar   E. 

Culver,    Harold    E. 

Darling,    John 

Davis,    Tom    D. 

Douglas,   Levern 

Doyle,   Joseph   L. 

Duggan,   Patrick  J. 

Dunn,    Jesse    L- 

Edens,   Harry  H. 

Elliott,   Worley  H. 

Falen,   Martin  R. 

Fisher,    Elmer   C. 

Fisher,    Samuel    L. 

Galloway,   Frank   C. 

Giltner,  Frank  E. 

Goodrich,  Fred  E. 

Haage,  Jennings  B. 


COMPANY  I 

Herington 

Hackler,    Hermis    C. 
Hammond,  Paul  H. 
Hamer,  Phillip  W. 
Harrison,    Louie 
Hartley,  James  M. 
Haversock,    Dewey    G. 
Hernisen,   Elmer 
Hodgson,  George  W. 
Hoskins,    Frank    E. 
Howell,    Marshall    K. 
Hudson,  John  M. 
Hudson,   Steve  R. 
Jenkins,     Sidney 
Kandt,    Martin    C. 
Kearn,     Earl    R. 
Keefer,    Samuel   B. 
Kiser,    Charles    H. 
Kistler,  John  J. 
Kochenower,    Walter 

A. 
Kahl,  Frank  W. 
Kohler,    Erwin    F. 
Krause,    Erphine    A. 
Krause,  John  A. 
Longhofer,   Fred 
Longhofer,    Godfrey    F. 
Lundine,   Arthur  G. 
McClaran,    Carey    R. 
McCaleb,   Ernest  T. 
McDiffett,   Lorenzo   W. 
McMurray,   Harold   D. 
McWilliams,    Earl   J. 
Maddix,  Earl   C. 
Metcalfe,    Albert    L. 
Meyers,    Harvey   R. 
Meyers,    Thomas    D. 
Miskey,    August    L. 
Moors,    Clarence    C. 
Moorehead,    Fred    D. 
Morris,    Robert   O. 
Mulkey,     Myron     M. 
Murphy,    Ray   H. 
Neis,  Clarence  H. 
Nichols,    Harold    C. 
Normandin,    William 

H. 
Oldfield,    Louis    D. 
Oldfield.    Willie 
Oneil,   John   J. 
Pabst,    Charle's    E. 
Pegorsch,    Henry    A. 
Pfeister,   Simmie   C. 
Phillips,    Fred   F. 
Pio,   Jesse   L. 


Potts,    Albert    S. 
Price,   Ronald  H. 
Pugh,   Carl   D. 
Rader,   Procter   E. 
Reber.   Otto  A. 
Reed,   Alonzo   L. 
Rigney,   James   A. 
Rogers,   Thomas  R. 
Rupert,    Evert 
Ruyle,   Lawrence   R. 
Schrader,    Herbert    C. 
Schrader,    Robert    F. 
Schrolick,    Martin    W. 
Schump,  Jos.   F. 
Schump,    Paul  J. 
Seely,    Dwight    H. 
Sell,   Vernon  D. 
Sheehan,  Francis  W. 
Sheridan,   Delmer  R. 
Shipley,  Perry 
Smith,   Cecil   E. 
Smith,   Roy   H. 
Spady,  Alex 
Staley,    Harvey    H. 
Steinberg,    Shirley 
Sterling,   Joseph   A. 
Stevenson,    Luther    C. 
Stu/gis,    Harold    D. 
Strunk,   Milton 
Thomas,  Carl  A. 
Tullis,  Harvey  W. 
Vanderpool,  Clarence 

T. 
Vansickle,    Jack 
Vaughn,    Floyd 
Volkman,    Arthur   W. 
Wager,   Claude   H. 
Walker,    Arthur   H. 
Walker,   Earl  R. 
Wakefield,    Fred 
Ward,    Ison   R. 
Waylan,    Harold    E. 
Weaver,  Harold  W. 
Webster,   Clyde   E. 
Wiggins,    Horace    E. 
Wilde,    Lavern    F. 
Wilde,    Teddy   L. 
Williams,    Arthur   J. 
Williams,   Charles  D. 
Wilson,   Mark   E. 
Young,   Leo   H. 
Combs,   Harry   L. 
Hopper,   Charles  A. 
Stephens,  Harry  H, 
Tebo,   George  H, 


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Captain, 

Howard  M.  Randall 
1st    Lieutenant, 

George    C.    Brewster 
2d    Lieutenant, 

John  F.  Raster 
1st   Sergeant, 

Sheets,    Frank  R. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Gilchrist,    Walter    C. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

McDonald,  Harvey 
Sergeants: 

Freeburne,    Cecil 

Weede,    James    A. 

McArthur,  John  C. 

Kobel,  George  W. 
Cook, 

Shea,   James   L. 
Privates : 

Albrecht,  Henry  G. 

Adams,   Carl   E. 

Atkisson,    Louis    D. 

Anderson,    George   A. 

Adams,   Arthur 

Abbey,    Frank    L.,    Jr. 

Adams,  Donald  F. 

Armstrong,    Lloyd   IL 

Baker,    Marvin    S. 

Burgener,  Leo  I. 

Blough,    Vernon    L. 

Blaycook,   Herbert  J. 

Barr,  Harry  R. 

Burdick,    Roy    E. 

Bassett,    Leroy    H. 

Black,  Rex  R. 

Brogdon,    John    I. 

Barker,    Roy    B. 

Britt,   A.    Earl 

Carter,  Milo  O. 

Carter,   Frank   E. 

Coppock,     Charles 

Cox,    Floyd    L. 

Cox,  John   E. 

Chambers,   Walter   E. 

Chester,    George    M. 

Cryderman,   Wayne  V. 

Corley,    Joel    V. 

Corley,    John    C. 

Crow,    Lloyd    W. 

Davis,     Evan    L. 

Deshncr,   Walter   H. 

Dnnmire,   Joseph    A 

Dohner,   Rutherford   B. 

Egbert,   Rollin    E. 


COMPANY  K 

Newton 

Errett,    Jay    H. 
Sshom,    Charles    II. 
Eversull,     Stephen     B. 
Ferguson,    Roy 
French,   William    P. 
Finnell,    Lauren 
Fowler,  Clarke   D. 
Fuller,   Ellis  B. 
Eraser,    Gilbert   S. 
Fieth,    Milton    E. 
Freeburne,    Clarence 
Gilchrist,     William     B. 
Grochowsky,   Jacob 
Griswold,   Oberly  A. 
Geisick,   Henry 
Gradert,   John  F. 
Henry,    Lawrence    G. 
Hankins,    James    L. 
Holle,    Frank  J. 
Hoppe,    Eugene    A. 
Hoffman,    William 
Hall,    Harry    L. 
Hoffman,    Carl    C. 
Hampson,    T.    Carlyle 
Ilartman,    Joseph    W. 
Hutton,   Leroy   J. 
Huey,  Frank  G. 
Hammond,    Harry 
Hartman,   William    L. 
Hardin,   Ellis   I. 
Hamilton,     Thomas     D. 
Harris,    Weeton   V. 
Hopkins,    Myron    E. 
Ingold,    Walter    T. 
Ishman,  Leroy  G. 
Jewell,   Carl  L. 
kinard,    Fred    E. 
Keeppen,   Hancel   G. 
Knee,  James   C. 
Landes,   Adolph   II. 
Lantz,    Ghauncy    M. 
Liggett,    Astin   A. 
McGlassen,  John  A. 
Merritt,   Cecil 
Miller,   Wilbce   F. 
Moffett.  Chas.  C. 
Murdock,    Delbert 
McMillan,    Ralph    E. 
Morgan,    Earl   A. 
Morrison,   Thomas   ly. 
Newfield,    Thomas    S. 
Patterson,    Edward    C. 
Pace,   William   L. 
Payne,    Charles    II. 
Pletcher,    Paul 
Quigley,   Edward  D. 


Renick,   Harry   H. 
Rogers,    Harold    A. 
Reid,    William    J. 
Royer,    Paul 
Rhoads,    Marvin    E. 
Reid,    Marion    C. 
Roberts,    Erskine 
Rogers,  Walter  K. 
Ragsdale,  Lawrence   E. 
Rodenbaugh,    Allen   II. 
Sims,    Ottis    M. 
Stewart,    Welhngton 
Stockman,    Francis   J. 
Small,    Charles   L. 
Scott,   John   L. 
Simpson,    Orin    S. 
Schertz,   George   H. 
Snyder,    John    R. 
Shacklett,    Glen    E    . 
Starrett,  Royce  E. 
Slaymal^er,   Chas.    E. 
Sawyer,    Gordon   W. 
Smith,    Carleton    S, 
Sisson,    Arthur   R. 
Simpson,    Duke    B. 
Sperry,    Frank    L. 
Stone,    Edward   A^ 
Smith,    Emmett    E. 
Swengle,    Elmo    S. 
•^chell,    Oscar   J.  ^ 
Sands,    l^wart    W. 
Timmons,    Harley    N. 
Timons,    Franklin    P. 
Thompson,    Marvin    B. 
Terry,    McKinley 
I'lery,    Audily    W. 
Vandine,   Robert   W. 
Warner,    Merle   B. 
Williams,     Walter    R. 
Welsh,   Willard 
Woodley,    Homer 
Walden,   Francis   W. 
White,    John    S. 
Warner,    Jolm    C. 
West,   Paul   L. 
Whitesell,   Arthur  P. 
Wing,    Norris    N. 
Wolter,    Fred    W. 
Zimmerman,    Harvey 
F. 
Attached: 

Gragg,    George   L. 
Powell,    Arthur   F. 
Bainbridge,    Roy    T. 
Voung,    Robert    E. 
Cumings,   Thad   L. 


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Captain, 

Thomas   L-    Crow 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Asa    R.    Black 
2d    Lieutenant, 

William    H.    Haupt 
Sergeants : 

Wynn,    Byron    F. 

Greenway,    Raymond 

Hyndriian,  Eugene  B. 
Corporals : 

Hamel,    Arthur    A. 

Winfield,    Joseph    M. 

Lowry,   Delwyn    B. 

Halcomh,   John    S. 

Ross,    William   H. 

Netherton,  Chas.   IJ. 

Renn,    Geo.    S. 

Beattie,    James    I. 

Holt,   Elmer  M. 

Marshall,    Thomas    B. 

Humphrey,    Earl    D. 

Clark,    William   C. 

Kellog,    Frank    H. 

Robinson,    Ronald    W. 
Schwinn,    Thomas 
Mechanics: 

Lovingfoss,     Harold 

C. 
Spencer,  Frank   F. 
Cooks: 

Collins,   Claude  H. 
Camp,    Daniel    C. 
Burscough,  Guy   E. 
Musicians : 
Nixon,    Fred 
Bell,  Cecil  V. 
Privates : 

Anderson,    Archie    N. 
Anderson,     Walter    J. 
Ash,   Carl 
Allen,  John 
Burcham,    Grant    F. 
Brubaker,     Claude    H. 
Beatty,    Charles    L. 
Burson,    Ray    E. 
Brown,   Fawn  D. 
Botkin,    Elmo 
Earner,    Lee    M. 
Black,    Guy    A. 
Banghart,   IMerle  R. 
Botkin,    Jay 
Beattie,   Harold   R. 
Bunker,   Wiley   H.    M. 
Blank,    Floyd    E. 
Baldwin,  James  M. 


COMPANY  L 

Wellington 

Cecil,    Carl    L. 

Casselman,     Philip    J. 

Clark,  DeWitt  T. 

Caples,   Russel    B. 

Carson,    Clifford 

Cov/herd,   William   A. 

Crowdus,  William  W. 

Campbell,    Enor   C. 

Collins,    Glen 

Clark,    Luther    A. 

Corey,   Sam 

Derington,  Edwin  E. 

Dobbs,   Kenneth    S. 

Dailey,    Ralph    D. 

Dawson,    Benjamin    II. 

Doramus,    Elmer    C. 

Dust,    Pete 

Ekland,    Ralph    L. 

Edmonson,   Dale  E. 

Eads,    David    R. 

Elsas,   Chas.   H. 

Foster,    Alfred    E. 

Ford,   John   T. 

Gardner,    John    A. 

Ginder,  Walter  E. 

Gaines,    Wilbur   S. 

Gardner,    Arthur    S. 
Gardner,   Arthur  J. 

Goff,    Cleo    C. 

Gowers,    George    L. 

Gwinn,    Willis    P. 

Gift,    Floyd   W. 
Hollingsworth,    Ralph 
Hamel,    Melvin  A. 
Hainsworth,    Avery    L- 
Hainsworth,   Ralph  B. 
Hopper,    Frank   C. 
Heasty,  Kearns  R. 
Henderson,    Wesley   A. 
Higgins,   Joe  L. 
Jones,    Sumner 
Jones,     Fred     L. 
Kanage,  Sterling  G. 
Kennison,    Frank   N. 
Kohl,   Willard  B. 
Kohler,   Lewis 
Kublus,    Chas.    M. 
Laird,    Thomas    E. 
Lewis,    Charlie    A. 
Long,    William    N. 
Lane,   David   W. 
Logan,   John 
Mathews,    Whit    O. 
Marshall,    Fred    L. 
Morrell,    Floyd    B. 
Meyer,    Walter   O. 
Meredith,     Warren     C. 
Mains,     Fred     L. 


Maxon,   Emery  L. 
Mosby,   Harry 

i\Iaynard,    Aaron    A. 

Mayes,    Curtis    L. 

McCombs,    Nathaniel 
G. 

McNally,   Bryan  T. 

McKinney,    Alex    E. 

McFarland,    Oral   R. 

McCabe,    Delbert   E. 

McCuen,  Chas.  L. 

McGreavy,    Thomas 
W. 

Nickerson,     Ellsworth 
N. 

Overby,   Jesse    M. 

Ostrander,    Ray    M. 

Poirier,    Victor    G. 

Phelps,  William  A. 

Patterson,    Richard    B. 

Potucek,    Chas.    W. 

Powell,    Walter    M. 

Quinby,    Albert    M. 

Roth  rock,    Ray    R. 

Riner,    Howard   W. 

Rorick,    Chas.    A. 

Swift,    Claude    J. 

Smith,    Chas.    H. 

Sparr,    Orville 

Snyder,  Carroll  D.    , 

SuUivan,    Clyde    R. 

Stewart,    Harry    L. 

Sunderland,  Roscoe 
L. 

Stone,   Robert  R. 

Strohmeier,    Rex    R. 

Shaffer,    Chas.    F. 

Scrivens,   Rolla   E. 
Tooley,    Chester    N. 
Threlfall,    John    H. 
Tennant,  Warren  A. 
Tucker,    Hobart    B. 
VanHorn,   Harry    E. 
Vaughn,  Warren   Z. 
Whittaker,    Walter    W. 
Wilson,  Loren  T. 
Wilson,    Roscoe 
Winsor,    Glen   H. 
Waugh,  Joseph   E. 
Walker,  Joseph  E. 
Williams,     Claude    D. 
Young,   John   E. 
Zook,    Russel    A. 
Attached : 

Parker,  Thaddie  M. 
Waid,    Arthur 
Discharge, 

McKinley,    William   A. 


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Captain, 

George  Iv.   Allison 
1st    lyieutenant, 

Edwin    V.     Burkholder 
2d    Lieutenant, 

William    R.    Carpenter 
Privates: 

Applegate,   Oscar  C. 

Bray,   Earl  W. 

Bray,  Francis  E. 

Brown,    William    J. 

Brown,  Curtis 

Brunner,    Henry 

Brening,    Geo.    T. 

Buffington,    Harry    W. 

Buffington,    Charlie    H. 

Bullock,   Clyde 

Barton,   L,uther  L,. 

Beise],    Gotfred    F. 

Bibler,    Meade    O. 

Booth,    Ernest    L. 

Bauerle,   Chas.  W. 

Baker,   John    F. 

Blackburn,   Russell 
W. 

Bates,  Delano   E- 

Buffington,    Walter    O. 

Boes,   Chas.    W. 

Carney,    Fred    J. 

Castle,    Roy    C. 

Caswell,    Arthur    B. 

Childs,    Guy    E. 

Converse,    Floyd    F. 

Cooper,     Albeit     E. 

Cooper,    Milburn    M. 

Christ,   Morris 

Christian,    Geo.    A. 

Doron,    Arthur    W 

Downey,    Elmer   G. 

Dodge,    William    J. 

Doering,     William 

Deal,    Clarence    E. 

Druse,  Martin  F. 

Duree,    Geo.    W. 

Eichenour,   John    W. 

Evans,    Ernest    R. 

Fisher,    Anthony 

Flook,    Herman    E. 

Fitch,    Chas.    L. 

Fawley,    Wilbur    O. 

Friesen,   William 

Fisher,    Frank 

France,    William    P. 

Foth,   Jona 


COMPANY  M 
Maeion 

Foth,  Fred  W. 
Gerhardt,  John  H. 
Goodman,    Nolan    G. 
Goodman,    lyafe 
Grimes,     Bruce    H. 
Hammer,    Park    S. 
Hanneman,     Abraham 
Hayes,   Everett   F. 
Herndon,  Chas.  D. 
Herbel,   Andrew 
Holmberg,   Chas.   H. 
Hopper,    William    F. 
Honn,    Calvin 
Houlton,  Carroll  V. 
Hugo,  John  R. 
Hulett,  Virgil  W. 
Hunt,   Blaine  A. 
Hurt,   Harold  H. 
Hopkins,    Myron    E. 
Hadel,    Henry   W. 
Jacka,    Alfred    F. 
Jaeger,    Harry    C. 
Kmot,   John   E. 
Keaser,    Kenneth 
Kline,    Henry 
Kelther,    Neil 
Krause,   Isaac 
L,arsen,  Robert 
Lawrence,    Adrain    E- 
Lovelace,   Joseph 
Lovelace,     Herbert 
Lawrence,  Edward 
Loveless,    Paul   C. 
Linn,   Earl  J. 
Martin,  Henry  S. 
Miesse,    James    W. 
Mackie,   Frank  J. 
Murry,     Andrew     A. 
Martin,     Tolbert    S. 
Monroe,    Lawrence   R. 
Miller,     Walter     J. 
McClure,    Norvie    J. 
McClellan,   John    I. 
May,    Alexander    J. 
May,  Adam   E. 
Matthews,    Clarence 

L. 
Newcomb,    Wayne    C. 
Noll,    Archie    R. 
Niederhauser,     Charlie 

C. 
Navrat,   Joseph 
Potter,    Kent    B. 
Potter,    Floyd 


Piper,    William    O. 
Patterson,  Harry  O. 
Pauls,   Rudolph 
Raley,    Frank    O. 
Reiswig,    Dave 
Riddle,    John 
Roberts,    Orville    O. 
Rollins,    Harry    A. 
Rollins,    James    C. 
Ramsey,   Garland 
Shepperd,    Charlie    E. 
Sims,     Robert    D. 
Straubs,    Heron   S. 
Shultz,    Fred 
Siegenthal,    Albert 
Sailer,    Arthur    H. 
Schmidt,    Alvin 
Sellers,    August 
Schmidt,    Richard    M. 
Smith,   Isaac  R. 
Shimic,    Albert 
Shahan,    Winfield    F. 
Shields,    Albert   J. 
Sparks,   Warren 
Thomas,    Thomas    J. 
Tajchman,     Louis 
Tipton,   Chauncey  E. 
Tarrant,    Andy    F. 
Trear,    Barney    H. 
Urbanek,   Philip  M. 
Urbanek,    Enos 
Vadakin,  Athol  G. 
Vance,    Harry    M. 
Vogan,    Orval    C. 
Varelman,    George    E. 
Wachholz,   August 
Wight,   OlHe   O. 
Weinmeister,    Harry, 

Jr. 
Winner,  Claude  S. 
Weadon,    Frank   M. 
Williams,    Stephen    C. 
Wikus,    Julius    L. 
Wells,  John  J. 
Willhite,   Desmond   R. 
Wheeler,   Lewis   H. 
Wilcox,   Harry   M. 
Walle,   Paul  J. 
Wheeler,  James  A. 
Zeih,   Jacob,   Jr. 
Zeih,   Henry 
Zeiner,    Earl    S. 
Attached : 

Fox,    George    L. 


Major, 

Henry   D.    Smith 


SANITAEY  DEPARTMENT 


1st    Lieutenants: 
Herbert   M.  Webb 


John   F.   Coffman 
Eugene    Harrison 


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1st    Sergeant, 

Dreyer,  Arthur  N. 
Sergeants : 

Read,   Lathrop  B.   Jr. 

Schropp,    Martin    A. 

MacLeod,    Percy   A. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Bonar,    Verlin    E. 

Bonesteel,    Guy   M. 

Combs,   George    M. 

Duer,   Alva   O. 

Erps,    Harry    R. 

Fuhrken,  Arnold  C. 

King,   Fred   E). 


Lull,    Sherman   F. 
Lull,  Elmer 
McLeod,   Alvin   C. 
Philbrook.   Merell  F. 
Stoffle,     Herbert    F. 
Turner,    James    A. 
VanDevifalker,    Farl 

G. 
Whestine,    Sylvester 

B. 
Privates : 

Allen,    William    H. 
Close,    Gilbert    C. 
Durst,  John 


Featherkyle,  Leo   F. 

Fetrow,   Ward   W. 

Gray,    Robert    C. 

Howe,    Fdward   C. 

Johnson,    Frank    P. 

Kelly,    Newton   B. 

Lecuyer,    Albert    F. 

Steele,    Oliver    P.    Jr. 

McLeod,    Fred    J. 

Swan,  Bradford  L. 

Wright,    Paul    C. 
Attached: 
Private, 

Gray,  Earl  R. 


FIRST  KANSAS  BATTALION  OF   ENGINEERS 

HEADQUARTERS 

Kansas  City 


Major, 

Leigh    Hunt 
Captain, 

Glenwood    h.    McLane 


Captain, 

Hugh  W.   Crawford 
1st  Lieutenants: 

Luther     R.     Tillotson 

Roy    A.    Finney 
2nd   Lieutenant, 

Otto     E.     Dengelstadt 
1st    Sergeant, 

Wright,   Philo  A. 
1st    Class    Sergeant, 

Gaw,     Richard     M. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Stewart,    William    F. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Smith,    Philander 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Haggard,    Ashley    P. 
Sergeants: 

Baker,    Alfred    G. 

Firestone,     Clifford     L- 

Fletcher,    Claude    C. 

Caywood,    Hugh    T. 

Stevens,   Hal 

Mclntyre,    John 

Logan,    Vernon    L. 

Deane,  John   F. 
Corporals : 

Terrill,     Edmund    J. 

Irons,  James   P. 

Hill,    Clarence    J. 


FIELD  AND  STAFF 

Sergeant-Major, 

Raymond  M.   Reese 

Master  Engineers,  Junior 
Grade : 
Burt    Northrup 

COMPANY    A 

TOPEKA 

Vernson,    Harry    W. 

Hughes,  Jay   B. 

Chandler,   Geo.   L. 

Palmer,    Gustave    1.    F. 

Kanode,    Lynn   H. 

Stephan,   Earle   D. 

Moreland,     Alban     R. 

Holliday,    Wilber    N. 

Purdy,    Donald   C. 

Whipple,    Harold    C. 

Thurman,     Robert     S. 

Smith,    Frank    W. 
Ilorseshoer, 

Lane,   John  A. 
Buglers: 

Davis,  Homer  N. 

Osborn,    Lindsay    C. 
Cooks : 

Ellis,   Harold   H. 

Quigley,    Earl 
1st    Class   Privates: 

Berlin,    Brooks 

Cavenee,    Fred 

Cowgill,   David  M. 

Cheney,    Albert    R. 

Daeschner,    Frank    S. 

DeGroat,    Bruce 

Billon,    Clyde    W. 

Eagon,    Vernftn    R. 

Eberhart,    Sidney   P, 

French,    Raymond    E- 


Oliver    A.    Lewis 
Milton   Steinmetz 
William.    A.    Stacey 
Elmer   O.    Martin 
Delmar   Thorpe 


Gaston,    Eldridge 
Geiger,    Jesse    C. 
Gress,    Roy    K. 
Hockett,    Ray    L. 
Janney,    Walter    C. 
Knight,    Raymond    A. 
Lindsay,    Junior    S. 
Lingo,    William    E. 
Monroe,    Donald    F. 
Prewett,    Vance    V. 
Pringle,    Ray    A. 
Rees,    George   D. 
Umpstead,    Clarence 

C. 
Wakeman,  Clyde  L. 
West,    John    W.,    Jr. 
Williams,      Milo      Ells- 
worth 
Wilson,    William    Ray 
Winters,    Ray 
Privates : 

Anderson,     Robert     A. 
Baker,    David    D. 
Balston,   Hobart 
Barner,    William    E. 
Barrett,    Gordon    A. 
Beers,    Dorsey    L- 
Beers,    Glenn    E. 
Bell,     Tobe     E. 
Bender,    Harry    E. 
Birdsall,     Walter     H. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS   NATIONAL   GUARD 


415 


Brel,    Henry    EI. 
Brooks,    Hayden    H. 
Brown,    Wm.   T.,  Jr. 
Burke,    Otto   J. 
Burke,    Chester    L,. 
Bushnell,    Hurbert    J. 
Cahill,  Joseph   E. 
Campbell,  Joseph  M. 
Canfield,   Harry   F. 
Cassady,    Floyd    A. 
Catansaro,    Theodore 

J. 
Chessman,   Charles  A. 
Church,    Kichard    B. 
Colbert,    Walter    W. 
Colvill,   George   B. 
Cooper,    Charley    J. 
Crum,    William    F. 
Curtis,    Charles    H. 
Davis,    Marvin     B. 
Dorris,  Frank  Jr. 
Dugan,    Frank    T. 
Dutro,   John    D. 
Edwards,   James    W. 
Eggert,    Henry   A. 
Ekston,     Martin     H. 
Fagan,  Joseph  C. 
Forney,    Abram    H. 
Hall,    Selby^  H. 
Hamilton,    Edwin   G. 
Henry,  Ed.  H.  S. 
Henica,    William    C. 
Higgins,    EaMoine    M. 
Hoselton,     Purdy 
Jarus,    Emil   Charles 
Johnson,    Roy    D. 
Kelsey,    Charles    B. 
Kittell,    George    J. 
Kirkpatrick,     Edward 

R. 
Koons,   Howard   W. 
Eawrence,    Robert    K. 
Lemly,    Paul    R. 
Levey,    Earl    R. 
Long,     Claude     O. 
Lowe,    Willoughby    M. 
Martin,    Edwin 
Miller,   Willis    C. 
Mountfortt,    Wade,    Jr 
McLaughlin,   David 
McNeal,    Charles    E. 
McWilliams,    Calvin   S. 
Owings,   Glen   R. 
Painter,    Edward    L. 
Parker,   John    O. 
Piper,    Franklin    E. 
Potter,    Seymour 
Reneau,    William    A. 
Rigsby,    Charles    E. 
Roberts,    Clifton 
Roberts,    Lloyd    R. 
Rowan,   Jom   L. 
Russell,    Virgil    B. 
Scovel,   Raleigh 


Scudder,    Benjamin    H. 
Sharkey,    Charles   T. 
Sloane,    Charles    A. 
Smith,    Leonard    F. 
Spencer,    Marion    A. 
Stephens,    Frank    L. 
Stewart,    Robert    E. 
Stratton,     William 
Talbott,     Verne     H. 
Tann,    William   E. 
Timmins,   Homer  H. 
Simmins,  Vaughn   E. 
Townsend,  James  F., 

Jr. 
Trotter,   Rolland  L. 
True,    Guy   Herbert 
Van    Hart,    Harold    H. 
Veltrop,   George 
Willard,     Sherman     K. 
Whitmore,   Verne  R. 
White,     Myron     E. 
Loss,    Discharged, 
Dano,   Raymond  J. 
Ruble,    Roland    O. 
Stephan,     Thomas    A. 
Street,    Gordon   F. 
Thompson,     Leroy 
Tomlinson,    William 

A. 
Updegrove,    Eugene  A. 
Wardin,    William   L. 
Williamson,     Melvin 
.  L. 
Privates : 

Adamson,    Paul    D. 
Allen,    Fred    R. 
Amis,    John    C. 
Anderson,    Leroy    P. 
Barnes,  Arthur  R 
Battey,    Eugene    F. 
Bell,    Alexander    R. 
Bell,    Robert    P. 
Bonebrake,    Frederick 

T. 
BleTins,     Earl     F. 
Brown,    Ernest    L- 
Bunce,    Earl    J. 
Bunce,    Frank    E. 
Burke,   Eugene   R. 
Burtch,    Russell    A. 
Calderwood,    Will    E. 
Campbell,    Harry    W. 
Carlson,    Willard    F.   J. 
Clark,  .George  A. 
Clayton,    James    I. 
Clements,    Charles    W. 
Compton,    Allen    T. 
Cress,     Howard     R. 
Crowder,   Leslie    E. 
Currens,    Raymond    L. 
Dean,    John    S.,    Jr. 
DeWolfe,   Amos   C. 
Dillon,     Dale    C. 
Doak,    William 


Dungan,    Lee 
Elliott,   John    P. 
Ellison,   Frank 
Ewell,  John   L. 
Felder,   Mathew 
Finuf,   Harrison 
Ford,    Elmo    A. 
Ford,  John  J. 
Foulk,    Albert   C. 
Friend,    John    M. 
Gaines,    Thomas    J. 
Garrett,    Harold    E. 
Garvie,    Hugh   A. 
Guyer,    Ray    H. 
Hall,  Jay 
Hall,  Seldon  G. 
Harrington,    F. 

Wallace 
Dewitt,    Henry    W. 
Hill,    Richard    L. 
Huffman,    Claude    I. 
Huntsinger,    Ivan 
Ice,    Lloyd 
Jessop,    Charles    T. 
Justice,    Robert    J. 
Keeney,    Leroy    C. 
Keeses,    Gerald    B. 
Ketchum,    Omar    B. 
Linscheid,    Otto    P. 
Light,    John    C. 
McClain,    Lige    D. 
Magill,    Laurus    A. 
Magill,    Wilbur    S. 
McBride,    Andrew    L- 
Martin,    Ray    P. 
Mason,    Ray    B. 
Mason,  Robert  W. 
Matthews,     David     W. 
Minturn,     Benjamin 

E. 
Morriss,   Clarence   M. 
Norris,    Fred    F. 
O'Leary,    Dorman    H. 
Oman,    Ralph    W. 
Owen,  Joseph 
Pinet,     EH     P. 
Polls,    John    R. 
Rainey,    Robert    L- 
Randall,    Charles 
Reid,     Theodore     C. 
Riley,    Edward   S. 
Rogers,   Willard    B. 
Rucker,    Harvey    D. 
Sackett,    Lucien    E. 
Schaub,    Lee   R. 
Scribner,  John  C. 
Shrader,     Paul     R. 
Sills,    Shellis    II. 
Simmons,     Chester     T. 
Singleton,     William     S. 
Talbert,   Joseph   H. 
Taylor,  Glenn 
Thurman,  Harold  D. 
Welch,     David 


416 


FROM  VAUQUOIS   HILL   TO  EXERMONT 


Welch,    Howard    M. 
Wiley,  Alfred   B. 
Worral,    Anton   W. 


Wilson,    John     G. 
Ball,    Eddie   R. 
Furlong,     Clarence 
Martin,  Glen 


Piper,     Albert 
Vier,    Shellie  V. 
Whitecotton,   Fred 


Captain, 

Darl    S.    James 
1st   Lieutenants: 

Harold  J.   Brownlee 

William  D.  Weidlein 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Hubert   R.    Hudson 
1st    Sergeant, 

McCarty,    Leon    B. 
1st    Class    Sergeants: 

Barnhart,    Oliver    F. 

English,    William    J. 

Snyder,    Wenslow    P. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Nevin,     Harry    L. 
Supply  Sergeant, 

Ronayne,    Frank    J. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Roberts,  Justice   L. 
Sergeants : 

Forney,   Roy  S. 

Proudfit,   James   H. 

Weibel,  Leo.  N. 

Spratt,    Robert    C. 

Ficken,    Benjamin    F. 

Conrey,   Stephen   J. 

Dryden,    Paul   L. 

Bell,   Roy   H. 
Horseshoer, 

Coles,   Harry    R. 


COMPAJSTY  B 
Kansas  City 

Saddler, 

Walker,  Fred  R. 
Buglers : 

Harris,   Hector  W. 

Nicholson,   Floyd   S. 
Cooks: 

Dittrich,   Louis 

Whittington,    John    H. 

Anderson,    Harbert    V. 
Corporals: 

Weidlein,     Glee    T. 

Wilson,     Harry    L. 

Kelley,     Raymond     B. 

Madden,     Frank    A. 

Brazille,    Edward    T. 

Foster,    Fred    V. 

McCallum,     Donald    J. 

Webb,  Walton  H. 

Trotter,   Nathan  P. 

Stephens,  Hollis  H. 

Brigham,    Arthur 
Perry 

Vest,    Edwin    A. 

Feller,  George  C. 

Drury,   Andrew   W. 

Winn,    Edward    L. 

Rau,    Eugene    E. 

Willis,    James     W. 

Angle,  Roy 


1st   Class  Privates: 
Becker,  Jonas  P. 
Bottum,   Charles  A. 
Carmichael,    Lachlan 
Cooper,  William  C. 
Craven,    John   J. 
Edmonds,    William 

Henry 
Englander,    Arthur    R. 
Foster,    Guy   A. 
Heinmann,    Charles    T. 
Hoyt,   Raymond   A. 
Lane,   Frank  C. 
Leport,   Fred  R. 
McAvoy,     Bernard     F. 
MacDuff,    Irl   G. 
Moon,   Alva   L. 
Norman,    Frank   R. 
Porter,    Will    A. 
Ramsey,   Arnold   G. 
Reardon,    John 
Seineke,    Max  E. 
Roberts,    Clarence 
Smith,    Gardner   M. 
Smith,   Orliff  E. 
Strohmyer,    William 

E. 
Ihomas,    Clifford   A. 


Captain, 

Orlin    Hudson 
1st   Lieutenants: 

Charles    R.    Fisher 

Carl   E.   Rouse 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Herbert    T.    Barclay 
1st    Sergeant, 

McCoy,  Charles  A. 
1st    Class    Sergeants: 

Henschel,   Ramsey   C. 

Nelson,    Henning    F. 

Tucker,    Arthur    L. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Schwitzgebel,    Charles 
F. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

McLanahan,    Orville 
W. 


COMPANY  C 

Kansas  City 

Stable  Sergeant 

Gilmore,    Walton    W. 
Duty   Sergeants : 

Dells,    David    P. 

Gosney,    Thomas    W. 

Van    Doren,    Robert 
H. 

Frick,    Wallace    H. 

Gibson,    Foster   M. 

Dissinger,   John    E. 

Crooks,     Reed    M. 

Yarnell,    George    W. 
Corporals : 

Austin,     Charles     E. 

Bakeman,  J.   P. 

Bruce,   Guy   S. 

Faulkner,   Ward 

Hill,  Charles  A. 

Humphrey,    Ralph 


Merriam,   Charles   W. 

McMillen,   Delbert 

Miller,    Max 

Miller,    Harry   W. 

Nelson,   Len   B. 

Russell,    Charles    F. 

Snow,    Leon    J. 

Sack,    Norman   R. 

Shackelton,    Fred    J. 

Stewart,   Harold    E. 

Shannon,    Harold    E. 

Toole,  Wilbut  N. 
Horseshoer, 

Bankin,    Walter    S. 
Saddler, 

McMickell,   Harvey   D. 
Buglers : 

Alley,    Worth    B. 

Payne,    Elias   B. 


ROSTER   OF    KANSAS    NATIONAL    GUARD 


417 


Cooks: 

Thenney,    Ernest 

Dell,   Raymond  H. 

Pickett,    Oliver   B. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Albin,    Ira    F. 

Dill,    Bruce    L. 

Evans,    Joseph    R. 

Flcener,    (.ieorge    C. 

Frater,    Robert    A. 

Gardner,   Harold   B. 

Gentry,     John     P. 

Harwood,     Arthur     W. 

Hendricks,    Garry    T. 

King,    George    R. 

Knauss,   John   D. 

Lanctot,     Sheridan     E- 

McFarlane,    Joseph    T. 

Martin,     Ward 

Martin,   Bruen   L. 

Northrup,    Floyd    h. 

Palmer,    Edward   G. 

Rhodes,    Gerald    F. 

Reed,   Ruben   R. 

Rowan,     Thomas     M. 

Savage,    Frank    M. 

Sicking,   Walter  A. 

Smith,    John     D. 

Talpey,    Frank    A. 

Tracy,   James   R. 

Thurston,      Bryan     E. 

Verdieck,   Arthur 

Wetzig,    John    R. 

Wirth,    John    A. 

Wisely,    William    W. 

Walter,    Chas.    E. 
Privates  : 

Allen,  Albert  A. 

Barker,    Thomas    Y. 

Bennett,     James     A. 

Brading,   Roy  W. 

Brown,    John    N. 

Condon,    Robert    E. 

Cosintino,    John 

Crane,    Milo    A. 


Crawford,   Jess 
Conroy,    Curtis    W. 
Deems,    Frank    L. 
Dessert,    Harry    H. 
Dimmitt,    Austin 
Duncan,    John    H. 
Eaton,     Robert    R. 
Edwards,     William     E. 
Farber,    Henry    C. 
Flinn,    Roy    W. 
Glassco,    James    S. 
Graham,    Harry    E. 
Graham,    Wilbur    E. 
Gray,    William    R. 
Griesharamer,    Nicholas 
Ragan,    Eugene   J. 
Hamacher,  Herbert   H. 
Harvey,    Hayden     W. 
Haslip,    Charles    R. 
Henricks,   Charley   E. 
Hendricks,  Jesse  H. 
Hethcock,    Lee 
Holverstott,     Claud    T. 
Hoover,    Merle    W. 
Horrell,    Jay    R. 
Heckert,    Eugene   D. 
Humphrey,    Walter    F. 
Johnson,    Carl    F. 
Johnson,     George     A. 
Johnson,   Ishmael 
Ivy,    Thruman 
Keegan,   John   F. 
Kilmer,    James    A. 
Knutson,   Arthur   J. 
Kloster,    Elmer   A. 
Lamb,    Frank 
Lambert,    Robert    E. 
Layson,    Robert    C. 
Lane,    Charles    H. 
Lloyd,    Everett    R. 
Lovejoy,   Fred 
Lucas,    William    F. 
McGreary,    Leo.    R. 


McKeown,    Robert    H. 
Mackie,   Lyman  S. 
Major,   Everett   O. 
Mateer,     Frank    D. 
Morris,   Harold  E, 
Morrison,     Ralph     W. 
Newton,    Ralph   W. 
Nettleton,    Francis    J. 
Pavlu,    Albert    J. 
Perkins,   George   T. 
Perkins,   Harold   L. 
Plunkett,    James    W. 
Pierce,    Harry    H. 
Raddant,     George     T. 
Rice,   Howard  B. 
Riley,   David   F. 
Rodewald,  Albert  T. 
Rossner,    Lome    L. 
Sebree,   Heise   H. 
Shields,    Edward    E. 
Shultz,    George   J. 
Smither,     Webster     D. 
Sprague,    Arthur    G. 
Storey,    Bert    W. 
Styrgis,   Joy    F. 
Summers,   George  F. 
Tedder,  Norman  C. 
Thomas,    Lee    R. 
Thomson,    Gerald   R. 
Thomson,  John  L. 
Underwood,    Tillman 
Van   Houten,   Herbert 

H. 
Van   Pelt,  George  C. 
Voltz,   Dee  D. 
Weber,   August,   Jr. 
White,  Joseph    L. 
Wendt,    George   C. 
Westendick,    Philip    H. 
Williams,     Charles    D. 
Willard,    Harry   L. 
Williams,    Ira    R. 
Wood,    Albert    B. 
Loss, 
Nunter,  Frank  A. 


DETACHED    MEDICAL    DEPARTMENT    OF    1ST    BATTALION 
OF    KANSAS    ENGINEERS 


Sergeant, 

Brier,   Archibald   J. 
Privates, 

Hawley,    Leslie   H. 


Holmes,    Rodney    J. 
Holtwick,    Charles    J. 
Pardon,   Charles  V. 
Ramsey,    John    D. 
Sendson,   Harold   M. 


KANSAS  ENGINEER  TRAIN 

Independence 


Captain, 

Robert    W.    Lewis 
First    Lieutenants  : 

Peake  Vincil 


Fannon    F.     Beau- 
champ 
Second    Lieutenant, 
Donald    Gaither 


Master     Engineers, 
Senior     Grade: 
Sanders,    Ernest 
Hunt,    William     R. 


418 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Junior    Grade : 

Douthat,   Lee   A. 

Oakleaf,    Lovell    R. 

Dreher,    Charlie 

Rowland,   Dan   W. 
First    Sergeant, 

Chappuie,    Gordon 
First    Class     Sergeants : 

Morgan,    Will    C. 

Hereld,   Roy 
Bn.  Sup.  Sergeant, 

Matthews,    Dean    V. 
Supply    Sergeants : 

Smith,    Robert    R. 

Brinkham,    Floyd    VV. 
Stable     Sergeants : 

Overfield,    Roy 

Travis,    Chester    F. 
Sergeants : 

McCue,  James  B. 

Hill,  John   R. 

Blades,   Ralph  C. 

Davidson,    Frank 

Todd,    Farl   C. 

McCollum,    Fugene 
F. 

Corporals: 

Jones,  Albert   S. 

Bvans,    George    A. 

Frisinger,    Chester    A. 

McFvers,    Maurice    A. 

Small,   Orloe  D. 

Smith,  William     A. 

Bloom,  George  L. 

Ebner,    Clyde    T. 

Navarre,  Henry  C. 

Cooper,    Hutchison 
Horseshoers: 

Bixler,  John  L. 

Hathaway,    Claude   W. 

Fields,    Claude     B. 

Murray,    Loyd    M. 

Ditts,  Clin  H. 
Saddler, 

Robertson,  Walter  F. 
Wagoners: 

Allen,  Ben   S. 

Anz   Flmo,   Nicola 

Anderson,    Howard    M. 

Addington,    Albert    T. 

Allred,   Ivan   A. 

Baldwin,   Calvin   R. 

Bennett,  John  R. 

Brown,    George   O. 

Buntin,    Homer    H. 

Blalack,    Pearl 

Carr,    Charles    A. 

Callahan,  Owen 

Catlin,   Courtney   L. 

Carter,    Howell    H. 


Carlson,  Harry   E. 
Campbell,    Lester   E. 
Cobb,  John  L- 
Cooper,   Robert    F. 
Crane,   Fred  A. 
Culver,    Willard    K. 
Dack,     Harry     G. 
Degarimore,    Eddie 
Doop,  Jesse 
Dobson,    Glen 
Drybread,    Ephraim 
Eastin,    Homer    F. 
Elliott,   Verl 
Edmunds,   Walter  J. 
Earlow,    Denzel   M. 
Eleenor,     William     V. 
Gardenshire,     Malcolm 

H. 
Gardner,    Henry    I. 
Howe,    Claude    E. 
Holton,    Floyd    A. 
Henderson,    Homer   J. 
Henderson,   John    S. 
Healer,    Thomas 
Hyler,    Denver    H. 
Hole,    James    M. 
Jackson,    Ivan 
Jones,  Robert   S. 
Johnson,    Samuel    K. 
Krone,    Edward    F. 
Long,    Oscar 
Lusby,    Henry    H. 
Lusby,   Everett    E. 
McClure,    Roy    A. 
McGee,   Paul   C. 
Mcintosh,  David  A. 
Moss,   Charles   H. 
Main,   John    P. 
Murray,    Orville    O. 
Meyer,    Emil    J. 
Mensch,    Ray    S. 
Marshall,    Hal    E. 
Morse,    Milford    J. 
Malcolm,   Ira   H. 
Milton,    Wood    E. 
Murray,    Lynn    R. 
Metcalf,    Harold    W. 
Navarre,   Guy   W. 
Navarre,     Otto 
Parshall,     George     S. 
Rains,    Crit 
Renner,    William 
Rundell,    Lee   S. 
Rowland,    Alfred    L. 
Saladin,   John    H 
Schoenfeldt,     Carl    J. 
Sloan,    Julius    C. 
Shunk,    Guy    E. 
Schulz,    William    C. 
Tavlor,    Theodore 
Taylor,    Ogle 
Tuttle,    Thomas    P. 


Van   Cleave,   Everett 
E. 

Vance,    Willis   W. 

White,  Guy  S. 

Wahl,    William  A. 

Witt,    Sterling 

Wetzel,  Guy 

Watt,    Everett    P. 

Ziegler,    Noland    T. 

Winchester,     Burt     C. 

Schreck,    Edward    G. 

Strassberg,    Herman 

Spelman,  Joseph  F. 

Sutton,    Sewall 

Sutton,   Newton 

Richardson,    Loyd    M. 
Cooks: 

Murray,    Thomas   D. 

Hunt,    William   H. 

Forman,   Lew   R. 
Buglers; 

Holdren,    John 

Dennis,    Harlan   A. 

Roads,    Harold    B. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Allen,   Carl   K. 

Allen,    Vernon 

Bauer,    George    F. 

Carpenter,    Arville    W. 

Clifford,  Homer  L. 

Decker,    Robert   J. 

Bopst,    William    O. 

Hoover,  Ora 

Hosier,    Merle 

Nicholson,    Chauncey 

Mann,    James 
Mibeck,    Jacob    G. 
Oakleaf,    Paul    B. 
Ray,    Dennis 
Shy,    John    W. 
Sutton,  Ward 
Thompson,   Jack 
Springer,    Job 
Stephens,   James   M. 
Swisher,    \Villiam  Z. 
Privates: 

Bircher,   Archie   C. 
Dougherty,   Henry   W. 
Hayes,   Jack   W. 
Hilyard,    Lee    F. 
Mears,  Herbert  E. 
Moews,   George 
Marling,    Ben   W. 
Neary,    William    J. 
Owen,   Frank  G. 
Parker,   Benjamin   F. 
Pinegar,    George    D. 
Price,    Charles   E. 
Roszel,  Hugh  D. 
Russell,    Lonnie    E. 


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FIRST  REGIMENT,  KANSAS  FIELD  ARTILLERY 

HEADQUAETERS 

TOPEKA 


Colonel, 

Hugh  Means, 

Commanding 

Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Bruce  Griffith 


FIELD  AND  STAFF 

Major, 

William    A.    Pattison 
Major, 

Roy  F.   Waring 
Captain, 

Richard    B.    Porter 


Captain, 

Clarence   G.    Grimes 
Captain, 

Martin    C.    Pennekamp 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Earl    A.    Blackburn 


HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY 

TOPEKA 


Captain, 

Arthur   M.   Mills 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Frank    H.    McFarland 
Regt.    Sergeant    Major, 

Cummings,   Earl   R. 
Bn.   Sergeant  Major, 

McGaw,    Stewart   M. 
1st    Sergeant, 

Rhule,  Grover  C. 
Stable  Sergeant, 

Johnson,     Rupert    A. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Blakely,  Charles  G.  Jr. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Ringgenberg,  Joseph 
C. 
Sergeants: 

Beine,    Robert   F. 

Kreger,  John  B. 

Spielman,  Harold  G. 

Sproat,    Philip    H. 
Cooks: 

Neely,    Frank    B. 

Leiss,    Walter    H. 
Privates: 

Anderson,   Ben   F. 

Anderson,  Oscar  R. 

Barbour,  Lancewell  M. 

Bothwell,    Earl 

Bulkley,    Henry    H. 

Carson,    Harry 

Collins,    Joe    P. 

Crowell,   Harlow 

Debauge,  Joseph  A. 

Ditmer,   Otto   H. 


Felker,    Charley    E. 
Fichtner,    Frank    R. 
Fritz,     Edwin    A. 
Gardner,    Vance   G. 
Goodsell,   Clyde   M. 
Gregory,   Edwin   M. 
Hanson,   Harry   P. 
Hey,   Roscoe    E. 
Jenkins,    William    E. 
Johnson,    Arthur    E. 
Johnson,   Arthur  V. 
Johnson,    Carl    V. 
Johnson,     Richard 
Kessinger,   Mervin   R. 
Kiesow,    Herman    F. 
Kistler,   Herbert   D. 
Larson,    Albin   L. 
Leander,  Gus 
Lynch,   Patrick   A. 
McArdle,    Albert   H. 
McFall,   Robert  R. 
Main,    Clarence   L. 
Mainey,    Francis    A. 
Marchetti,    Latt 
Marshall,  Joseph  O. 
Mauzey,    Joseph    H. 
Neiswender,   Chester 

P. 
Nicholson,    John    H. 
Parrish,    William   W. 
Phillips,    Robert    A. 
Powers,    Louis    A. 
Sawyer,    Raymond   M. 
Sharpless,   Samuel 
Shipley,    Roderick   J. 
Shultz,    Joseph 
Skinner,   Rexford   G. 


Smiley,    Harold    A. 

Smith,    George 

Thatcher,  Kenneth   T. 

Vann,   James   A. 

Wilkerson,  Clyde 

Williams,    Earl    M. 

Wilson,    Harvey 

Zercher,  John  A. 

Ziegenbein,    Hamer    L 
Band    Leader, 

Morrison,    Thomas    S. 
Asst.   Band   Leader, 

Main,    David    W. 
Band  Sergeant, 

Smith,    Daniel    I. 
Band    Corporals: 

Miller,   Martin   G. 

Eckert,   Fred 

Gibbs,  Karl  M. 
Third  Class  Musicians: 

Barnes,   Bryant 

Bowman,   Fred  W. 

Bowman,   Vernon    E. 

Browne,    Richard    H. 

Dennis,  Loyd  H. 

Hammer,  Claude  T. 

Henkle,   Elgin   G. 

Hough,    Byron 

Maxwell,    Paul   M. 

Montgomery,    Charles 
Z. 

Morris,   Clyde  R. 

Peterson,   Tell 

Ramsey,    Fred    A. 

Ritts,    Alvin    V. 

Russell,   Homer 

Sinclear,  Jack  W. 


Captain, 

Thomas  A.  Mayhew 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Benjamin  H.  Porter 


SUPPLY  COMPANY 

TOPEKA 

Privates: 

Ahrens,   Fred  W. 

Baker,  Alma 

Bair,    Raymond    P. 


Bilello,  Frank  H. 
Conoway,    Clyde   E. 
Cooper,    Arthur 
Dalton,    Aaron    V. 


420 


FROM   VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Dow,   John   C. 
Fike,   A.   I. 
Foster,   Edwin  A. 
Frye,    Ed 
Frost,    Jack 
Halsey,    Marian    A. 
Hawk,  Jo  Fuqua 
Hendricks,   Eh 
Houck,    Frank    M. 


Johnson,   Roger   W. 
Morgan,    Earl 
Mouror,   James    R. 
McAuHflfe,    William    J. 
Porter,    Earl    L. 
Porter,    Samuel    P. 
Shinn,    Clarence    A. 
Stimson,    Ray    A. 
Stimson,    Cleo 
Shelden,    Benjamin    W. 


Schmidt,    Gus    A. 
Saxon,   Kenne 
Thrift,    Claude   M. 
Winstead,   Dewey   E. 
Wood,     Ernest    E. 
Workman,    Charles    W. 
Whitehead,    Fred    B. 
York,    Solomon    E. 
Zartman,  Oscar  B. 


Captain, 

William    P.    MacLean 
1st    Lieutenants: 

Paul    T.    McFarland 

Nels    Anderson 
2d    Lieutenants: 

Donald   F.    McKee 

Hugh   A.    MacLean 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Leslie    Rowles 
1st    Sergeant, 

Wilson,    Clarence    E. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Kennedy,    Edgar    C. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Domme,   George 
Mess   Sergeant, 

Coon,   Edgar  R. 
Sergeants, 

Link,    William    C. 

Whitaker,   Thomas   C. 

Kennady,   Homer  F. 

Maxwell,   Albert 

Gosborn,    Robert    E. 

Mariner,   Zoe  O. 

Baker,    Clarence   E. 

Brantingbam,     George 
L. 

Rogers,    Glenn   W. 
Corporals : 

Bell,    Edwin    F. 

Murphy,  Charles 

Baker,    George    P. 

Critchfield,  Otto  B. 

Tamquay,  Ernest  C. 

Fulton,   Marshall   T. 

Morehouse,    Edgar 

Beerbohm,   Fred  W. 

McArthur,    Charles    E. 

Thomas,    Theodore 

McGee,    Chauncey 

Woods,    Arthur    M. 

Beals,   Herbert   J. 

Smith,    James    B. 

Stone,   Alpha 

Young,    Ralph   M. 

Bracy,  Willard  H. 

Fable,   Frank 

Irvin,    Leonard    D. 


BATTERY  A 
TOPEKA 

Jarrell,     Archibald     W. 
Cooks: 

Towles,    Glendon 

Cavert,     James     M. 

Woolworth,    Cecil    I. 
Chief   Mechanics: 

Stewart,    George    D. 

Hammond,   Harry   L. 

Wiesner,    Isidore  A. 

Ireland,    George    I. 
Horseshoers: 

Goodell,   Edward  S. 

Pepper,   Lee  V. 
Saddler, 

Bolibaugh,    Louis 
Buglers: 

LaFromboise,    Roy 

Sweeney,    Paul 

Kaufman,    Paul    T. 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Gum,   Horace  L. 

Lesher,   Cecil   S. 

Lyons,    Reed    M. 

Norris,    Lewis    M. 

Parry,   Thomas   H. 

Randall,     William    N. 

Smith,    Marshall 
Privates: 

Ackerman,    James    R. 

Adams,   Delbert 

Adams,    Dennis 

Adams,  John 

Albro,   Fred 

Anderson,    Charles    B. 

Arnold,    Herman 

Austin.     Willard     D. 

Barthel,    Harold    S. 

Bennett,    George   L. 

Bettinger,     Osbern    D. 

Bower,    Camile    J. 

Bower,    William 

Boyer,   Harry   F. 

Brookish,    Maurice 

Braubaker,    Albert    T. 

Buckley,    Lvle    H. 

Bundy,    William    D.    R. 

Garnahan,    James    J. 

Garnahan,    Robort    A. 

Carroll,    James    W. 


Chacey,    Doyle    L. 
Chambers,    William    L- 
Chappelle,    Oscar    H. 
Cole,    Summer   W. 
Conklin,    Arthur    L- 
Cook,-  Elijah   W. 
Cooper,    Harry    E. 
Cunningham,   Walter 
Davis,    Ralph    H. 
Decker,    Claud    R. 
Denner,    Payton    L. 
Dickerson,   Curtis 
Diehl,   John    P. 
Dietz,   John   P. 
Down,    Harry    E. 
Eddy,     Jesse     A. 
Eagle,   Arthur   L. 
Eagle,    Robert    L. 
Evans,    Thomas 
Frederick,    Guy    L. 
Freeman,   Martin  ,J. 
Freeman,    Max    C, 
French,   Charles   H. 
Fronke,    Arnold    C. 
Gable,    George    D. 
Gardner,    Carl    S. 
Gohrt,   Edwin   E.   M. 
Gillette,    Kenneth    R. 
Givens,    George   E. 
Gracey,    William   P. 
Gregory,     Leonard    L. 
Groff,    Webb    W. 
Grunthal,     Walter     C. 
Ball,     Kenneth    W. 
Hammer,   Howard  P. 
Hastings,   Irving  R. 
riaynes,    William    C. 
Hazel,    Ernest    C. 
Head,    Joseph    A. 
Heberling,    Junius    L. 
Henderson,   Edwin  A. 
Henry,    Arthur    P. 
Hensel,    Hiram    F. 
Henson,   Vernon   A. 
Holland,    Clififord    R. 
Irish,    Floyd    E. 
Tames,    Walter   E. 
Johnson,    Clifford   O. 
Johnston,    George    F. 


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Kane,  John   T. 
Kaufman,    Stanley 
Keim,    Harvey    D. 
Keine,    Edward   A. 
Kirby,    Vance 
Kling,   John 
Laird,    Leslie 
Lang,    Carl    G. 
Lengen,  William  V. 
Lent,    Roscoe    W. 
Lindemann,    Richard 

W. 
McCorkill,    Walter    M. 
McConnell,     Charles 

N. 
McKnaught,    Charles 

G. 
McMurtry,    Harold    C. 
Mair,    Earl    L. 
Martin,  Zack 
Mauzey,   Perc   E. 
Miles,     Winslow    F. 
Moore,    George    S. 


Morey,    Charles    T. 
Morgan,    Ralph   G. 
Morrow,   Arthur   C. 
Newman,   Clifford  A. 
Norris,    Walter   B. 
Palmer,    Roy    H. 
Patterson,    Mahlon    H. 
Phillips,    William    11. 
Price,    Harrison    L. 
Rafferty,    Owen    J. 
Rains,    George    O. 
Rees,    William 
Reinoehl,  Carl  R. 
Richards,    Kenneth     V. 
Robbins,    Harry    L. 
Robinson,    Ellis    A. 
Rooney,   Robert 
Rosner,    Albert    S. 
Rowley,    Earl    S. 
Saunders,   Galen   W. 
Scahlon,    Frank   J. 
Schwab,    John    B. 
Smith,    Albert     E. 


Smith,    Marion   A. 
Springer,    Harold    G. 
Steinmetz,  Henry  O. 
Steinmetz,    Ivan 
Stewart,   Samuel  G. 
Slice,    Glen    C. 
Stockton,    Lee 
Swearingen,    Maurice 
Tanner,    Charles    W. 
Thomas,    John    E- 
Torrence,    Howard 
Tweedy,    Robert   D. 
Uphouse,    Thomas    R. 
Wallace,    George    B. 
Ward,     Charles    E.     D. 
Warner,     Lorraine    D. 
Watson,  Alex  C. 
Werner.    Ed   G. 
Whitaker,     James     M. 
Willett,   Albert   E. 
Workman,  Lester 
Wright,    Harvey    W. 
Sellars,    Fred    E. 


Captain, 

John    S.   Amick 
1st  Lieutenants: 

Charles    E.    Edwards 

Dana   T.  Jennfngs 
2d    Lieutenants: 

Ralph  li.   Spotts 

John    F.    Troutman 
1st    Sergeant, 

Fink,   Louis  O. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Rice,    William    I. 
Supply     Sergeant, 

Baker,    Milton   L. 
Sergeants: 

Battin,   Charles   T. 

Jones,    Harold    M. 

Ogden,    Raymond    C. 

Ritter,    Clair    A. 

Winey.    Willard    L. 
Corporals: 

Davis,   Earl    E. 

Dunkley,    George 

Thomason,    Russell    W. 
Cooks: 

Horr,    Worthie    R. 

Kemper,    Ilollis     D. 

Talbert,    Leslie    A. 
Mechanics: 

Nottingham,    Harold 
E. 

Reed,   George   O. 

Samuel,    Ralph    C. 
Buglers: 

Bishop,   Howard   L. 

Blackbird,    Thomas 


BATTERY  B 
Lawrence 

Picketts,   Tom  A. 
Privates: 

Abbott,    George 
Aldrich,   Earl   W. 
Allen,    Fredria    R. 
Arnold,    Lewis   W. 
Barnd,    Richard 
Baumgartner,   Carl    H. 
Bear,   Abe 
Bennett,    Alfred    S. 
Bradstreet,    Edward   D. 
Brass,    Edward    B. 
Bray,   Floyd   E. 
Breakey,    George    D. 
Brown,    Rufus    Earl 
Bruner,    Dryfus    F. 
Buckner,   Claude  E. 
Burns,     Edward 
Cain,    William    G. 
Carr,   Harry 
Carter,    Russell    D. 
Chinsoe,     William 
Chupco,   Moses 
Clarke,    Byron    L. 
Coffin,  George  E. 
Conner,   Charles   A. 
Conrad,     Howard 
Coogan,   John    L. 
Cooper,    Edward    O. 
Couteau,     Herbert 
Cox,    Edward    R. 
Creel,    Howard    E. 
Curry,    Everett 
Dailey,    Jasper    A. 
Dale,  Allen   P. 
Davis,   Thomas   D. 


Davis,   Jesse   W. 
Deere,    Daniel 
Dougherty,     Joseph     C. 
Dove,    Charles   M. 
Duvall,     Thomas 
Ellis,    Blair 
Ellis,    Otto 
Elston,  George 
Evinger,    Labon    E. 
Ewing,    Walter 
Fairbanks,    Samuel    P. 
Fletcher,    Zell 
Forgery,    Jesse    J. 
Gettinger,    Elmer 
Gibler,    Eugene    E. 
Gooselaw,    Henry 
Gordanier,   Glenn   L. 
Gotts,   Harry 
Goulette,     Preston 
Graves,   Ezra   T. 
Griggs,    Eugene 
Hadl,    Vitus 
Hafmoon,    Edgar 
Harding,    Frank    E. 
Harjo,    Johnson 
Harvey,    Samuel   J. 
Heiken,    Ernest   H. 
Holm,    Bryan 
Henderson,    Earl    M. 
Hill,    Samuel 
Holt,    Frank   M. 
Hopper,    Ralph    G. 
Humphrey,    Wilbur   J. 
Hunter,    Floyd    L. 
Hunter,     Issac 
Ingles,   James   A. 


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FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Ingram,    Irwin 

Jewett,    Mark 

Johnson,  William  N. 

Johnson,    John    O. 

Jones,    William    M. 

Justice,     Edward     S. 

Kane,  Lawrence  W. 

Karns,   Warren   A. 

Kerschen,    Carl    N. 

Kilbuck,    Jerry 

King,    George    W. 

Kingsley,    Volney 

Kirby,    Elton    A. 

Kirkpatrick,    Dewey    M 

LaDeaux,    Antoine 

LaMere,    Charlie    B. 

Lange,   Leo   H. 

Lemberber,    Lloyd    E. 

LeRoy    John     F. 

Lind,    Lloyd   L. 

Lowry,   Lyman 

McCabria,  Harry  G. 

McCurtain,     Grene 

McKittrick,   John 

McPherson,  Raymond 
C. 

Maddox,  Dewey 

Mannschreck,    Orval 

Martin,  William  Har- 
ry 

Meadows,    Roy    W. 

Mears,   Gus   M. 

Miller,   Fred  H. 

Mills,   Lloyd    R. 


Murie,    Lawrence 
Neanomantuby,    Jacob 
Oakley,   George 
Oatman,    Arthur    C. 
Okeson,    George   N. 
O'Neil,    Donald   B. 
Oswalt,  Arthur 
Otto,    Edward  A. 
Owens,  Miles  M. 
Pate,   Goldy   M. 
Peacock,     Phillip 
Pepper,   Robinson 
Phegley,    Homer    El- 
wood 
Phelps,  Lawrence 
Pickens,    William 
Pieratt,    William    E. 
Pollock,   Harris 
Pretty  boy,    Benjamin 
Puckett,    Clarence    E. 
Rairden,    John    R. 
Randall,    Charles    B. 
Randall,  Richard 
Reed,  Homer  C. 
Reed,  James  A. 
Reinhart,   James  A. 
Reneau,  Lee  E. 
Richmond,    Alfred    B. 
Risley,   Chester 
Romero,    Ralph 
Rooks,    Edward    F. 
Russell,    Jacob    B. 
Saunders,  Henry  W. 
Schramm,   Joseph 
Shelton,    Oakley    R. 


Shoemaker,    Lee    W. 
Sliovlin,    John    E. 
Sloop,   Ernest  W. 
Smith,    Leon   E. 
Sockey,  Rafe 
Starns,    William    D. 
Stewart,    Clarence    A. 
Taylor,   Charles   M. 
Thompson,     Harry     H. 
Tompkins,   Amzie  T. 
Tracy,   John   R. 
Trammell,   Joe   W. 
Trock,    Elmer    L. 
VanNess,    William    D. 
VanWey,  Guy   S. 
Venard,    William   L. 
Vandegrift,    Vernol    K. 
Vandegrift,     Vertol     J. 
Vitt,    Otto    L. 
Walrojl,     Carl 
White,   Alvin 
White,    Elmo   E. 
White,    Frank    H. 
Williamson,    Roy 
Winkler,    Frank    E. 
Woodward,    Merritt 
Yardy,  William 
Simmerman,    Clyde    R. 
Bates,    George 
Helwig,    Paul    M. 
Hodges,    Stephen    E. 
Johnson,    Arthur    G. 
Judd,  Earl  C. 
Martin,  Murry 


Captain, 

James    C.    Hughes 
1st    Lieutenants: 

Hal    Curran 

Peter  L.  Zickgraf 
2d   Lieutenants: 

John   Broadlick 

John    H.    Blair 
1st    Sergeant, 

Wofiford,   John    E. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

McCoy,   Bob   M. 
Sergeants: 

Brown,   Charles   M. 

Goodwin,   John    W. 

Woodard,    Fred    E. 
Corporals: 

Wolfe,    Cecil    E. 

Billings,    Earl    K. 

Wilson,    Edward 

Bruce,  Estel  V. 

Cockerill,    Carl    L. 

Holmes,     Frank 

French,   Arthur   M. 


BATTERY  C 

PiTTSBUKG 

Frakes,    Henry    G. 
Wright,    Arthur    L. 
Privates: 

Adamson,  Harry  B. 
Allison,    Robert    E. 
Arkle,   John    P. 
Azember,    Nick 
Barnthouse,    William 

M. 
Benedict,   Frank  G. 
Bennett,  Amos   F. 
Billiard,  Ernest 
Black,    Charles    R. 
Blake,    Albert    S. 
Boissier,     Elie 
Boissier,   Leon 
Bone,     Alexander    H. 
Bordin,    Achille 
Boothe,    Daniel    L. 
Bridgewater,   Clyde  E- 
Bridgewater,    Paul    A. 
Britten,    Andrew    R., 

Jr. 
Budde,    Frank    H. 


Buehre,    Frederick    A 
Burdick,   Clyde   R. 
Burger,    Waldo    Y. 
Burnett,   Joseph    R. 
Bicknell,    Edgar   S 
Cadwallader,   Ardell 
Cameron,    Jerry 
Campbell,    Bill    H. 
Chaiiins,    Frank 
Chancellor,    Roy    E. 
Chancellor,   John    A. 
Choat,  Oscar 
Chrysler,  Leo  F. 
Copley,    Roy    C. 
Cordray,    Otis 
Craft,  Clarence  A. 
Crelly,    Harold    J. 
Courtney,    Reginald    R. 
Cowden,   Harry  D. 
Condy,    George   R.,   Jr. 
Davis,    Clarence 
Davis,   John   W. 
Decuyper,    Fernand 
Degen,  David  W. 


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Degen,   Sam  M. 
Delaney,   Patrick  J. 
Deruy,    Henry 
Diehl,    Oscar  J. 
Dodson,    Fred    M. 
Doss,  Hollis  C. 
EJasom,    Lewis    E. 
Elliott,    Daniel 
Ermey,    Fred    L. 
Etzel,    Charles   W. 
Everitt,    Robert    C. 
Ewalt,    Theodore 
Eyestone,    Hal    J. 
Fairchild,   Elza  O. 
Fairchild,    John    W. 
Feldman,   John   F. 
Ferguson,   John 
Fichtner,    Clarence    E. 
Flottman,     Arnold     L. 
Flores,    Florence 
Fougnie,  George 
Frankes,    Charles    E- 
Fristoe,    Frank    B. 
Fuller,    Benjamin   A. 
Fullum,    Earl    E. 
Francis,   Wolfe  D. 
Geier,  Lloyd  E. 
Gillin,    Mark   B. 
Goodman,    Ewart   Y. 
Graham,   Andrew 
Henderson,   Fredie 
Henson,    Charles    K. 
Hill,    Ira   T. 
Hill,    John    F. 
Holcomb,     Leroy     F. 
Hooton,    John 
HuflFmann,    Arthur    W. 
Hughey,    Leslie    W. 
Hughey,    Verne    E. 
Ingalsbe.    Meryl    T. 
Inglis,    Edward 
Jarrell,    Kelsey   A. 
Johnson,    Russell 
Jones,    Lloyd    C. 
Kasper,    Arnold    J. 


Kautzman,    Thomas    A. 
Keady,    Loyd    C. 
Kelley,  Lewis  M. 
Kelso,  Jorden 
Kelso,   William  M. 
Kent,    Alpine    N. 
Kincaid,    !Max    G. 
Knoll,    John    J. 
Kubas,     Frank 
Lear,    Benjamin 
Lemler,     David     W. 
Littleton,    Bowman    T. 
Lutz,    Elmer   L. 
Lux,    Lester   A. 
Lynd,   Lloyd  A. 
Mackey,    Irven 
Liggatt,     Herbert     H. 
Mallen,   Thomas  D. 
May,   Walter  C. 
Maylen,    William 
McElhenie,    George 
McHaley,   Roy 
Michie,   Troy   W. 
Manning,    Edward    A. 
Middleton,    Robert   W. 
Miller,    Shelby    V. 
Minerd,     Sylvester    L. 
Mingori,   Louis 
Modlin,   Charles   R. 
Montgomery,    Frank 
O'Connor,     Bryan     J. 
O'Donnell,    Mathew    J. 
Osborne,     William     C. 
Owens,    Oscar 
Page,    George    E. 
Patterson,   Tyler   C. 
Painter,    John    L. 
Parsons,   John   L. 
Pigg,    Robert    F. 
Powers,    Harold    C. 
Quackenbush,     Lan- 

don    O. 
Reeder,    Bufford 
Renison,    Loyd 
Ridley,   William 


Rodgers,  Harry  L. 
Ryan,    Howard   T. 
Schenck,    William   J. 
Schneider,    Jacob    J. 
Sandbickler,    Emil 
Sells,    Dewey    P. 
Shields,     Frederick 

B..  Jr. 
Schirk,    Rudolph  R. 
Schnebly,     George    J. 
Spoonhour,    Edward 

E. 
Staff,  Arthur  E. 
Starchich,    Frank,    Jr. 
Sullivan,  Martin   S. 
Tatham,    Harry 
Thomas,  Asa  A. 
Toussaint,    Albert    R. 
Trogdon,    Ray 
Ulery,     Charles    E. 
Vanderville,    Cezar 
Vandris,     Augustus 
VanMeter,   Augustus 
VanMeter,    Charles    R. 
Vantrepotts,     Fernand 
Van     Voast,     Deforest 
Vessadini,    Pete 
Walker,    Blaine    E. 
Walker,    Leonard    E. 
Walters,    Ellington    W. 
Wery,    Joseph    L. 
Whiten,   Jewel    C. 
Williams,     Winford 

M. 
Wilson,    William  L. 
Winters,    Robert   C. 
Wofford,    Raymond    J. 
Wolf,    William    W. 
Woodbury,    Forrest    G. 
York,  George 
Robinson,    Arden 
Losses,    Discharged, 

S.   C.  D. 
Bell,    Galen    M. 
Gibbons,    Alfred    F. 


Captain, 

William    H.    Brady 
1st    Lieutenants: 

Clanrold    A.     Burnett, 

Dwigbt    A.    Pomeroy 
2d    Lieutenants: 

Gerald   B.   Fenton 

William    W.    Bass 
Sergeants: 

Hyndman,  James  M. 

Young,    Earnest   B. 

Liepnian,    Morres   V. 

Cockerill,    Clay    R. 

Wharton,  Ja   F. 


BATTERY  D 

Pittsburg 

Corporals: 

Dixon,    Fremont 
Hussey,    Charles 
Bouck,    Harry    W. 
Broadlick,     Robert 
Reed,     Robert    M. 
Flottman,    Edward    A. 
Logan,    John 
Wilson,    Bryan 
Fern,    John    P. 
Quinn,    John    A. 
Nett,   Bert   D. 
Tyrk,   John    C. 
Haney.    William    B. 
Russell,   Richard 


Privates: 

Adams,    Worlie    W. 
Allister,    James 
Anderson,     James     W., 

Jr. 
Armstrong,    Albert    L. 
Beck,  Harry  B. 
Blaker,    Lynn    D. 
Bollinger.    Harlow 
Bower,   Harry  D. 
Bradfield,  Ellis  H. 
Broderson,   Chester  B. 
Brooks,    Orville 
Brown,    Carl    B. 
Brown,   Joseph 


424 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Buchanan,    William 

I. 
Buckeye,   Harry  J. 
Bullington,    Elmer 
Butler,    Abraham    O. 
Chancellor,    Chester 

A. 
Cherry,     Gustave 
Christiansen,    Otto 
Clark,  Alva  E. 
Clinkenbeard,    Clarence 
Coley,  Joe   L,. 
Colwes,    William    W. 
Condit,    Ray    M. 
Cooper,    Walter    G. 
Crosaglia,    Joseph 
D'Haillecourt,     Desire 
Dawson,   William   E. 
Dorris.    Waller    W. 
Duffy,   Michael 
Easom,    Harry 
Edwards,     George 
Eisenbrandt,    Henry 

L. 
Eppinger,    Clyde 
Eyer,    Herbert    L. 
Frame,    Floyd    F. 
Francisco,   Ralph   P. 
Freeman,    Frank 
Gerhard,    Henry 
Glitten,    James    E. 
Golle,  August 
Goodwin,   Dovie 
Graham,  Robert  L. 
Graham,    William    A. 
Gugello,    Pete 
Hamblin,     Robert    W. 
Hammer,   Fred 
Hamsher,    Samuel   J. 
Harrigan,   Joe  A. 
Harshfield,     William 

E. 
Heatwole,    Harry    G. 
Helms,    Alvia 
Helms,    Dewey 
Heslet,    Raymond   L. 
Highbaugh,   Swan   L. 
Hill,    Davis   C. 
Huckaby,   Loren 
Hughes,    George    L. 
Irwin,    Paul    H. 
Izatt,    William    A. 


Jarivasi,     Dominic 
Jenkins,    Ernest   P. 
Jones,   David  T, 
Jones,    Frank    R. 
Kingston,    Ozam 
Kirby,  John 
Kittle,    William   T. 
Kreiger,    Amos    H. 
Kuppersmith,    Edward 
Lomb,    Warren 
Lauer,    George    L- 
Leigh,   Tom 
Lemaster,    Leonard    O. 
Lewis,   Roy 
Loomis,    Frank 
McAlhaney,    Raymond 

L. 
McCain,   Paul  T. 
McCoy,    Dallas    P. 
McDaniel,     James     A. 
McFarland,    Lester 
McFarland,     Raymond 
McGinnis,   Edward  D. 
McGlothlin,    James    M. 
McManus,  Richard  A. 
McMurray,  Earl  C. 
Mavery,  Jesse 
March,    Charles   A. 
Martin,   Joseph   H. 
Maxwell,    Donald   C. 
May,   Gordon  J. 
Minter,  Marvin  E. 
Moore,    Archie    A. 
Morris,    Decalb 
Nehon,    Ramage   N. 
Newton,     William     A. 
Nichols,    Earl    F. 
Nielsen,    Robert 
Nightingale,    Wilfred 

H. 
Nute,    Benjamin    J. 
O'Dell,    John    G. 
Overmeyer,    Charles 

c. 

Prettyman,   Quincy  W. 
Province,  John   T. 
Quinlan,  Raymond  A. 
Racy,    Clifford    N. 
Racy,    William 
Reinhardt,  Floyd  E. 
Richard,    Edward  A. 
Richard,  Jules 
Restau,    Ervin    O. 


Robinson,    John    A. 
Robinson,  Lorraine  H. 
Ross,   Charles   F. 
Ross,   Randal   N. 
Russell,    William 
Sanders,    Ernest    A. 
Sayles,   Floyd   E. 
Schmiedeler,   Aloysius 
Scholes,   George  H. 
Seaman,  Herbert  H. 
Selenan,   Herman 
Shead,   Elza  B. 
Sheets,   Frank   L. 
Shirley,  Otis  M. 
Sills,    William    T. 
Skinner,    Eugene    A. 
Smith,    William    H. 
Schmiedeler,    Aloysius 
Stewart,    Charley 
Steffer,    Frank   M. 
Stroud,   William   V. 
Thiolet,    Theodore 
Thompson,    Samuel 
Timmons,   Warren    M. 
Tipton,    William    A. 
Towery,    Robert   C. 
Van   Hall,  Julius   F. 
Vance,    Joseph    E. 
Volkert,    Louis    E. 
Walker,    Augustus 
Walter,   Alva  J. 
Ward,    James 
Welsh,    Edward   Jr. 
White,    Charles   W. 
Whitney,  Arthur  W. 
Williams,    OrvilA. 
Wilson,    Floyd    O. 
Wilson,    Marion 
Wood,    Frederick 
Wood,   William   S. 
Work,    Earl 
Worrall,   John   L. 
Zinn,   Ralph   E. 
Zurefc,    Bryan 
Loss-Discharged : 
Cowan,  James  H. 
Hubbard,   Albert   M. 
Neeks,  Albert 
Oberto,  Joe 
Quigley,    Julian    F. 
Shinn,    Marshall   E. 
Van    Meter.    Elbert 


Captain, 

Phil.   S.   Hoyt 

1st  Lieutenants: 

Early    W.    Poindexter 
Frederick   H.    Olander 


BATTERY  E 
Kansas  City 

2d   Lieutenants : 
Roger   L.    Barker 
Glenn   A.    Russell 

1st    Sergeant, 

Householder,    Victor 
H. 


Supply   Sergeant, 
Anderson,   Carl   E. 

Stable  Sergeant, 
Reed,   Walter  J. 

Sergeants  : 

Cheak.   I<ucian 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL    GUARD 


425 


Laird,    Benjamin    H. 

Holder,  Edward  F.  M. 

Ingle,   Truman   L. 

Amidon,   Edward  C. 

Wall,    Courtney    C. 
Corporals : 

Gray,   George   H. 

Cass,  Joseph 

Miller,   William  E. 

Dahlgren,    Earl   W. 

Campbell,   William   E. 

Chambers,    Thomas    A. 

Harris,    Orville 

Hedstrom,  Algot  G. 

Millikan,   George   N. 

Larson,  Carl  J.   E. 

Mount,    Bert 
Buglers: 

McBratney,   Robert   R. 

Patton,    W.    Sidney 
Cooks : 

Gayman,  Thomas 

Lemmon,    Sturling 

Wagner,   Raymond  W. 
Privates : 

Anderson,  Lawrence  J. 

Audas,   Howard  H. 

Baker,    Edwin    M. 

Barker,    Edward    D. 

Ballenger,     Edward 

Baughey,    Leslit    A. 

Beauchamp,  John  A. 

Belan,  John  _ 

Bender,   Cecil 

Bigham,   George  F. 

Black,    Leroy    E. 

Bolande,    ITarold    E. 

Bradley,    Raymond    P. 

Bratschie,   Fred   S. 

Bridendolph,    Neil 

Brockwell,   John    B. 

Bronson,    Richard    T. 

Brown,    Myron    D. 

Burns,   Fred  E. 

Burditt,   Henry 

Burchfield,    Leslie    K. 

Campbell,    Charles    E., 
Jr. 

Cargill,   William   F. 

Coleman,    Clyde   T). 

Conklin,   Georee   E. 

Conley,  Edward  P.,  Jr. 

Corcoran,    Ben    O. 

Copewycz.    Walter 

Cowles,  Elisha  C 

Cowles,    T^ucius    L. 

Crofton.    James    J. 

Crumpley,    Horace 

Davis,   Joe 

DeGrofF,   James   S. 

Dempsey,     Archie     D. 

Dennett,    Robert   W. 

Donohiie,   Tnmes  L- 

Donovan,   William   J. 

Eaken,    AVilliam    T^. 


Edmonds,     John     H. 
Evans,   Richard  J. 
Fennelly,    Leo   J. 
Fisher,   Frederick  H. 
Fisher,   Joseph   C. 
Franey,    Frank    V. 
French,   Charles  L. 
Gatewood,    Harley   B. 
George,  James   M. 
Giles,    Chnton    B. 
Gleason,  Joseph   T. 
Glidden,   Lyle   B. 
Gossage,    Melvin   McK. 
Gough,  John   B. 
Gravatt,    Homer 
Griffin,  David 
Grimes,  John  A. 
Gross,   John   W. 
Grove,   Charles   V. 
Gustafson,   Carl 
Hanauer,    Edward    T. 
Hansen,    Martin 
Hargreaves,   Fred  E. 
Hauf,    Earl    O. 
Hindle,  Joe  O. 
Holden,    Herbert    G. 
Howell,    Charles    O. 
Hughes,    John    J.    Jr. 
Hurd,   Virgil   L. 
Hurralbrink,    Herman 

W. 
Isenhour,  William  H. 
Jewett,   Chester  C. 
Jobe,   Charles 
Johnson,  Chester   E. 
Johnson,    Floyd    A. 
Jomowkvich,    Joe 
Jones,  George  H. 
kerns,  Charles  W. 
Klebansky,   Samuel 
Koons,   Charles  D. 
Korasic,  John  F. 
Krehm,    George   J. 
Laird,   Earl 
Larson,  Harold  A. 
Laughlin,    Thomas    J. 

A. 
Leinbach,    Barto   J. 
Leinbach,    Charles    E. 
McConnell,    John    J. 
McCnlley,   James   C. 
McDonough,    Thomas 

L. 
McGill,  Ronald  F. 
Mclntvre,    Claude 
McMahon,    Joseph 
McMurray,    Elmer    H. 
Mackev,    Carl   L. 
Manning,    Robert    E. 
Markowitz.    Daniel 
Markley,    Charles    J. 
Marshall,    Arthur   R. 
!^feier,   Charles   W. 

Mertel.    Arthur    H. 


Miller,   Henry   L. 

Millikan,  Roy  E. 

Misell,    Robert   L. 

Mitchell,   Ernest   W. 

Morrison,    Ovid    T. 

JIoss,   Everett  R. 

Motis,    Nicholas 

Mullies,    Ralph    W. 

Noel,   James    P. 

Noll,   Paul  R. 

Nystrom,   Arthur  G. 

O'Neil,   Fred  P. 

O'Rourke,   John   F. 

Odgers,   Sheldon  P. 

Olson,    Walter    O. 

Osborn,    Robert 

Porley,    George   R. 

Pfeififer,    Wilbur   C. 

Reardon,    Daniel   J. 

Rice,  George  H. 

Rice,    Samuel    R. 

Rohl,    Anthony    J. 

Sawyer,   John   W. 

Schiller,    George    W. 

Scheicher,    George    L- 

Schooley,    Glenn   G. 

Schraer,    Clifford    E. 

Shaw,    Cornelius    R. 

Simpson,    Frederick 

Sims,    Martin    D. 

Smith,    Clarence    M, 

Smith,    Frank    E. 

Smith,    Harry    B. 

Smith,    Jesse    E. 

Sprowl,  David  A. 

Sprowl,   Marshall   R. 

Stainforth,    Fred 

Sterner,    Charles 

Stewart,  Walter  W. 

Swan,    Edward    R. 

Talkin,    Andrew   H. 

Taylor.    Henry    J. 

Thomas,    Terdon    L. 

Thomas,    Roy    G. 

Thurgate,  George  M. 

Torrev,    John    F. 

Trantum,  John  T. 

Valentine,    George 

Vaughn,    James   M. 

Walker,    Charles    F. 

Walker,    Hugh    O. 

Walters,   Herman  L. 

Williams,    Claud'-    J. 

Williams,   Earl    H. 

Williams,    John    M. 

Williams,     IvUcian    O. 

Wilson,   Edward   P.  'H. 

Wood,   Charles    D. 

AVright,     Walter 

Zelonok,    George   A. 
Losses   Discharged,   on 
Account    of    Depend- 
ents, 

Kitchen,    William 


426 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Captain, 

Birdie   13.   Sauers 
1st  Lieutenants: 

Frank   T.    Priest 

Samuel    W.    Woolley 
2d    Lieutenants : 

Erwin  R.  Bleckley 

Bert    Simons 
1st     Sergeant, 

Klein,    Randall    T. 
Mess  Sergeant, 

Moore,    Eric  C. 
Supply   Sergeant, 

McMillan,    Claude    V. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Schultz,    August    A. 
Sergeants : 

Flournoy,   John  J. 

Copeland,    Frank    T. 

Ryan,    Elmer   E. 

Howse,    Edward  J. 

Lemmers,    Frank   D. 
Corporals : 

Carter,    Ray    P. 

Legate,  James  E- 

Mathias,    Joseph    J. 

Hackelman,  Charles  B. 

Stippich,   Chester   V. 

Scanland,    ]\Ierle   C. 

Barrows,    Charles    F. 

Ross,   Elbert   B. 

Scott,    Wm.    F. 

Geeslin,    David    M. 

Shambaugh,   Cloy  D. 

Cambell,    John    A. 

Bachman,   Ray 
Chief   Mechanic, 

Andrus,   Rollie  H. 
Horseshoers : 

Lyons,    Arthur    B. 

Graham,    Arthur   W. 
Mechanics: 

Clardy,    William    N. 

Gilman,    Orville    J. 

Dennis,   Wilford  A. 
Saddler, 

Spidle,    Charles    N. 
Cooks : 

Lakey,    Elmer 

Weaverling,Clarence  A. 
Buglers : 

Tones,   Wilbur   H. 

Wikoff,   Charles   W. 

Kelly,    Donald    F. 
Privates : 

Allon,    Russell    T. 

Axline,    Andrew    A. 

Bailey,   Cecil   W. 

Baker,    Paul    E. 

Bavimunk,    John    L. 

Beach,    Glenn   A. 


BATTERY  F 

Wichita 

Bolan,    William    C. 
Brewer,    John    Henry 
Brosius,    Chauncey    G. 
Brown,    CyriU    JNl. 
Butts,    George    W. 
Camp,   Wayne   C. 
Caplinger,     Robert     F. 
Carroll,   William   L- 
Clinton,   Sylvester  J. 
Coghill,  Floyd  V. 
Cone,    John    F. 
Crawford,  James  E. 
Davis,    Edmund   D. 
Davis,   Harold   W. 
Dean,    Glenn    L. 
Devaughn,  Walter  B. 
Devins,   George   F. 
Dewey,    Harvey    J. 
Diehl,    Paul   A. 
Doherty,  Joseph    E. 
Donelon,    William    M. 
Duckworth,    Plarry    U. 
Everitt,   Vern   D. 
Flournoy,  Hubert  E. 
Freizzell,    Elton  S. 
Gabrielson,    John    A. 
Gray,    Lyle    H. 
Gray,    Lowell    C. 
Gray,   Claude  W. 
Gray,   Glenn   N. 
Gable,   Ivan   C. 
Gardner,   Lester  H. 
Glaves,    Virgil   E. 
Grey,   William   J. 
Guy,    Kenneth    E. 
Hacknev,    Ewing   S. 
Hall,    Joseph    H. 
Hall,   Roy  L. 
Harbaugh.   Fred   B. 
Harris,    Herschel    G. 
Harrison,  Russell   B. 
Hatfield.    Harold    B. 
Haynes.  James  W. 
Havs,   James   E. 
Holphrey,  Earl  H. 
T^elmers,   Edward  T. 
Henrickson,    Sven    E. 
Hester,   Perl   M. 
Higdon,  Hobart  F.   R. 
Himmelwright,    Homer 

N. 
Hitchner,    George 
Hodges.   Edgar  A. 
Holland,    Harry    L. 
Horn,   Fred 
Howerton,    Thomas 

W. 
Hughev.    Clyde    D„ 
Tngram,    Charles   M. 
Ink,    Ira   M. 
Jackson.  Virgil   E. 


Keck,    Edward    E- 
Kennedy,    Jesse    E. 
Kerr,    Luther 
Keys,   Oliver 
Kiddoo,   Lyman   C.   G. 
King,    Ray    B. 
Klee,   Charley 
Klee,    Charley 
Klee,  John   J. 
Knipp,   Raymond  A. 

F. 
Knox,    Ralph    S. 
Kuechenmeister,    Emil 

L. 
Lee,  Clarence  M. 
Lee,   James    H. 
Lee,    Merritt   R. 
Leiter,   Rufus 
Lynn,  Ben  H. 
Marshall,   Virgil 
Marchall.    William   M. 
Miller,   Clayton   C. 
Moore,    Harry   W. 
Moore,  Harry  E. 
Moore,    Ralph    A. 
Mourning,  Fred  W. 
Mueller,    Henry    R. 
Myers,    Claude    R. 
McConnell,  Paul  J. 
McCormick,  Homer  L. 
McCoy,  Carl   W. 
McNally,  Frank  E. 
Neal,    Lester    E. . 
Negley,    Cyril    C. 
Offenstein,   Henry  J. 
Osier,    James    D. 
Overstreet,    Arthur    D. 
Oyler,   Jesse    R. 
Padgett,  Milo  W. 
Panier,  Guy  R. 
Patterson,    Edgar 
Payne,    John    N. 
Peacock,    Lawrence   A. 
Pence,    Harold    H. 
Phillippi,    Murrell    L. 
Phillips,    William    P. 
Pierce,    Edwin    P. 
Pierce,  Harvey  H. 
Prier,   Harrv 
Rambo,    Car!    W. 
Randall,   Ralph   A. 
Rice,   Herbert   O. 
Richards,    Stanley    B. 
Richardson.   John   F. 
Roberts,  Walter  B. 
Rogers,   George  C. 
Rouse.  Wallace  T.,  Jr. 
Ruble,    Adrain    A. 
Rndd.    William    L. 
RufFridge,    Michael   A. 
Sence,    Leslie   B. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


427 


Schnert,    Merle   P. 
Schooley,    William   O. 
Shaw,  Andrew  F. 
Shepherd,    Fred    W. 
Smith,    June    B. 
Smith,  Robert  M. 
Snook,  James  W. 
Sparks,    Reed   C. 
Stanley,   Lawrence 
Stoon,   Fred 


Stevens,    Merville    O. 
Stravlo,    Fred    G. 
Surtees,    Baisel    L. 
Sweetland,    Zephyr    K, 
Torry,   Floyd   C. 
Thompson,    James    C. 
Truex,   Lewis    H. 
Truitt,   Harvey   G. 
Violette,    Harold   S. 
Walker,   Chester  L. 
Watson,   Elmer  E. 


Waugh,    Maurice   G. 
Wetterhold,    Arthur  R. 
Whittaker,    John    P. 
Willett,  Francis  W. 
Williams,    Fred    M. 
Wilson,    Charles    I. 
Wilson,    Max   G. 
Winn,    Caleb    E. 
Witt,    Earle   C. 
Wood,    Karl    A. 
Yeager,    Raymond    W. 


DETACHED  MEDICAL  DEPAETMENT 


1st   Class   Sergeant, 
Robbins,    Harry    E. 

Sergeants : 

Simpson,    Harry    S. 
Whitehead,  Floyd  S. 

Privates : 

Akers,  Claude 
Bird,    Havert    L. 


Bailey,   James    H. 
Bratton,  Kenneth  B. 
Davis,    Harry    J. 
Hamilton,    James   R. 
Jones,    Edwin    R. 
Jones,    Fred    L. 
Kimes,    Maurice   J. 
Klina,    Harry    E. 
Lockwood,   Phil  R. 


Morrison,   Jesse   E. 
Rowe,    Orville    W. 
Schock,    Gus   C. 
Shore,    Alonzo    F. 
Scholtz,   Arthur   H. 
Walker,   Marcus   V. 
Warnock,     Harold    L. 
Wilson,   Charles   O. 
Yonkers,   Harry  A. 


FIRST  KANSAS  FIELD  SIGNAL  BATTALION 

HEADQUARTERS 

Wellington 


FIELD   AND   STAFF 

Major,  1st    Class    Sergeant 

Milton   R.    McLean  Smith,   James    E. 

Commanding  Sergeants: 

First    Lieutenant,  Loomis,    Earl   H. 

Kenneth    G.    Lewis  Waugh,   Neal    B. 


1st   Class   Privates: 
Dubreuil,     Louis    T. 
Meeker,    Cloise   C. 
Miller,    Benjamin    J. 
Partridge,   Clare  A. 
West,   Vernon   B. 


1st   Class   Sergeant, 
Crake,  Walter  L. 


SUPPLY  SECTION 

1st  Class  Privates: 
Curtis,  Lloyd  F. 
Downing,    John    F. 


Fraelich,  Henry  H. 
Lafromboise,    Floyd    B. 
Neese,  Olave  L. 


Captain, 

Elmer  G.  Stahl 
1st    Lieutenant, 

William  C.    Carswell 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Chester  H.   Thomas 
1st   Sergeant, 

Orrel,    Galpin    H. 
1st    Class    Sergeants, 

Anderson,   Mahor   M. 

I'urdick,   C.    Dale 

Thacher,     Safford     D. 

Warner,   John   C. 

Ziesenis,   Harry  C. 


COMPANY  A 

TOPEKA 

Sergeants, 

Wiss,  Quirin  A. 
Privates : 

Beasley,   Wm.   A. 

Bechtel,   Roy   M. 

Beisner,   Cecil   H. 

Butler,   Eugene  U. 

Campbell,    Elmer 

Carlson,    Victor    E. 

Carlson,    David    L. 

Carris,    Roy    O. 

Carson,   Geo.    W. 

Caskey,    Edmund   L. 


Chappelle,  Archie 
Charlesworth,    Firth 
Coffman,    Harry 
Coakley,   Claude 
Corkill,   Paul   D. 
Cox,   Harry   E. 
Coykondall,   Arthur 
Douglas,    Em.   H. 
Effinger,    Ralph   C. 
Erskine,  Edgar  M. 
Erskine,    James    R. 
Estep,   Dale 
Fairchild,   Howard 


428 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Ferguson,    Geo. 
Ferrin,    Harley   A. 
Ferris,  John 
Firmer,   Henry 
Foster,  Roy  C. 
Granger,  Harry  W. 
Gregory,  Ivan  D. 
Hauber,  John  F. 
Henley,    Byran 
Henley,  Frank 
Henley,    Stephen 
Hughes,   Avis  S. 
Jamison,    Raymond 
Linsberg,    Arthur 
Mohrwein,   Roy   H. 


Meier,    Leo   S. 
Mohrbacker,   Byron  C. 
Moore,   Clyde   S. 
Mooring,   Frnest  L. 
Neeley,  Fren  L. 
Ness,    Burt   R. 
Nicholson,  Edward  L. 
Paulson,    Kurtz,    L. 
Punches,   Wm.    R. 
Scott,    John    F. 
Shaffer,  Don 
Shaffer,    Paul 
Sharpless,   Fred   S. 
Short,  Calvin   S. 
Stone,  Francis  E. 
Stone,   Wm.    A. 


Sutherland,   Kenneth 

L. 
Sutton,  Alpha  E. 
Swink,    Bert 
Taylor,   Wm   E. 
Titus,   Martin  D. 
Tucker,   Claude   H. 
Urie,    Rolland   W. 
Wall,   James  W. 
Ward,   Meade  L. 
Whitney,  Curt  K. 
Woods,     Leonard     D. 
Woods,    Morris    D. 
Yewell,   Roy   C. 
Ziesenis,  Roy  C. 


Captain, 

Waher    LeG.     Cox 
1st   Lieutenants: 

Willis   LaD.    Donald 

Grover   C.    Freeman 
M.   S.   E. 

Clawson,     Millard     E. 
1st   Class   Sergeants: 

Womack,    Ralph    J. 

Kernal,   Delbert   L. 

McFarland,   William 
F. 

Anderson,    Eric    E. 

Neal,   Harry  A. 
Sergeants : 

Young,    Lloyd    M. 

Lott,   Joseph    C. 

Anderson,   Gustave   C. 

Roberts,    Harold    M. 

Hershkowitz,    Martin 

Cox,    Herschel    D. 
Corporals : 

Fowler,    Iver   F. 

Anderson,    Frank   D. 

Adams,   Charles   H. 

Davis,    Frank    C. 

Knock,    Earl    R. 

Shapel,  Amel 

Newman.   Albert  H. 

Brownfield,   Maro 

Olliver,  Myler  D. 


COMPANY  B 

lOLA 

Wright,   Kenneth 

Frederickson,    Judson 
C. 
Cooks: 

Gay,   Hubert    L. 

Varner,    George   H. 
Horseshoer, 

Murphy,  Joseph  T. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Anderson,    Ralph    L. 

Anderson,  George  W. 

Bass,    Orean   H. 

Brolliar,   Albert  W. 

Benson,   T.   Wyllys 

Beatty,    Areotus    F. 

Chilcote,   George  J. 

Chas,    Frank    A. 

Dulinsky,   Mount   C. 

Davis,    Lee    F. 

Florence,    Albert    F. 

Fryer,    Russell    C. 

Frevert,    Robert    E. 

Hayes,    Glen    W. 

Hurlock,    Clyde    E. 

Harper,    Frank    W. 

Horton,    Robert    A. 

Helper,    Laurence    G. 

Jackson,    John    A. 

Jones,   Joseph    C. 

Lane,    Roy 

McKarnin,     Sylvester 


Moore,   Carl    E. 

Myers,    Benjamin 

Price,    Carl    M. 

Pittsenberger,    Samuel 
S. 

Smith,  Clarence  D. 

Smith,    Jesse    F. 

Shapel,  Philip 

Steele,  Oliver  H. 

Stillwell,    Loy    W. 

Vincent,   Guy   M. 

Warford,   Clarence  L. 
Privates: 

Campbell,  Chlore  W. 

Canty,   Earl   C. 

Daniels,    Albert    H. 

Dixon,    Paul 

Eraser,    Howison  J. 

Hilton,    Emery 

Hardwick,   Oliver  B. 

Jones,  Raymond   E. 

Kelley,    Thomas    J. 

Leigh ty,    Vaughn 

ATartin,    Joseph   A. 

Milne,    John    A. 

Provost,   Francis   T. 

Owens,  Ferdinand  L. 
Losses    Discharged,     De- 
pendents : 

Davidson,    William   J. 

Hale.   Ray  R. 


Captain, 

Claude  C.  Bayless 

1st    Lieutenants: 

Carl    A.    McClintock 
Jesse    McGlynn 
James  W.    Coffey 
Floyd  W.   Whitmore 

1st   Sergeant, 

Waddell,  James  W.,  Jr. 


COMPANY  C 

Wichita 

Mechanic, 

Douglass,    Charles    H. 
Cooks: 

Cannon,    Richard   L. 

Hendrix,    Mont   W. 
Privates : 

Adams,   William   E. 

Armstrong,    Frank   L. 

Arnold,    Claude   A. 


Babb,    George    S. 
Baker,    Marvin    S. 
Bachman,    Fred    H. 
Bell,    Carl   A. 
Bell,    Everett    I. 
Branson,    Otis    D. 
Burt,   Lee   E. 
Coston,    Donald    L- 
Chilcott,   Frank   E. 


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Cooper,    Donald   J.    W. 
Davis,   George   A. 
Edmondson,    Benjar.-.in 

F. 
Elcock,  Charles  H. 
Foster,   Marion   Y. 
Graves,     Harlan 
Greer,   William   A. 
Gregory,   Thomas   E. 
Griesinger,    Frank    R. 
Grove,   Henry   I,. 
Hanna,   Robert 
Harpster,   Claude 
Henn,    William    C. 
TToldren,    Don    R. 
Huggins,    Foster   M. 
Hutchinson,    Roland 

R. 
Trwin,  Paul  S. 
Johnson,    Emmette    M. 
Johnston,    Garold   R. 
Jones,   Louis  V. 


Kessingcr,   Vern   C. 
La   Grant,    Earl   W. 
Lane,    Walter   O. 
Lawson,    William   E. 
Latta,    William    E. 
Lauer,    Earl    D. 
Magie,   Albert   E. 
Marks,   Carl   Percy 
Masterson,  William  F. 
McFall,    Oscar   L. 
McQuiston,    Earl   H. 
Moore,    Harry    C. 
Moore,    Jesse    L. 
Myers,  John   M. 
Murphy,    Frank 
Nettls,    Walter    H. 
Nutter,    Earl    L 
Price,    Evan   J. 
Priest,    Howard    O. 
Richman,    Phillip 
Roberts,    Thane   O. 


Rodman,    Burton    H. 
Saunders,  Julian   L. 
Shires,    Benjamin   C. 
Shockey,    Orville 
Skean,    Byron   A. 
Sloan,     Virgel     D. 
Smith,    Otho    G. 
Throckmorton,    Adel 

F. 
Toennies,   Benjamin   F. 

C. 
Waldron,   Wesley   F. 
Watkins,     Myron    J. 
Webb,   Joseph    W. 
Weidman,     Richard 

Thomas 
White,    Rodger   L. 
Wright,  William   E. 
Williams,    Floyd 
Wohlford,   William   W. 
DeVier.    Cecil  J. 


Privates : 

Ausmuse,    Philip 


MEDICAL  DEPAETMENT 

Clark,  Arthur  H. 
Dale,   Henry   L. 
Tucker,   Lynn   E. 


1st   Class   Sergeants: 

Wilson,    Donald    D. 

Fritz,   Walter   R. 

Thoren,    Carl    E. 

Shadinger,    Harold    D. 

Hesse,  James   W. 

Balakely,  Victor  K  D. 
Sergeants : 

Milam,    Morris   D. 

Nash,   Edward  C. 

Shepard,  Cortland  W. 


DETACHMENT 

Weber,   George   W. 
Welty,   Donald   D. 
Brockett,  Wallace  J. 
1st   Class    Privates: 
Baker,    Von    C. 
Bowman,    Herbert    D. 
Briery,   Clifford  C. 
Cole,  Wilbur  D. 
Fellows,    Frank    L. 
Lawn,    James   F. 
Reinbach,   Otto   M. 


Waite,    Frank    B. 
White,   Verne  D. 


Rowell,  Lloyd  G. 

Samuelson,  John   N. 

Willard,   Glenn  M. 
Privates: 

Gustafson,   Charles  M. 

Hall,   Lester   H.    W. 
Cooks : 

Chapman,    Marion   S. 

Jasperson,    Clarence 
P. 


KANSAS  SANITARY  TRAIN 
FIELD  HOSPITAL  NO.  1 

TOPEKA 


Major, 

Seth   A.    Hammel 
1st    Lieutenants: 

Merril   K.   Lindsay 

Henry   S.    Rogers 

Dana  O.  Jackson 

Harold   H.    Jones 

Frank  C.   Boggs 
1st   Class    Sergeants: 

McCoy,   Milton   E. 

Hawkins,   June   A. 

Piepenburg,  Aaron  L. 
Sergeants : 

Herman,    Ralph   S. 

Gurtler,    Albert   C. 

Gohesn,   Ira  L. 

Logan,    Glenn    F. 


Dewey,   Thomas   E. 

Johnson,   George  C. 
Cooks : 

Gould,   Charles   R. 

Oges,    Edward    M. 
Horseshoe'r, 

Luker,    George   F. 
Mechanic, 

Dickman,    Fred   M. 
Farrier, 

Reffelt,    Rudolph    F. 
Saddler, 

Burns,    Earl    J. 
Bugler, 

Deimler,    Ralph    W. 
1st   Class    Privates: 

Akey,   McKinley 


Arbuthnot,   Sidney 
Bingham,    Earl   O. 
Blevins,   Howard  W. 
Conard,    Morton    D. 
Dunn,   John 
Gage,    R.    Merrill 
Geiser,    Walter    J. 
Harrison,    George  C. 
Hickey,    Granville    C. 
Hinds,   David   H. 
Holcomb,   Allie   E. 
Hoyt,   Charles   B. 
Hughes,    Herbert   F. 
Tones,    Ernest 
Kennedy,     Carl    P. 
Lyon,    Charles    B.    Jr. 
McCarter,   James   C. 


430 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


McCrew,  Nathan  W. 
Riddle,    Dudley    McD 
Root,   Jesse   F. 
Runnels,    Cecil   H. 
Sailer,    Ernest   E. 
Staerkel,    Max    G. 
Swearingen,    Ralph    M. 
Taylor,    Henry    H. 
Thompson,    Edward 

W. 
Walp,   Charles  L. 
Weaver,    James    B. 
Wells,    George   D. 
Wright,    Myron    A. 
Simmerman,   Joseph 

F. 


Privates  : 

Anderson,   Christopher 
Age,   Guy  J. 
Bennett,    Charles  A. 
Buck,    Loyd    W. 
Burghart,   Casper 
Burns,    Claude    T. 
Carney,   William   N. 
Chapin,    Dean    W. 
Cratte,   Irving   F. 
Evans,    Harold    C. 
Graham,    Harry   L.    Jr. 
Hamilton,   William    L,. 
Hammond,    Noel    R. 
Harrell,  James   M. 
Laine,    Maurice    D. 


Ludington,   Fred  G. 
McClave,    Edison    W. 
McDaniel,    Ralph    W. 
Meredith,    Roscoe    A. 
Murphy,   Paul 
Nye,    Robert  W. 
Parish,    Glen    L. 
Peck,  Kenneth  L. 
Scharping,    Erwin    E. 
Shehi,   Winfield 
Shirk,  Harold   L. 
Silk,    Max    H.  _ 
Stevens,    Francis   J. 
Stewart,    Roy 
Townsend,    Goley 
Widener,   Mark  V. 


Major, 

Carl    Phillips 
1st    Lieutenants  : 

John    C.    Cornell 

Charles    C.    Bennett 

James    G.    Rea 

Charles   L.    Mosley 

Joseph   C.    Bunten 
1st    Class    Sergeants: 

Courtney,    George    W. 

Cranford,    Charles   W. 

Clinger,    Raymond    C. 
Sergeants : 

Bailey,    Homer    F. 

Dick,    Frank    N.      .- 

Fowler,    Merle 

Hodge,   Lester  D.  - 

May,    Ralph    E-^ 

Simon,    Loren   K.     _ 
Cooks : 

Ayers,    Maurice    F. 

McClary,   Carl 

White,   Ira   E. 
1st  Class   Privates: 

Birt,  Roy  H. 

Brown,   Seth    G. 

Burton,    Marion    T. 

Debolt,   William  H. 

Dent,  Rawley,  J. 

Elwvn,    Russell    H. 

Funk,   Arthur   C. 


1st  Lieutenants: 

William    L.    Rhodes 
Clarke  W.   Mangun 
Tiberius    L.    Jones 
Ralph    C.    Hartman 
Harold   M.   Glover 

1st    Class    Sergeants: 
Pierce,    Frank    B. 
Wilson,    James    C. 


FIELD  HOSPITAL  NO.  2 
Parsons 

Graham,  John  S. 
Green,   Charles   H. 
Harlow,    Mack 
Hendrickson,  John  H. 
Jeffrey,    Richard    C. 
Kimmey,    Virgil    A.  '^ 
Lietnaker,   Cherry   E- 
Ott,    Archie    L. 
Parker,   Glenn  M. 
Prall,    John    D. 
Rule,    Albert   B. 
Rule,  Herbert   E.    - 
Sage,  William  H. 
Savers,    Hviggart    A. 
Storey,    Edward   M. 
Thorpe,   Lewis   M. 
Von    Buhn,    Herman 
Van  Home,  Ralph 
Wheat,   Lewis  H. 
White,    Tames   L. 
Willard,"  Donald    M. 
Agnew,    Frank   T.     ' 
Babcock,  Dewey  Z. 
Bicknell,    John    R.    • 
Campbell,    Russell 
Carr,    Byron    H.        -' 
Caldwell,    Dalton   L.  - 
Carson.   Clvde   F. 
Clark,   Orville   P. 
Cummings,   Dewey  V.  - 
Davis,   Bert   L. 

AMBULANCE  CO.  NO. 

Kansas  City 

Sergeants  : 

Lyon,   Charles  J. 
Cole,    Frank    R. 
Holcombe,    Robert    F. 
McGhan,   Francis  L. 
Wolf,    George    O. 
Singer,   Walter   T. 
Henderson,  George 


Foxworthy,  Carl      * 
Gates,    William    J. 
Gebhart,    Bert    A. 
Gemmell,   Harry  A. 
Griggs,    Morton   R. 
Hacker,   Charles  L. 
Hammell,    Lee    A. 
Harlow,    James    H. 
Hayes,    Alfred    L. 
Jagger,    Buel   W. 
Johnston,    Earl    W. 
Tones,    Alpha    L.     ' 
keiter,    Cecil    E.      ' 
Locke,   William    H.  " 
Pittser,    Ollie    F. 
Rafferty,    Virgil   J.    - 
Ratliff,    Charles    C.     - 
Reynolds,   William   L.  ' 
Shrewsbury,   Charles 

L. 
Seller,    Ralph    G.      - 
Sparks,  Albert  R. 
Spear,    Alfred 
Stevens,  Wilburn  W.    - 
Stewart,    Allen    L. 
Svnder,    Roy 
Todd,    Alvin    L.       ' 
Vandervort,   Earl  J.  » 
Wendell,  John  P. 
Workman,    Charlc;    E- * 
Wolverton,    Jack   L. 


Corporals : 

Perkins,    Robert   G. 
Thompson,    Bruce   M. 
Gott,  Henry  V. 
Harrington,   Ralph   G. 
Wortman,    Paul    A. 
Heinze,    Fred    C. 
Douglas,    Jodie    A. 
Abbott,    Roy    C. 


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lyCep,    Bernard    C- 

Baker,    Claude    M. 

Cheever,   Wert  S. 
Cooks : 

Hackler,    George   H. 

Specklin,    Paul   A. 

Hartig,   Cyril   M. 
Musicians : 

Street,    Elijah    M. 

Feurt,  James   B. 
Mechanic, 

Garwood,   Leslie   C. 
Farrier, 

Herod,  John   L. 
Horseshoer, 

Powers,    William  A. 
Saddler, 

Asman,   Fred 
1st   Class   Privates: 

Atkins,    Theodore  W. 

Atkinson,    Russell   J. 

Bailey,    Edward    R. 

Bangs,    William    G. 

Barber,    Harry    A. 

Beaumont,    Raymond 
L. 

Bishop,    Roger    S. 

Blankenship,   EHhue 
H. 

Bohanon,    Frank 

Brainerd,    Rowe    H. 

Brown,   Ernest   M. 

Bullard,    Harry    J. 

Burkctt,  Llovd    L. 

Buzard,   Reginald   L. 

Cannon,    Carl    P. 

Caraway,    Sidney 

Campbell,  John   F. 

Chnndler,   Walter   T. 

Childers,   Lovd    D. 

Chiles,  Rav  W. 

Clark,   Paul   M. 

Clendening,    Robert 

Commons,   Claude  E. 

Conklin.   Elmer   E. 

Cook,   Homer  N. 

Coons,   Henry  A. 


Davis,   Alfred  A. 
Duke,   William   R. 
Dunn,    Paul    W. 
Ehn,    George    A. 
Erickson,    Elliott 
Feehan,     Walter    J. 
Ferguson,    Marvin    P. 
Ferguson,   Winfield   S. 
Fisher,    Harold    E. 
Gifford,    Melvin    R. 
Gilhaus,  George  J. 
Girten,   Sylvester   H. 
Goes,   Louis   E. 
Gordon,    Clyde    W. 
Gordon,    Lynell 
Gray,    Edward    F. 
Gregg,  James  F. 
Gregory,   Vernon   L. 
Grisham,    William    B. 
Haley,    Jacob 
Hall,    Stanley   L. 
Hankins,  Staten  M. 
Harden,   Wesley  G. 
Harding.    Orville 
Hawk,   William    M. 
Herd,   Frank    P. 
Holcombe,  Walter  M. 
Holmberg,    Arthur    F. 
Hood,   Otto  D. 
Horner.    Jack 
Hudson,   Lemuel   S. 
Hundley,    Dare 
Hutton.    Tohn   Wm. 
Hicks.    William   B. 
Tngraham,  John  D. 
Irvine.   Harry   L. 
Tackson,    Owen 
Tnones.   Rnvston 
Johnson,   Roy  L. 
Tusticp,   John    A. 
Lee,    Roland   H. 
Logan,    Carl    A. 
Logan,  Combe   D. 
Loman.     Ambrose     R 
T^one,   Ed<rar   A. 
ATanley,   ATervin   C 
Martin,    Clarence    V.. 


Mays,   Lee  R. 
McCarthy,    Bernard    J. 
McCoy,    Chester   S. 
McCulley,  Rose  H. 
McDaniel,   William  R. 
McFadden,    Wiley    G. 
McKinney,   Hugh   P. 
Mendon,    Jerome    F. 
Mitchell,    John    W. 
Moore,   Horace  H. 
Morse,  Darwin  D. 
O'Connor,    Bert 
Owens,    Clarence   H. 
Patterson,    Leo    M. 
Phihbert,     Bert 
Probat,    Arnold    W. 
Prater,    Robert    E. 
Ouinn,    William    R. 
Rayburn,   Otto   S. 
Reid,    Jesse    B. 
Richardson,   Paul   E. 
Rock,    Edward    A. 
Schacfer,  William  C. 
Shahane,   Walter  H. 
Smith,     Everett    A. 
Smith,    Claud    A. 
South,    Vernon    E. 
Stewart,   Jack 
Strong,   Ralph    A. 
Swan,   Leslie  N. 
Swanson,  Carl  A. 
Swanson,    Edgar  F. 
Swartz,    Arden    E. 
Swenson.    Bernard    M. 
Tonn,    Edward 
Toynton,   Clvde   G. 
Veitch,    Caleb    G. 
Vestal,   Moody   D. 
Walsh,   John 
Walton,    Floyd    G. 
Webster,    John   D. 
Wilhite.   Harry   E. 
Wood.   Clarence  M. 
Woodruff.  John  R. 
Wright,    Tames    F. 
Wurtz,   Josenh   N. 
Ziegler,    Carl    E. 


AMBULANCE  CO.  NO. 
Kansas  City 


1st    Lieutenants: 
Edwin  R.  Tenney 
Richard    T.    Speck 
Alphcus    J.     Bondurant 
Adam  E.  Adamson 

1st    Class    Sergeants: 
Rowland,     Charles    G. 
Adams,   James   A. 

Sergeants: 

Hadley,    Vernon   A. 
Leady,    Roscoe    B. 
Markley,   Algcron 


Parsons,    John    D. 
Thomas,    Chester    L- 
Falconer,    Clarence   E- 
Carson,    Edward   T. 
Corporals: 

Hovey,    Clarence    E. 
Ward,    Clarence    S. 
Knight,    Robert    R. 
Weirshing,    Guy 
Dugan,    Kollo    C. 
Toler,    Roy    P. 
Robinson,    William    O. 


O'Dowd,   Benjamin  H. 

Roach,   Norvin   M. 

Alleman,    Neal    D. 

Christian,  John  W.,  Jr. 
Cooks: 

Toohey,  Paul  A. 

Karbach,    Albert   R. 
Musicians: 

White,   Frederick  R. 

Keck.    Kenneth    G. 
Privates: 

Addison,  James  W. 


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FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL   TO   EXERMONT 


Anderson,    John    W. 
Anderson,    Willard   C. 
Adams,    Ernest   T. 
Bailey,    Clarence    E. 
Barnes,    Joe 
Barnes,    Richard   A. 
Barnett,   Benjamin 
Brown,   Kenneth 
Baum,   Earl  W. 
Blackwell,  Joseph  F. 
Baum,    Eldon    E. 
Blazer,    Robert    T. 
Bradbury,   Claude   L. 
Brennan,    Edward    W. 
Briggs,    Clarence 
Briggs,  Junior 
Brown,     Guy 
Brunell,    Ferinand    F. 

c. 

Buckles,    Doyle   L. 
Buckley,   Lee   E. 
Childs,   Wesley   M. 
Carter,    Edward 
Church,    Romulus    B. 
Cline,    Ernest    R. 
Cole,     Charles    R. 
Conquest,    Victor 
Corbett,    Joseph    F. 
Coyle.    Walter    E. 
Crowley,    John    J. 
Davidson,     Vernie    A. 
Dennis,    Jesse    A. 


De  Talent,   Edward  C. 
Finley,   Harold   II. 
Flagg,    Paul    E. 
Flesher,    Clarence    W. 
Foster,  James   R. 
Gibson,   Walter   N. 
Gregar,    Mike    G. 
Goff,    Melvin    W. 
Hallquist,    Hugo    F. 
Hamman,  Albert  E. 
Hart,    George    M. 
Hendricks,    William   R. 
Hinze,    Edward    W. 
Houston,     Herbert     S. 
Hueben,    Paul    T. 
Ise,   Frank   H. 
Jackson,   Dale   B. 
Jenkins,  Robert  C. 
Jenner,   Clifford   M. 
Jesson,    Joseph    J. 
Johnson,     Andrew 
Johnson,    Roy    E. 
Jones,    Jacobus    F. 
Janson,   Henry   M. 
Kocher,    Ernest    J. 
Kemper,  Eugene  L. 
Locke,    Lloyd    B. 
McClenahan,    John    S. 
McNabb,  Fred  R. 
Martin,   William   R. 
Miller,    Samuel    C. 
Minniear,    John    R. 
Moore,    Chester 


Murray,    Frank    H. 
Nelson,   Oscar   F. 
Oellrich,    Clarence    E. 
Parimore,    Roy    C. 
Pedago,    Ellis 
Piatt,    William    C. 
Pringle,    Kenneth    W. 
Putman,    Lawrence    A. 
Rebeck,    John    M. 
Reid,    Alex 
Reid,    Roderick  V. 
Rewerts,    Fred    C. 
Richmond,    Lloyd 
Russell,   Thomas   C. 
Schenke,   Harold   W. 
Siebers,   Frank  A. 
Sherrell,     Clarence 

W. 
Smith,     Glen     E. 
Stalcup,    Ernest    F. 
Stewart,    Chester    B. 
Still,   Robert 
Stutes,   Chester  A. 
Talmadge,   Abram   J. 
Van  Cleave,  Donald 

W. 
Vesper,    Harold    E. 
Walker,    John    W.,    Jr. 
Weaverling,     Jacob     C. 
Williams,     William    J. 
Wolf,    Jonathan    A. 
Covington,     Vand     D. 


MEDICAL  DEPAETMENT 
These  men  and  officers  were  ealle<l  into  Federal  service  June  20, 
1917,  and  sent  to  Medical  Training  Camp,  Ft.  Riley,  Kansas— later 
transferred  to  other  organizations. 
Sergeants: 
Wilson,  Glen 
Glahn,     Harry 
Allphin,    Wayne 
Myers,   William 
Logan,    Glen    F. 
Thomas  E.   Dewey 


Lieutenants: 

Charles  M.  Siever 
Joseph  S.  Alford 
Charles  C.  Hawke 
Merill  K.  Lindsay 
Harold  H.  Jones 
Ralph   C.    Barnes 

1st  Class  Sergeants: 
Hawkins,  June  A. 
Gurtler,    Albert    C. 


1st    Class    Privates: 
Arbuthnot,   Sydney 
Glahn,    Eugene 
Hale,    George 
Holcomb,   Allie  A. 
Hughes,    Herbert    F. 
Jones,   Sam  L 
Starkweather,     Robert 
Taylor,    Henry    H. 
Weaver,  James   B. 


DETACHMENT,  MEDICAL  COEPS 

Major, 

Emanuel    N.     Martin 


FIRST  SQUADRON,  KANSAS  CAVALRY 

HEADQUARTERS 

lOLA 

FIELD  AND  STAFF 


Major, 

Lute  P.   Stover 

Commanding 


1st    Lieutenant, 
Cyril    L.    Fuller, 

Adjutant 


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Captain, 

Ralph   E.   Baker 
1st   Lieutenant, 

Eugene  R.   Martin 
2d   Lieutenant, 

Elzie   E.   Clark 

1st    Sergeant, 

Miller,    VVilkie    M. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Ainsworth,   Howard   \V 
Supply    Sergeant, 

McMullen,     Everett 
A. 
Stable    Sergeant, 

Purkable,    Harry    V. 
Sergeants: 

Rodenbaugh,   Charles 

Smith,  James  W. 

Weiser,    Charles   H. 

Gore,   Clarence   E. 

Moffitt,    Russell    M. 
Corporals: 

Ladd,    Ole   E. 

Marriott,    Dean    R. 

Wiggins,    George    E. 

Miller,    Albert    B. 

Burt,  Harold  A. 

Cook,    Archie    A. 

Hamlin,   Edwin    F. 

Pugh,   Lloyd   A. 
Horseshoe  rs: 

Weldon,    Robert    L. 

Cook,   John    E. 
Saddler, 

Klein,    Fred   C. 
Cooks : 

Sovern,    Samuel    L- 

Martin,    Ralph    L. 
Buglers: 

Martin,    Errol    S. 


TEOOP  A 

Eureka 

Riney,    Harold    P. 
1st    Class    Privates: 

Hickman,     Harry     C. 

Berry,    Lloyd    A. 

Call,    William    L. 

Duncan,   Jesse 

Hart,    Harold   M. 

McFall,   Ray   H. 

Wheeler,    Charley    H. 

Wright,    Rodney   R. 

Lewis,    Glenn    R. 

Todd,   Eddie   L. 

Willis,   James    H. 

Swann,     Carl     S. 

Call,  John  C. 

Gullikson,    Charles    M. 

Hunt,    Fred    L. 

Harris,    Joseph    H. 

Wright,    Wordie    L 

Jones,   Earl  J. 

O'Brien,    Francis    F. 

Ladd,  John  E. 
Privates: 

Askey,  Lee  E. 

Agard,  Robert 

Atkinson,    Arthur    R. 

Barker,    Willie 

Barber,   Charley 

Barg,    Melvin   H. 

Betsher,    William   H. 

Branson,  Hugh 

Bland,   James    V\'. 

Beyer,    Oscar    A. 

Boone.    Everet    L. 

Cox,    Claude    I. 

Collins.    William   F. 

Conn,   Roy  J. 

Crans,    Thurlow    S. 

Cummings,    Arthur    C. 

Divine,    John    A. 

Dolson,   William   E. 


Davis,    Roy   L. 
Edwards,  Oral  W. 
Gibson,    Grover    C. 
Hellman,   Glenn    C. 
Herbert,    Arthur 
Hillman,  Charles  E. 
Johnson,   Lowell   W. 
Jones,   Earl  O. 
Jordon,    Harry    E. 
James,   Vernon  A. 
Kessinger,    Benni>" 
Lloyd,   Walter   W. 
Love,  Otis 
Milham,   Ralph  A. 
Miller,    George 
Meredith,    Cline   J. 
Milner,    Calvin    A. 
Owen,    Alvin    G. 
Olson,     Henry    J. 
Pryce,    Sam 
Roberts,    Clyde 
Rockley,    Rex 
Ray,   Arthur   C. 
Ryan,    Frank    C. 
Robb,    Vivian    E. 
Reay,  Charles  R. 
Sallyards,    Logan 
Soully,    Andrew    I. 
Smith,    Otto    G. 
Stride,    Clarence   R. 
Samuels,   William  A. 
Schall,    Jack 
Stockton,    Ernest   M. 
Sturgeon,   Harold  J. 
Schadel,   Levi  M. 
Talley,    Cecil    V. 
Webb,    Earl    R. 
V/ilson,    Norman    R. 
Weatherbee,    Fred    L- 
Watso,   Frank   R. 
Walter,    Barney 


Captain, 

James     II.     Sherman 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Elisha    J.    Stroud 
2d     Lieutenant, 

Merle    E.    Hollicke 
1st    Sergeant: 

Bishop,   George   E. 
Mess    Sergeant, 

Lanning,   Wayne  J. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Chapman,    Burchard 
B. 


TROOP  B 

Wichita 

Stable    Sergeant, 

Cooper,    Walter    S. 
Sergeants: 

Evans,   Jack 

Fielder,    Fred 

Hunt,    Richard    L. 
Corporals: 

Cunningham,    Claude 
F. 

Brown.   Willard  R. 

Lord,   Ralph  C. 

Critser,    Dale    W. 

Ogile,    Frank    O. 


Giodings,    John    L. 
Foley,   James   W. 
Privates: 

Anderson,    Emmitt    C. 
Asher,    Roy   D. 
Banta,    Orson    F. 
Bidwell,    Andrew    J. 
Boyle,   Dewey 
Brown,  John  R. 
Brumfield,    .T(«e 
Burns,    James    W. 
Callahan,   Warren  J. 
Campbell,    Carl   F. 


434 


FROM  VAUQUOIS    HILL    TO   EXERMONT 


Case,    Charles    E. 
Cherry,    LelancJ    S. 
Close,    F<]mer    H. 
Colson,    James    C. 
Colver,   Ralph  B.   D. 
Corbiii,   Robert 
Crawford,    Herbert    J. 
Current,    Orval    E. 
DeCourcey,    Victor    St. 

E. 
Daugherty,     Bryan    J. 
Doran,  Ira 
Elliott,  Jesse  R. 
Ester,     Lawrence     W. 
Fowler,    Raymond    G 
Garver,    Virgil    I. 
Goosey,  Merle  C. 
Graves,    George   C. 
Graves,    Henry    C. 
Gregory,    Chester   A. 
Harman,    Robert   L. 
Harned,   Frank   S. 
Harper,   Albert   D. 
Heine,     Albert    W. 
Hervey,   Raymond  C. 
Hibarger,    Godfrey    S. 
Hills,    Dan    C. 


Helt,    Roy    F. 
Holliday,    Owen    J. 
Holsey,    Henry    N. 
Howard,    Clarence    A. 
Holt,    Rollie    H. 
Houston,  James  W. 
Husted,    Emery    E. 
Jansen,    Charles 
Johnson,    Rudy    L. 
Kearney,  William  A. 
Kemper,   Charles  L. 
Kennedy,  Earl  L. 
Laurie,    James    M. 
Lickey,    Clifford 
Menahan,    Thomas   L. 
Matson,    Lauren    C. 
Mayfield,  Henry  M. 
McMahan,   Pearl  P. 
McDaniel,    Floyd 
McKivett,   James    C. 

A. 
Miller,    Walter   L- 
Milligan,    Harry    D. 
Moore,    Pearl    T. 
Nagley,    Earl 
Nagley,    James    W. 
Newcomb,    Jack 
Pantier,    Ray   W. 


Parker,   Merle   D. 
Patterson,    Clarence 
Penny,    Kelles    N. 
Penland,     Robert    E- 
Phenneger,    Forrest   G. 
Pickens,    James    F. 
Pickens,    Leon    S. 
Roll,    Lloyd   L. 
Roll,    Arthur    D. 
Rowe,    Everett    M. 
Rush,    Oren   N. 
Scrimsher,   Evell  R. 
Sellers,    Leonard 
Shafer,    Harry    H. 
Sharp,    Oscar    H. 
Showers,   Erman  A. 
Smith,    George    O. 
Spurling,     Harlowe 
Straw,     Herschel     E. 
Thompson,  Earl  W. 
Traver,    Harry   J. 
Tuttle,    Clarence   J. 
Umbarger,  Ivan  D. 
Vance,    Francis    M. 
Wheeler,    Dean    O. 
Wilson,    Clyde    E. 
Wilson.    Harold    A. 
Wood,   George   M. 


Captain, 

Joseph   R.    Gary 
1st    Lieutenant, 

Winfield    D.   Jones 
2d    Lieutenant, 

Will   T.    Hale 
Sergeants: 

Askow,   Bernard  M. 

Miller,    John    L. 

Holmes,    Jess    C. 

Dowdy,    Claude    D. 

Watson,     Lige    E. 

Miller,    John     E. 

Morgan,   Fred 
Corporals: 

Myers,    Floyd    P. 

Balfour,  William  D. 

Evans,    Earl    D. 

Dye,    William    L. 

Evans,   Cress   B. 
Privates: 

Arrington,   Frank  H. 

Anderson,    Lemual    L. 

Anders,    Phinas    C. 

Archer,    Rommie  L. 

Allen,    Jean    H. 

Brentlinger,    Charley 

Bader,    Ross  J. 

Bolinger,    Esra   D. 

Bailey.    William    L. 

Barbee,   Andrew   L. 


TEOOP  C 
Dodge  City 

Cormack,  John   C. 
W. 

Cummings,    Theodore 
Crowe,   James   P. 
Craft,    Clarence    D. 
Craft,   DeWitt 
Davison,    Roy   H. 
Dennis,    Robert    I. 
Downing,    McKinley 
Dooley,    William   J. 
Dixon,    Carnet  J. 
Ditch,    Oscar 
Eagan.   Robert   E. 
Eaton,    Forrest   D. 
Elsey,    Howard    C. 
Ellis,    Herbert   B. 
Fiester,    George   J. 
Fowler,   George    W. 
Freeman,  Alvin  D. 
Foster,   William   J. 
Fugitt,    Austin    G. 
Gearhart,  Byron  W. 
Galloway,    Lawrence 

H. 
Gilliam,     Lloyd    H. 
Hill,   Guy   W. 
Hill,    Leonard    J. 
Hinke,    William    E. 
Hole,    Martin 
Havs,    Dwight    D. 
Haff,  Vernon  V. 


Houston,  Harry  H. 
Houston,    Frank    W. 
Hutchison,    Chester    A. 
Hole,  Allen 
Howe,    Clifford    C. 
Helfrich,   Henry    C. 
Hutchings,   Harold   E. 
Hill,   Fred   G. 
Howard,  James  A. 
Hudson,    Therman    O. 
Johnson,     Howard    L- 
Judd,    Robert    F. 
Knowlton,    Charles   A. 
Kuns,    Albert    W. 
Karraker,    Francis    M. 
Little,  John   P. 
Lowery,   William  G. 
Melton,   Thomas 
Mapes,   Walter  W. 
Mansfield,   John   H. 
Mallonee,    Ira 
Moore.   Chas  F. 
McCue,   Ralph  V. 
McDowell,    Jess 
Miller,   Merl   F. 
McDermott,   James   L. 
Otto,   Leo   B. 
Page.   Herbert   S. 
Pendleton,     Klwood 
Parker,   Frank   G. 
Perry,    Jim    W. 


ROSTER   OF   KANSAS    NATIONAL   GUARD 


435 


Powers,    Grant 
Roberts,    Carl   A. 
Rockstrum,     Charles 
Reeves,    Robert    C. 
Robertson,    Alexander 

W. 
Reese,    Victor 
Rapp,    Martin    S. 


Sender,   Chas.   O. 
Snyder,    Owen    O. 
Stafford,    Addison    D 
Skillington,    Lewis    E. 
Samples,    Lyle    K    . 
Sisson,    Nelson    J. 
Sisson,  Archie  L,. 
Sibert,    Elzy 
Summerville,  James   R. 


Timken.    Leslie 
Tuttle,    Austin    L. 
Troehmel,     Julius     F. 
Sturm,  Clyde  R. 
Underwood,    Thomas 

A. 
Vance,     Earl     E. 
Wallace,     Paul     S. 


Captain, 

Ralph    D.    Fulton 
1st   Lieutenant, 

John   M.    Hite 
2nd    Lieutenant, 

Russell    F.    Milham 
1st     Sergeant, 

Fish,   Earl   S. 
Mess   Sergeant, 

O'Connell,  Mark  E. 
Supply    Sergeant, 

Allison,    Gelo   P. 
Stable   Sergeant, 

Drake,   Morlan   W. 
Sergeants, 

Amos,    C.    Clarence 

Gillam,   John    C. 

Wells,    Ted    W. 

Milliken,    Charles    W. 

Wilmoth,  Jesse   B. 
Corporals  : 

Cook,    Vernon    S. 

Dana,   Arthur  W. 

Flannagan,    Mike 

Ouesnier.    Joseph    A. 

Hill.    I,    Thomas 

O'Connell,    Paul    M. 

Pinkston,    Elmer 

Turner,   Merle   E. 
Horseshoers, 

Davis,    Roscoe   J. 

Holmes,   Walter  F. 
Saddler, 

Pool.   Ralph   P. 
Cooks : 

Dillon.    John   L. 

Thnmlinson,    Amos    R. 
Buglers : 

Scott.   Paul   H. 

Williams.    John    S. 
1st   Class  Privates: 

Amos,  J.   Albert 


TROOP  D 

COFFEYVILLE 

Beal,    Otis    O. 
Brill,   Claude  H. 
Cavenar,    Clarence    W. 
Clark,   Ellis  J. 
Creel,    Earl   W. 
Debo,    William    O. 
Fisher,    Willard 
Forth,    Frank    J. 
Hurley.   Raj.    H. 
Kime,  Ernest  L. 
McBurney,   James   B. 
McCormick,    George 

D. 
McHatton,   Robert   P. 
Millstead,   William    E. 
Pendarvis,    William 
Smith,  J.    Lester 
Summers,    Chester    R. 
Thompson,   Reese  A. 
Wallingford,   James    C. 
Privates : 
Arnold,    Lee 
Barnes,    Lawrence    A. 
Basey,   Mark   H. 
Bennett,    Eddie   L. 
Bray,    John   H. 
Beal,   Charlie 
Bowersock,   Roy 
Bowman,    Frank    C. 
Burress,    Dewey 
Bugh,   Lloyd 
Burris,  George 
Boyce,   Fred   E. 
Burgolty,   William   H. 
Christy,    Enipst    P. 
Crittenden,     Samuel 
Cooper,   Delbert   H. 
Dewey,    Richard    C. 
Dugan,    Cuba   J. 
Edson,   I^eon   K. 
Evans,   Condo 


Farran,    James    R. 
Ford,    Willford   H. 
Frizell,  Allen 
Hahn,   Clyde   D. 
Hanley,    Harold 
Harrington,    Walter  D. 
Harvey,    Frank    H. 
Hindman,   Charley   M. 
Igo,   George   W. 
Johnston,    Francis    H. 
Johnston,    Harriss 
Kabler,    Ira    C. 
Knight,   Thomas   R. 
Landon,    William    R. 
Lonnecker,     N'irgil     H. 
Maiden,   Clarence  O. 
McKee,    Tames    B. 
McCleary,    Frank    W. 
McCloud,  John  H. 
Owen,    Lee    R. 
Raczykowski,    Thomas 
Ransom,   John    W. 
Sayre,   Aaron  V. 
Sullivan,    William   C. 
Schroeder,    Johannes 

F. 
Smith,    James    Otis 
Stevens,    Robert    W. 
Stockham,   Charles   M. 
Swallow,   Fred   E. 
Taylor,    I\fanning   H. 
Tiarks,    Herman    M. 
Tiffany,  Dolphin   G  . 
Tucker,    Kvle   W. 
Walls,    Tilde   H. 
Warner,    William    T. 
Wilson.  Willie  T. 
Wilson,    Frank    L. 
Wolfe,   William   P. 
Wright,    Jacob   W. 
Young,   Perry  J. 


SANITARY  DEPARTMENT 


1st   Lieutenant, 

Samuel    E-    Simpson 
Privates : 

Alkire,   Charles   W. 


Baldridge,    Floyd    K. 
Brenner.    Cecil    A. 
Ely,    Clarence    G. 
Enslow,    Andrew 


Leatlierwood,    Harry 

E. 
IManzering,   Carl   C. 
Smith,    Earl   R. 


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